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9 results for “commerce clause”
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14271: Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts
…41 U.S.C. 3307(d) and 10 U.S.C. 3453, enacted under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 for common defence and general welfare and Clause 18 necessary and proper authority for federal procurement. It directs only subordinate executive officers,…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14269: Restoring America's Maritime Dominance
…Section 301 trade remedies, and customs-fee enforcement sit within federal commerce and defense powers and presidential direction of the executive branch, with no Bill of Rights infringement, taking, or improper federal consolidation.…
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VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to cl-10870059 · Jun 06, 2026
SEC disgorgement requires proof of pecuniary loss to investors to remain within traditional equitable relief under Article III and the Seventh Amendment.
…truly equitable, Congress may lack power under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce Clause) to authorize it, as it would exceed the scope of 'necessary and proper' legislation. Article III, Section 2, Clause 1 Seventh Amendment Tenth…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
H.R. 2913: Ukraine Support Act
HR 2913 operates within core federal foreign-affairs, defense, and foreign-commerce powers, imposes no domestic rights restriction or taking, and federal action is the only competent level. SI review finds it constitutional. Congress has…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 14, 2026
H.R. 9171: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
…can be tied to the Property Clause (Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2) and the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3), funding entities like the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14361: Modifying the Scope of Tariffs on the Government of Brazil
…significant enumerated-powers tension. The power to lay duties and regulate commerce with foreign nations belongs to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 3. This order rests on delegated statutes, principally the…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14357: Modifying Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China
…PRC commitments on fentanyl precursors. It operates within the federal foreign-commerce domain, infringes no Bill of Rights protection, expands individual economic liberty, and satisfies due process through prospective published…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 09, 2026
H.R. 5201: Kari's Law Reporting Act
…speech, property, or privacy. Because it operates within Congress's interstate commerce power and merely requires agency transparency, it is fully constitutional. Congress has authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate…
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Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026
Executive Order 14294: Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations
…regulatory breach into crime, protects freedom to work and to conduct commerce without fear of hidden strict responsibility offenses. The order does not move control to higher power. It orders executive self-review, public lists, restraint…