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

   S. 254: ARTIST Act

   …Fifth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment Section 1. No criminal penalty, no warrantless seizure, no presumption-of-guilt regime, and no taking of private property for public use. The law protects existing property and livelihood interests…

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

   Executive Order 14249: Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

   …matching, constrained by lawfulness provisos and exclusion of sensitive data, warranting safeguards rather than invalidation. Federal fiscal stewardship is expressly authorized. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 authorizes collection,…

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

   H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.

   …funds for domestic speech suppression, religious establishment, disarmament, warrantless search, compelled testimony, unfair trial, or punishment. The bill funds foreign-affairs administration, commissions, and economic assistance. No…

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

   Executive Order 14297: Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients

   …No provision directs censorship, religious targeting, disarmament, quartering, warrantless search, compelled testimony, unfair trial, or cruel punishment. First Amendment speech and press are untouched; Fourth Amendment is untouched…

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

   H.R. 7757: KIDS Act

   …from identification technology mandates creating privacy risk without a warrant requirement. Severity is significant but curable with least-restrictive means, parental opt-in, and no identity retention. The bill restricts minors and…

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

   H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025

   …it places at the federal level a function states and localities could perform, warranting a B. Federal authority rests on Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, the power to lay and collect taxes to provide for the general Welfare, which supports…

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

   H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026

   …programs, which must still proceed under existing Fourth Amendment warrant requirements, Fifth Amendment grand jury and self-incrimination protections, and Sixth Amendment trial rights. No provision authorizes warrantless search, compelled…

8. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 14, 2026

   H.R. 7972: Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act

   …Amendment), or quarter soldiers (Third Amendment). It does not authorize warrantless searches or seizures (Fourth Amendment), compel self-incrimination (Fifth Amendment), or violate trial rights (Sixth, Seventh, Eighth Amendments).…

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

   H.R. 3944: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026

   …adjudicate guilt, impose punishment without trial, authorize seizure without warrant, or take private property for public use. No procedural due process violation under the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause and no physical or regulatory…

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

    Executive Order 14367: Designating Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction

    …on its face does not authorize censorship, religious targeting, disarmament, warrantless searches, compelled testimony, or unfair trials. It directs investigations, prosecutions, and asset actions 'in accordance with applicable law' and…

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

    S. 1003: Lulu’s Law

    …direction for the Federal Communications Commission to allow shark-attack warnings on the existing wireless alert system. It exercises a clear commerce power, restricts no rights, takes no property, and adds no federal control over local…

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

    H.R. 3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act

    …and Bank Secrecy Act reporting apply to regulated intermediaries, not general warrantless seizure of private papers. No prior restraint under First Amendment. No Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendment issue. Any Fourth…