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

   Executive Order 14305: Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty

   …enforcement rather than creating new crimes or seizures. The only cautions are warrantless remote-ID data sharing and expanded detection that need strong minimization safeguards, warranting a B: mostly sound with fixable privacy tension.…

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

   Executive Order 14333: Declaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia

   …or press under the First Amendment, disarmament under the Second Amendment, warrantless searches or seizures beyond lawful policing under the Fourth Amendment, compelled testimony under the Fifth Amendment, or denial of trial rights under…

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

   Executive Order 14339: Additional Measures To Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia

   …justifying nationwide federal policing. Order on its face does not authorize warrantless searches, speech suppression, disarmament, or punishment without trial. No provision directs seizure of persons or property, compelled testimony, or…

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

   H.J.Res. 69: Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services.

   …nations, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 grants the power to declare war, which includes oversight of military sales that could affect national security. Additionally, the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. § 2751 et seq.) provides…

5. 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…

6. 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…

7. 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…

8. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade F (Direct violation) · Oct 14, 2026

   Executive Order 14416: Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution

   …The order's attempt to use National Park Service property to post ideological warnings and counter-exhibits constitutes a content-based restriction on speech and an unconstitutional condition on the use of public property. The President…

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

   Executive Order 14423: Establishing the United States Space Academy

   …major changes mitigate some concerns, but the potential for future overreach warrants a 'B' grade. The order establishes a commission to study and propose the creation of a federal academy. This falls within the President's executive power…

10. 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…

11. 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…

12. 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,…

13. 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…

14. 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.…

15. 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)…

16. 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…

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

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

    …on its face, though coercive funding pressure touching pretrial liberty warrants watching under the Eighth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment due process. The order imposes no direct restraint on any person's body, property, speech, labor,…

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

    Executive Order 14413: Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation

    …I, Section 8, Clause 3). National security aspects are supported by the war powers (Article I, Section 8, Clauses 11-16) and the President's role as Commander-in-Chief (Article II, Section 2). The order does not directly restrict speech,…

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

    Executive Order 14382: Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Iran

    …Iran do not on their face compel speech, restrict religion or press, authorize warrantless searches under the Fourth Amendment, or impose criminal liability implicating the Fifth Amendment privilege or Sixth Amendment trial rights. Any…

20. Constitution · U.S. Constitution · SI explainer

    Article II, Section 2, Clause 2: Treaty Clause; Appointments Clause

    …a President. Jay wrote in The Federalist No. 64 that treaty-making concerned war, peace, and commerce and should be exercised by the best qualified participants under precautions protecting the public good. For appointments, Hamilton wrote…