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

   H.R. 2478: Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025

   …review. Minor tension remains from temporary loss of access to personal funds, warranting tight construction and prompt review, but no direct rights violation. Congress regulates open-end investment companies and transfer agents operating…

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

   H.R. 3944: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026

   …adjudicate guilt, impose punishment without trial, authorize seizure without warrant, or take private property for public use. No procedural due process violation under the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause and no physical or regulatory…

3. 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…

4. 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…

5. 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…

6. 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…

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 B (Mostly sound) · Oct 11, 2026

    H.R. 7257: SECURE Grid Act

    …main issue is the upward consolidation of energy policy decision-making, which warrants a 'B' grade. The federal government has authority under the Spending Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 1) to attach conditions to federal financial…

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

    S. 1003: Lulu’s Law

    …direction for the Federal Communications Commission to allow shark-attack warnings on the existing wireless alert system. It exercises a clear commerce power, restricts no rights, takes no property, and adds no federal control over local…

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

    H.R. 3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act

    …and Bank Secrecy Act reporting apply to regulated intermediaries, not general warrantless seizure of private papers. No prior restraint under First Amendment. No Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendment issue. Any Fourth…

13. 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…

14. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 6916 · Jun 10, 2026

    Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act of 2025 (Constitutional Revision)

    …potentially violating the Tenth Amendment. Some provisions may have authorized warrantless data collection or sharing of personal information, raising Fourth Amendment concerns. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare and Spending…

15. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 9646 · Jul 16, 2026

    Cooperative Critical Minerals Quantum Mapping Act of 2026

    …aerial or subsurface surveying of private property without compensation or warrant. Possible overreach under Article I, Section 8 if the funding mechanism is not tied to a specific enumerated power (e.g., general welfare, commerce).…

16. SI Think Tank idea · SI Think Tank original proposal · Oct 19, 2026

    Veterans Community Mental Health and Due Process Framework

    …for veterans. Congress has plain authority to care for those it sent to war. Article I, Section 8, Clauses 12 through 14 empower Congress to raise and support armies and govern the forces, and veterans programs are the long tail of that…

17. 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…

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

    H.R. 8005: Stop Pills That Kill Act

    …illegal substances, it could impose criminal liability without a fair warning, violating the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause. The bill does not involve a taking of property, but the criminalization of equipment possession could…

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

    S. 307: Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act

    …It does not restrict speech under the First Amendment, does not authorize warrantless searches under the Fourth Amendment, does not compel self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment, and preserves trial rights under the Sixth Amendment.…

20. 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…