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

   S.J.Res. 18: A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions".

   …It removes a federal restriction rather than imposing one. First Amendment and Fourth Amendment and Fifth Amendment interests are unaffected or improved. The resolution lessens federal control over private contract between depositors and…

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

   H.R. 5103: Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025

   …Second Amendment, or authorizes searches, seizures, or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment. The commission is advisory only and creates no criminal penalty, speech code, or enforcement power. The bill imposes no mandate, prohibition,…

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

   H.R. 139: Sunshine Protection Act of 2025

   …and does not authorize searches, seizures, or surveillance implicating the Fourth Amendment. It creates no criminal liability, compelled testimony, or punishment implicating the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments. Setting a…

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

   H.R. 9436: Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026

   …the National Marine Fisheries Service to issue gear rules. No search under the Fourth Amendment and no taking under the Fifth Amendment occurs in the text. The bill restricts no personal conduct, speech, belief, labor, or use of property.…

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

   Executive Order 14298: Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates To Reflect Discussions With the People's Republic of China

   …by executive duty changes without individualized hearing. No First, Second, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh or Eighth Amendment violation is shown on the face of the order. The rights tension is indirect and derivative of the separation-of-powers…

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

   Executive Order 14316: Extending the Modification of the Reciprocal Tariff Rates

   …or prohibit arms under Second Amendment, nor authorize searches under Fourth Amendment. Tariffs restrict liberty of contract, use of property, and labor by raising the cost of importing, selling, and buying foreign goods. The burden is on…

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

   H.R. 1768: Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act

   …of unenumerated rights. The bill does not directly infringe the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments, but the lack of due process for the intimate image prohibition is a concern. The bill restricts individual…

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

   H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026

   …against taxpayer-funded programs, which must still proceed under existing Fourth Amendment warrant requirements, Fifth Amendment grand jury and self-incrimination protections, and Sixth Amendment trial rights. No provision authorizes…

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

   H.J.Res. 24: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers".

   …It compels no speech, prohibits no belief, authorizes no search under the Fourth Amendment, and takes no property. It therefore infringes none of the first ten Amendments and tends to protect Ninth Amendment retained rights and Tenth…

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

    S.J.Res. 13: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the Department of the Treasury relating to the review of applications under the Bank Merger Act.

    …other right under Amendments 1-10. No First Amendment activity is burdened, no Fourth Amendment search is authorized, and no other Bill of Rights protection is implicated. The resolution removes rather than imposes a restriction,…

11. 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…

12. 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…

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

    Executive Order 14320: Promoting the Export of the American AI Technology Stack

    …disarmament, quartering, or punishment is authorized. First Amendment and Fourth Amendment are not implicated. No person is restricted in use of person, property, speech, labor, or belief. Firms may choose whether to submit consortium…

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

    Executive Order 14366: Protecting American Investors From Foreign-Owned and Politically-Motivated Proxy Advisors

    …arms under Second Amendment; does not authorize searches or seizures under Fourth Amendment. Proxy advisors remain free to express views on diversity, equity, inclusion and environmental, social, governance factors, while clients remain…

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

    Executive Order 14372: Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting

    …under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. No direct First, Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendment infringement. No speech, religion, press, arms, search, or trial restriction. Fifth Amendment property concerns from…

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

    Executive Order 14311: Establishing a White House Office for Special Peace Missions

    …any enforceable right or duty against private parties. No First Amendment or Fourth Amendment interest is implicated. The Order imposes no restriction on any person's body, property, speech, labor, or belief. It directs only internal…

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

    H.R. 8823: Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act

    …conviction for fraud, preserving speech, arms, search protections under the Fourth Amendment, self-incrimination and jury protections under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments, and reserving no unenumerated rights issue under the Ninth…

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

    Executive Order 14243: Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos

    …executive power over congressional privacy statutes and State records, nor the Fourth Amendment, due process, sovereignty, and Tenth Amendment federalism harms from centralized data aggregation without safeguards. The President has…

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

    H.R. 3203: Journalist Protection Act

    …intentional acts causing bodily injury. This does not infringe the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, or Tenth Amendments. The special protection for journalists does not violate the First Amendment because it does not…

20. 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…