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

   H.J.Res. 35: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions".

   …the Second Amendment, and no search, seizure, or surveillance implicating the Fourth Amendment. By nullifying an annual emissions charge and related compliance mandates, it reduces Fifth Amendment property and due process burdens rather…

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

   Executive Order 14308: Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response

   …Second Amendment; no searches, seizures oracomprehensive monitoring under Fourth Amendment; no compelled testimony or criminal process changes under Fifth, Sixth, Seventh or Eighth Amendments. Technology roadmap direction to use artificial…

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

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

   …seizure, self-incrimination, trial, jury, or punishment issue under the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments is created. The order directs enforcement through existing inspection procedures under 49 CFR 391.11(b)(2), with no…

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

   H.R. 10334: EFIN Verification Act of 2026

   …firearms (Second Amendment). It does not authorize any search or seizure (Fourth Amendment). It does not compel self-incrimination or deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process (Fifth Amendment). It does not affect…

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

   H.R. 9499: Protecting Taxpayers from Ghost Preparers Act

   …protected right. It does not authorize unreasonable searches or seizures (Fourth Amendment), compel self-incrimination (Fifth Amendment), or impose cruel or unusual punishment (Eighth Amendment). To the contrary, it protects taxpayers from…

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

   H.R. 5317: Community Bank Deposit Access Act of 2025

   …and does not authorize searches, seizures, or compelled testimony under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments. It changes a regulatory classification for custodial deposits at small insured banks and extends existing interest-rate limits. No…

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

   H.R. 6955: Main Street Capital Access Act

   …Amendment, arms under the Second Amendment, or privacy and security under the Fourth Amendment. The bill lessens regulatory burdens, examinations, and reporting, it does not authorize searches, seizures, compelled testimony, or trial…

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

   H.R. 9770: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027

   …under First Amendment, arms under Second Amendment, or imposes searches under Fourth Amendment. Funding at prior-year levels and extension of existing programs does not abridge any right in Amendments 1-10. The bill does not restrict any…

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

   H.R. 1501: Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025

   …speech (First Amendment), arms (Second Amendment), or authorize searches (Fourth Amendment). No taking of private property is ordered, and no criminal procedure right is implicated. The bill restricts no personal conduct, speech, belief,…

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

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

    …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 code, disarmament,…

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

    Executive Order 14284: Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service

    …under First Amendment, arms under Second Amendment, search or seizure under Fourth Amendment, or other rights in Amendments 3, 5-10. Order addresses internal federal personnel certification only, creating no restriction on private…

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

    Executive Order 14349: Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations

    …speech under the First Amendment, does not authorize any search under the Fourth Amendment, and does not restrict arms under the Second Amendment. The 120-day status-quo period preserves existing conditions by agreement of parties under…

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

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

    …Second Amendment, and authorizes no search, seizure, or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment. No criminal process or punishment is imposed, so the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments are not triggered. The Order does not…

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

    Executive Order 14360: Modifying the Scope of the Reciprocal Tariffs With Respect to Certain Agricultural Products

    …press or assembly restriction, no Second Amendment arms restriction, no Fourth Amendment search or seizure, and no Fifth through Eighth Amendment trial or punishment provision is triggered. Easing of import duties on agricultural products…

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

    Executive Order 14374: Establishing a Second Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations

    …Amendment, disarm under the Second Amendment, or authorize searches under the Fourth Amendment. No provision of the first ten Amendments, including the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, is infringed. The Order imposes no direct restriction on…

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

    H.R. 3937: Wabeno Economic Development Act

    …Second Amendment, does not authorize search, seizure or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment, and does not take private property for public use. Instead it disposes of public property to a private buyer through a voluntary, compensated…

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

    Executive Order 14278: Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future

    …under the First Amendment, arms under the Second Amendment, searches under the Fourth Amendment, or any other protection in Amendments 1-10. The Order creates no mandate, prohibition, surveillance, or condition on individuals. Section 6(c)…

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

    Executive Order 14293: Regulatory Relief To Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines

    …under Second Amendment, no search, seizure, or surveillance expansion under Fourth Amendment, and no compelled testimony or trial rights issue under Fifth and Sixth Amendments. It directs review and removal of duplicative FDA and EPA…

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

    Executive Order 14303: Restoring Gold Standard Science

    …First Amendment, no disarmament under Second Amendment, no searches under Fourth Amendment, and no compelled testimony. It regulates internal executive-branch scientific integrity only. No person is compelled or prohibited from speaking,…

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

    Executive Order 14257: Regulating Imports With a Reciprocal Tariff To Rectify Trade Practices That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits

    …speech under the First Amendment, infringe the Second Amendment, or authorize Fourth Amendment search and seizure. No provision targets press, assembly, petition, jury trial, or quartering. Tariffs directly restrict individuals' and firms'…