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

   Executive Order 14376: Stopping Wall Street From Competing With Main Street Homebuyers

   …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 sells, insures, guarantees, or securitizes homes it…

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

   Executive Order 14248: Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections

   …hearing, but on its face it does not criminalize speech, authorize warrantless search, or restrict press or religion. Severity is minor because implementation could become a poll-tax or due-process barrier if documents are costly to…

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

   Executive Order 14282: Transparency Regarding Foreign Influence at American Universities

   …with applicable law' and through Attorney General enforcement, preserving warrant and statutory limits. No criminal compulsion implicating Fifth Amendment self-incrimination or Sixth Amendment trial rights. Order regulates institutions…

4. 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…

5. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to 2026-03380 · Oct 17, 2026

   Corrected Defense Industrial Base Waiver With Findings, Cap, and Sunset

   …No new tax or transfer would be created by executive action. The Secretary of War would report each quarter to Congress on projects, costs, milestones, and domestic capacity gained. The Inspector General would audit results each year. If…

6. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to 2026-12909 · Jun 30, 2026

   Post-Quantum Cryptography Transition and Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2026

   …per day for non-compliance by critical infrastructure entities after a 180-day warning period. Willful failure to comply that results in a data breach shall be subject to treble damages in civil actions brought by the Attorney General.…

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

   Executive Order 14395: Establishing the Task Force To Eliminate Fraud

   …potential for overreach in federal oversight of state-administered programs warrant a grade of C, indicating significant issues that require structural adjustments to align with constitutional principles. The President has the authority to…

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

   Executive Order 14412: Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks

   …edge toward foreign policy overreach, and the involvement of the 'Secretary of War' (a position that does not exist in the current U.S. government) suggests a potential drafting error. The order's focus on federal systems and voluntary…

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

   Executive Order 14430: Restoring American Saltwater Angling and Recreation

   …concerns if it were to compel anglers to provide personal data without a warrant or reasonable suspicion. However, the order states that reporting is 'to the extent feasible and consistent with applicable law,' which would require…

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

    Executive Order 14271: Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts

    …no deprivation of life, liberty, or property, no presumption of guilt, no warrantless seizure, and no physical or regulatory taking. No private property is taken for public use under the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause, so no just…

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

    Executive Order 14380: Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Cuba

    …rates are set by executive finding rather than direct congressional act, warranting B rather than A. President invokes Article II, Sections 1-3 executive and foreign-affairs power plus statutory delegation under IEEPA and NEA. Addressing…

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

    Executive Order 14286: Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America's Truck Drivers

    …consistent with applicable law under Section 6. It does not authorize warrantless searches beyond established commercial-vehicle safety inspections, does not presume guilt, and does not seize or regulate private property for public use. No…

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

    Executive Order 14241: Immediate Measures To Increase American Mineral Production

    …No provision directs censorship, religious targeting, disarmament, quartering, warrantless search, compelled testimony, unfair trial, or cruel punishment. First Amendment speech, press, assembly and petition are unaffected; Second…

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

    Executive Order 14399: Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections

    …requires the transmission of personal data (citizenship status) without a warrant or individualized suspicion, potentially violating privacy rights. The Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause is at risk because the order provides no clear…

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

    Executive Order 14252: Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful

    …by law and cites existing statutes, so it does not on its face authorize warrantless searches under Fourth Amendment, compelled testimony under Fifth Amendment, or denial of counsel under Sixth Amendment. Risk is First Amendment assembly…