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

   Executive Order 14285: Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources

   …Amendment, or search, seizure, self-incrimination, or trial rights under Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments. Order concerns agency permitting, mapping, reporting, and foreign partnership for seabed minerals, with express…

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

   Executive Order 14301: Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy

   …seizure, self-incrimination, or criminal trial procedure implicating Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh or Eighth Amendments. No unenumerated liberty under Ninth Amendment is burdened and no reserved power under Tenth Amendment is seized…

3. 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

   …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 incidental economic burden does not…

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

   Executive Order 14432: Streamlining Access to Government Services Through America.gov

   …and require compliance with the Privacy Act and disclosure limits, protecting Fourth Amendment reasonable expectation of privacy and Fifth Amendment liberty interests. No compelled speech, religious test, arms restriction, search, or…

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

   Executive Order 14334: Further Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates To Reflect Ongoing Discussions With the People's Republic of China

   …or Eighth Amendments. It does not authorize search or seizure under the Fourth Amendment and creates no self-incrimination or fair-trial issue. Economic regulation of imports is not a Bill of Rights violation by itself. Ad valorem duties…

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

   Executive Order 14346: Modifying the Scope of Reciprocal Tariffs and Establishing Procedures for Implementing Trade and Security Agreements

   …are economic duties on imports, not a First Amendment, Second Amendment, or Fourth Amendment intrusion. No Tenth Amendment reservation is infringed because foreign commerce regulation is a federal subject. Reciprocal ad valorem duties…

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

   H.R. 8278: Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act

   …and congressional reporting only. No First Amendment, Second Amendment, or Fourth Amendment interest is implicated, and no Ninth or Tenth Amendment reserved right is infringed. The bill restricts no personal conduct, property use, speech,…

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

   Executive Order 14312: Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions

   …liberty under the First Amendment (association and commerce-related speech), Fourth Amendment (freedom from seizure of property), Fifth Amendment (restoration of use of property), and Ninth and Tenth Amendments (retained rights and…

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

   Executive Order 14354: Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees

   …creates no enforceable right or benefit. No First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment, or other Bill of Rights provision is implicated. The order restricts nothing a person may do with their person, property, speech, labor, or…

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

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

    …implicating the First Amendment right to vote and associate. The Fourth Amendment is also implicated because the order requires the transmission of personal data (citizenship status) without a warrant or individualized suspicion,…

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

    Executive Order 14267: Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers

    …the Second Amendment; authorizes no search, seizure, or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment; and compels no testimony under the Fifth Amendment. It creates no criminal liability, trial procedure, punishment, or property seizure. It is…

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

    Executive Order 14265: Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base

    …First Amendment; arms under the Second Amendment; search or seizure under the Fourth Amendment; or any other protection in Amendments 3 and 5-10. The order governs internal Defense Department contracting procedures, workforce training, and…

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

    Executive Order 14289: Addressing Certain Tariffs on Imported Articles

    …or punishment. It reduces cumulative duty exposure under First Amendment and Fourth Amendment analysis there is no search, seizure, or expressive regulation. No provision of Amendments 1-10 is infringed. The order lessens restriction on…

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

    Executive Order 14370: Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research

    …evidence to inform doctors and patients, expanding information flow. Fourth Amendment: no search, seizure, or surveillance authorized. Ninth and Tenth Amendments: order acknowledges 40 States plus District of Columbia with regulated…

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

    Executive Order 14245: Imposing Tariffs on Countries Importing Venezuelan Oil

    …disarm under Second Amendment; does not authorize searches or seizures under Fourth Amendment. Economic burden of higher import prices is not a cognizable speech, arms, or search violation. Order restricts liberty of contract, labor, and…

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

    Executive Order 14378: Continuance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council

    …council under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. No First Amendment or Fourth Amendment or other Bill of Rights interest is implicated. The order directs only the executive branch to continue the SI-supported Review Council. It imposes no…

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

    Executive Order 14305: Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty

    …Section 7(a) explicitly requires detection activity be 'consistent with the Fourth Amendment' and 'to the extent permitted by law.' The main tension is Fourth Amendment: Sec. 7(c) directs automated real-time sharing of personal identifying…

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

    Executive Order 14310: Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay

    …orders a search, seizure, compelled testimony, or punishment under the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments. As applied to users, the order reduces immediate restriction on speech, association, labor, and use of property by…

19. 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

    …foreign-origin goods does not implicate First Amendment, Second Amendment, or Fourth Amendment. No domestic person is targeted for belief or expression. Order burdens only importers sourcing from countries that supply oil to Cuba, an…

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

    Executive Order 14384: Modifying Duties To Address Threats to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation

    …Amendment; no curb on arms under Second Amendment; no search or seizure under Fourth Amendment; no compelled testimony or taking under Fifth Amendment; no trial or jury or punishment issue under Sixth Seventh Eighth Amendments. The order…