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

   H.R. 3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

   …respect principles of decentralization. Overall, the bill is mostly sound but warrants careful review of specific provisions to ensure they remain within constitutional bounds. Congress has explicit constitutional authority to provide for…

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

   H.R. 10326: PROOF Act

   …or commercial disclosure. It does not authorize general searches, warrantless surveillance of private papers, or speech/assembly restrictions. No Tenth Amendment violation because compliance is tied to administration of federal funds. The…

3. 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".

   …with presentment under Article I, Section 7. No retroactive penalty, no warrantless taking, and just compensation under the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause is not triggered.

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

   S. 1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

   …for the common Defence under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, to declare War under Article I, Section 8, Clause 11, to raise and support Armies under Article I, Section 8, Clause 12, to provide and maintain a Navy under Article I, Section…

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

   Executive Order 14306: Sustaining Select Efforts To Strengthen the Nation's Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144

   …and no Fourth Amendment search or seizure of private effects without warrant is ordered. No restriction on private speech, belief, labor, property use, or private software choice. Industry participation is through a consortium to inform…

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

   Executive Order 14364: Addressing Security Risks From Price Fixing and Anti-Competitive Behavior in the Food Supply Chain

   …prosecution arising from the Task Forces remains subject to Fourth Amendment warrant and reasonableness requirements, Fifth and Sixth Amendment trial protections, and First Amendment limits. The order restricts no lawful personal use of…

7. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 13, 2026

   H.R. 506: Security First Act

   …arms, or quartering. It does not authorize searches or seizures without warrant or probable cause (Fourth Amendment) — the seizure provision applies to unreported monetary instruments at the border, where the border search exception…

8. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 11, 2026

   H.R. 1777: SECURE Notarization Act of 2025

   …has access to the recordings or how they are protected, raising concerns about warrantless surveillance. Additionally, the bill's requirement that states recognize out-of-state notarizations could be seen as infringing on the Tenth…

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

   H.R. 1919: Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act

   …digital currency that could track individual financial transactions without a warrant. It does not restrict speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, or cruel and…

10. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 09, 2026

    H.R. 2683: Remote Access Security Act

    …precedent. The bill does not violate the Bill of Rights, though its breadth warrants careful application to avoid overreach. Decentralization is appropriate because export controls are inherently federal. Due process concerns are minor and…

11. 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…

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

    H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026

    …does not on its face direct censorship, religious establishment, disarmament, warrantless search, compelled testimony, unfair trial, or cruel punishment. No provision described authorizes speech suppression under the First Amendment,…

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

    Executive Order 14265: Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base

    …lower level. (1) Individuals and families cannot procure and sustain national warfighting capabilities. (2) Local communities and counties cannot manage major defense acquisition programs. (3) States cannot provide for the common national…

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

    Executive Order 14394: Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction

    …Amendment), or quarter soldiers (Third Amendment). It does not authorize warrantless searches (Fourth Amendment), compel self-incrimination (Fifth Amendment), or deny trial rights (Sixth and Seventh Amendments). It does not impose cruel or…

15. 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,…

16. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to cl-10813527 · May 24, 2026

    Zorn v. Linton — Re-decided: Qualified immunity is not a defense to Fourth Amendment excessive-force claims; the reasonableness of the seizure is the sole question.

    …who used a rear wristlock to lift a passively resisting protester after warnings is entitled to qualified immunity from a Fourth Amendment excessive-force claim. 1) The question is whether Sergeant Zorn's use of a rear wristlock to lift…

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

    S. 2393: Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act

    Authorizing a VA hospital project in St. Louis is a core exercise of Congress war powers and spending authority with no rights infringement, no taking, and no improper centralization. Congress has explicit authority to raise and support…

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

    H.R. 8312: Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act

    …data sharing requires privacy safeguards, but no direct rights violation, warranting a B. Congress has explicit authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 to lay and collect taxes and provide for the general welfare through spending,…

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

    Executive Order 14256: Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports

    …China and Hong Kong and does not ban expression, disarm individuals, authorize warrantless searches of persons or homes, or impose cruel punishment under Eighth Amendment. Ninth and Tenth Amendment interests are addressed in other checks.…

20. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    Executive Order 14288: Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement To Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens

    …necessary local and state level. The Order does not on its face authorize warrantless arrest, punishment without trial, compelled testimony, or taking of property without just compensation. Section 2 indemnification, Section 3(a)(v)…