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49 results for “Fourth Amendment”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.J.Res. 60: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Park Service relating to "Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: Motor Vehicles".
…Second Amendment, and authorizes no search, seizure or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment. It restores prior public access for recreation and therefore supports Ninth Amendment retained rights and Tenth Amendment reserved powers. The…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 4219: National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act of 2025
…and private entities, not compulsion, censorship, or criminal penalty. No Fourth Amendment search, First Amendment speech/assembly burden, Second Amendment burden, or Fifth Amendment self-incrimination issue is present. The bill does not…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
S.J.Res. 80: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision".
…or assembly under the First Amendment, does not implicate the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh or Eighth Amendments, and effects no taking of private property under the Fifth Amendment because oil and gas leases on federal reserve…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.J.Res. 131: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision.
…assembly under the First Amendment, does not implicate the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments, and does not infringe unenumerated rights retained under the Ninth Amendment. No search, seizure, compelled…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.J.Res. 106: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan".
…Amendment, and authorizes no search, seizure, or surveillance implicating the Fourth Amendment nor any taking under the Fifth Amendment. No right in Amendments 1-10 is infringed. The joint resolution lifts a 2024 agency plan designating 21…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.J.Res. 140: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.
…and effects no search, seizure, compelled testimony, or taking under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments. It removes a use-restriction on federal land and permits leasing; it does not compel belief, censor expression, or authorize invasion of…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14241: Immediate Measures To Increase American Mineral Production
…and petition are unaffected; Second Amendment arms ownership is unaffected; Fourth Amendment search protections are unaffected because expedited permitting and federal-land leasing do not authorize searches, seizures, or surveillance.…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14308: Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response
…Second Amendment; no searches, seizures oracomprehensive monitoring under Fourth Amendment; no compelled testimony or criminal process changes under Fifth, Sixth, Seventh or Eighth Amendments. Technology roadmap direction to use artificial…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 4090: Critical Mineral Dominance Act
…of private persons, or compelled testimony is authorized. First Amendment and Fourth Amendment are not implicated. The bill does not restrict personal conduct, speech, belief, labor, or use of private property. It opens federal acreage to…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 1501: Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025
…speech (First Amendment), arms (Second Amendment), or authorize searches (Fourth Amendment). No taking of private property is ordered, and no criminal procedure right is implicated. The bill restricts no personal conduct, speech, belief,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14332: Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
…not what private persons may say or publish. No search or seizure under the Fourth Amendment, no compelled testimony under the Fifth Amendment, and no criminal procedure or punishment implicating the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 3937: Wabeno Economic Development Act
…Second Amendment, does not authorize search, seizure or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment, and does not take private property for public use. Instead it disposes of public property to a private buyer through a voluntary, compensated…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14363: Launching the Genesis Mission
…under section 3(a)(v) and 3(b). That express savings clause preserves Fourth Amendment limits on unreasonable searches and seizures, Fifth Amendment due process privacy interests, and First Amendment expression interests. Any future…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14285: Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources
…Amendment, or search, seizure, self-incrimination, or trial rights under Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments. Order concerns agency permitting, mapping, reporting, and foreign partnership for seabed minerals, with express…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14301: Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy
…seizure, self-incrimination, or criminal trial procedure implicating Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh or Eighth Amendments. No unenumerated liberty under Ninth Amendment is burdened and no reserved power under Tenth Amendment is seized…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade F (Direct violation) · Oct 14, 2026
Executive Order 14399: Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections
…implicating the First Amendment right to vote and associate. The Fourth Amendment is also implicated because the order requires the transmission of personal data (citizenship status) without a warrant or individualized suspicion,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
S.J.Res. 11: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management relating to "Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources".
…No provision of the first ten Amendments, including the First Amendment and Fourth Amendment, is infringed. The resolution lessens a restriction on private labor and property use by lessees and operators. Instead of compelling an…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14305: Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty
…Section 7(a) explicitly requires detection activity be 'consistent with the Fourth Amendment' and 'to the extent permitted by law.' The main tension is Fourth Amendment: Sec. 7(c) directs automated real-time sharing of personal identifying…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14318: Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure
…or petition under the First Amendment, does not implicate the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments, and creates no restriction on unenumerated rights under the Ninth Amendment. The order restricts no person in use of…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14376: Stopping Wall Street From Competing With Main Street Homebuyers
…under the Second Amendment; does not authorize searches or seizures under the Fourth Amendment. It creates no criminal penalty, no warrantless surveillance, and no taking of private homes. It directs guidance on how the Federal Government…