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

   Executive Order 14304: Leading the World in Supersonic Flight

   …under First Amendment, arms under Second Amendment, or imposes searches under Fourth Amendment. Order removes a regulatory prohibition and directs noise-based certification through rulemaking. No criminal, trial, jury, or punishment…

2. 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…

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

   Executive Order 14375: Designating the Board of Peace as a Public International Organization Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities

   …or petition under the First Amendment, imposes no search or seizure under the Fourth Amendment, compels no testimony under the Fifth Amendment, and denies no trial or jury right under the Fifth, Sixth, or Seventh Amendments. Section…

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

   H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection Act

   …under the Second Amendment, does not authorize searches or seizures under the Fourth Amendment, and imposes no criminal penalty, compelled testimony, or taking under the Fifth Amendment. It regulates utility cost-allocation procedures…

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

   S. 4974: Making America's Food Safer Act

   …speech, religion, press, assembly, arms, search, trial, or jury restriction. Fourth Amendment: no unreasonable search is authorized; audit use is for risk analysis and voluntary domestic audits require consent. Fifth Amendment Takings…

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

   S.J.Res. 82: 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 Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act".

   …No First through Tenth Amendment infringement. First Amendment and Fourth Amendment and Fifth Amendment and Tenth Amendment are all unaffected. The resolution restricts no person in use of their person, property, speech, labor, or belief.…

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

   Executive Order 14383: Establishing an America First Arms Transfer Strategy

   …catalogs, and interagency process. No First Amendment, Second Amendment, or Fourth Amendment infringement is authorized. Tenth Amendment reserved-powers concern is addressed under decentralization. Order does not restrict what a person may…

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

   Executive Order 14430: Restoring American Saltwater Angling and Recreation

   …anglers raises minor concerns regarding individual sovereignty and potential Fourth Amendment implications, and its centralization of data collection and management decisions at the federal level, while permissible, does not fully embrace…

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

   H.R. 4544: American Access to Banking Act

   …The bill imposes no speech restriction under First Amendment, no search under Fourth Amendment, and no taking under Fifth Amendment. It reduces regulatory burden rather than infringing rights. The bill expands individual sovereignty by…

10. 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…

11. 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…

12. 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,…

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

    H.J.Res. 106: 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 "Central Yukon Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan".

    …Amendment, and authorizes no search, seizure, or surveillance implicating the Fourth Amendment nor any taking under the Fifth Amendment. No right in Amendments 1-10 is infringed. The joint resolution lifts a 2024 agency plan designating 21…

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

    Executive Order 14241: Immediate Measures To Increase American Mineral Production

    …and petition are unaffected; Second Amendment arms ownership is unaffected; Fourth Amendment search protections are unaffected because expedited permitting and federal-land leasing do not authorize searches, seizures, or surveillance.…

15. 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…

16. 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…

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

    S.Con.Res. 37: A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to honor the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham.

    …of soldiers (Third Amendment); it does not authorize any search or seizure (Fourth Amendment); it does not affect criminal proceedings, due process, or takings (Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth Amendments); and it does not infringe on…

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

    S. 1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

    …searches, seizures, or surveillance programs that would implicate the Fourth Amendment. No provision described takes property, compels self-incrimination, or limits trial rights under the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments.…

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

    H.Con.Res. 89: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.

    …religion, press or assembly interest, no Second Amendment arms interest, no Fourth Amendment search, and no Fifth through Eighth Amendment trial or punishment interest. By restoring congressional control over hostilities, it protects the…

20. 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…