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1. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   S.J.Res. 28: A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications".

   …press, assembly under the First Amendment, does not touch Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendment protections, and does not create any search, seizure, or compelled testimony. By removing expanded CFPB supervisory…

2. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   H.R. 2616: Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act

   …petition under the First Amendment; it does not authorize searches under the Fourth Amendment; it does not compel self-incrimination. It instead reinforces parental direction of upbringing, a liberty interest recognized under the…

3. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 08, 2026

   H.R. 7757: KIDS Act

   …plus crisis hotline is likely permissible under Zauderer for factual notices. Fourth Amendment concern from identification technology mandates creating privacy risk without a warrant requirement. Severity is significant but curable with…

4. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   Executive Order 14319: Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government

   …private marketplace models. It compels no religious exercise, no search under Fourth Amendment, no arms restriction under Second Amendment, and no trial, jury, or punishment provisions implicating Amendments Five through Eight. Vendors…

5. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026

   Executive Order 14342: Taking Steps To End Cashless Bail To Protect Americans

   …the order leaves judicial bail decisions to state courts. No First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth Amendment right is directly infringed on its face, though coercive funding pressure touching pretrial liberty warrants watching under the…

6. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026

   H.R. 8646: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027

   …arms under the Second Amendment, or privacy and search protections under the Fourth Amendment. The bill funds agencies rather than authorizing searches, seizures, compelled testimony, or criminal penalties. No quartering,…

7. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 08, 2026

   H.R. 915: Small Business Technological Advancement Act

   …assembly under the First Amendment, does not implicate the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth self-incrimination, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments. It authorizes loan guarantees for business software including tools using artificial…

8. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   S. 254: ARTIST Act

   …Amendment expression through cultural art, Second Amendment is not implicated, Fourth Amendment search protections are not altered, and the Tenth Amendment is respected because federal preemption here rests on an enumerated commerce power…

9. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   H.R. 3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act

   …Amendment. No Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendment issue. Any Fourth Amendment recordkeeping burden is narrow, industry-specific, and subject to judicial review. The bill regulates intermediaries and issuers seeking public…

10. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    S. 1003: Lulu’s Law

    …with no penalty, mandate to speak, or surveillance. First Amendment and Fourth Amendment are not implicated. S. 1003 imposes no restriction on what a person may do with their person, property, speech, labor, or belief. No one is compelled…

11. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    S. 32: LACA

    …assembly under the First Amendment, does not implicate the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments, and in fact supports Sixth Amendment rights to trial and Seventh Amendment jury access by reducing travel…

12. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 13, 2026

    Executive Order 14419: Ending Birth Tourism

    …reservation of powers to the people and the states. The order fails the fourth question because it centralizes authority in the President and executive agencies without congressional authorization. The order authorizes visa revocation,…

13. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    Executive Order 14296: Keeping Promises to Veterans and Establishing a National Center for Warrior Independence

    …the Second Amendment; no searches, seizures, or surveillance implicating the Fourth Amendment; no compelled treatment, criminal penalty, or compelled belief implicating the Fifth Amendment self-incrimination clause. Sections 2 and 5 offer…

14. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 11, 2026

    H.R. 1810: Safe Schools Improvement Act

    …authority. The bill does not directly infringe on the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, or Tenth Amendments. However, the requirement that LEAs provide annual notice and grievance procedures could…

15. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 11, 2026

    H.R. 14: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025

    …authority. The bill does not directly infringe on the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, or Tenth Amendments. It does not restrict speech, religion, assembly, or petition; it does not involve searches or…

16. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    H.Res. 1335: Condemning actors seeking to defraud the United States Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that governmentwide fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity of the United States, and that Federal program eligibility should be verified before payment.

    …First Amendment; it authorizes no search, seizure, or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment; it creates no criminal liability implicating the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments; it disarms no person under the Second Amendment.…

17. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    Executive Order 14255: Establishing the United States Investment Accelerator

    …and must be implemented consistent with applicable law. First Amendment and Fourth Amendment are not implicated. The order imposes no mandate, prohibition, tax, or condition on any person's body, property, speech, labor, or belief.…

18. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    H.R. 1118: Value Over Cost Act of 2026

    …interests of the federal government. No First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment, or other Bill of Rights interest is implicated. The bill restricts no personal conduct involving person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It…

19. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    S.Res. 412: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.

    …or other rights under Amendments 1-10. No First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment, or other Bill of Rights interest is implicated. The resolution restricts no personal conduct, property use, speech, labor, or belief. It governs…

20. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    Executive Order 14375: Designating the Board of Peace as a Public International Organization Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities

    …or petition under the First Amendment, imposes no search or seizure under the Fourth Amendment, compels no testimony under the Fifth Amendment, and denies no trial or jury right under the Fifth, Sixth, or Seventh Amendments. Section…