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

   Executive Order 14396: Preserving America's Game

   …statutory authority. The order also references a nonexistent 'Department of War,' which was renamed the Department of Defense in 1947, further undermining its legal basis. The President cites no specific constitutional or statutory…

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

   H.R. 365: Territorial Tax Parity Act of 2025

   …bill's effect on territorial self-governance and the IRS's discretionary power warrant a 'mostly sound' grade. Congress has the explicit power to 'lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises' under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.…

3. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade D (Likely unconstitutional) · Oct 09, 2026

   H.Con.Res. 64: To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.

   …Congress has explicit authority over the armed forces and the power to declare war under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 11–14. The underlying goal—ensuring military hostilities have congressional authorization—is within Congress's…

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

   H.R. 1968: Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

   …Second Amendment, or authorizes searches, seizures, or surveillance without warrant under the Fourth Amendment. The act is a funding continuation at prior-year levels with health program extensions and contains no criminal penalty, speech…

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

   H.R. 1: An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.

   …consolidates decisions states, localities, and civil society could handle, warranting B rather than A. Tax reduction, spending levels, deficit reconciliation, and debt-limit action rest on Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1-2 on laying and…

6. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade F (Direct violation) · Oct 08, 2026

   Executive Order 14250: Addressing Risks From WilmerHale

   …the First Amendment, individual sovereignty, and Fifth Amendment due process, warranting grade F. Article II vests executive power and directs faithful execution, and Congress has authorized procurement and classified-information systems,…

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

   Executive Order 14287: Protecting American Communities From Criminal Aliens

   …labor, worship, or belief of citizens. It does not order searches without warrants under the Fourth Amendment, compel testimony under the Fifth Amendment, or punish speech or press under the First Amendment. Section 4 calls for eligibility…

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

   Executive Order 14353: Assuring the Security of the State of Qatar

   …rights. It fails as a unilateral security guarantee: only Congress can declare war under Article I, Section 8, Clause 11, and only the President plus two-thirds of the Senate can make a binding defense treaty under Article II, Section 2,…

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

   H.R. 7618: American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026

   …and interpretation is voluntary, and the required studies of French and Indian War and Mexican-American War sites impose no mandate, prohibition, or condition on private owners. The government bears no additional burden here because no…

10. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 14, 2026

    H.R. 8665: Allied Defense Sales Act

    …military. Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 grants Congress the power to declare war, and Clause 12 grants the power to raise and support armies. Additionally, the President's role as Commander-in-Chief (Article II, Section 2) and the…

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

    H.R. 10451: Emergency Grant Aid for College Students Act

    …combined with the centralization of decision-making at the federal level, warrant a grade of C. The bill does not directly infringe on individual rights, but it does consolidate authority over education, which is a significant structural…

12. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 11, 2026

    H.R. 1810: Safe Schools Improvement Act

    …Rights, but its potential to compel speech or restrict local decision-making warrants a structural rewrite to better align with constitutional principles of federalism and enumerated powers. The federal government's authority over…

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

    H.R. 8535: Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act

    …requiring federal coordination. Due process concerns are minimal but warrant monitoring. The federal government has explicit constitutional authority to regulate international and interstate commerce, including the trafficking of illicit…

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

    H.R. 4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025

    …does not authorize quartering of soldiers (Third Amendment); does not expand warrantless searches or seizures (Fourth Amendment); does not compel self-incrimination or deny due process (Fifth Amendment); does not impair fair trial rights…

15. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade F (Direct violation) · Oct 10, 2026

    H.R. 3486: Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025

    …violations, which are civil or administrative matters, not crimes that warrant such extreme penalties. The bill also overrides state authority over local law enforcement and criminal justice, consolidating power at the federal level…

16. 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.…

17. 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…

18. 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…

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

    H.Res. 1057: Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1383) to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2189) to modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 261) to amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, continued presence, operation, maintenance, repair, or recovery of undersea fiber optic cables in a national marine sanctuary if such activities have previously been authorized by a Federal or State agency; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3617) to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to secure the supply of critical energy resources, including critical minerals and other materials, and for other purposes; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to conside

    …the potential for the firearms bill to restrict Second Amendment rights warrants a 'B' grade, as the final outcome depends on the underlying legislation. The resolution is a procedural measure under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2, which…

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

    H.R. 6938: Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026

    …the bill is a funding measure and does not direct censorship, disarmament, warrantless search, compelled testimony, or denial of trial rights. No provision described restricts speech, religion, press, assembly under the First Amendment,…