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1. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade F (Direct violation) · Oct 09, 2026

   S. 4465: A bill to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes.

   …warrantless backdoor searches of Americans' communications, violating the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. While foreign intelligence gathering falls within federal authority, the inclusion of U.S.…

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

   Executive Order 14325: Amendment to Duties To Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border

   …the Second Amendment; authorizes no search, seizure, or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment; compels no testimony under the Fifth Amendment self-incrimination clause; and creates no criminal trial, jury denial, or punishment under the…

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

   Executive Order 14256: Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports

   …under First Amendment, arms under Second Amendment, search or seizure under Fourth Amendment, or trial rights under Fifth, Sixth, Seventh Amendments. The order imposes duties on imported goods from the People's Republic of China and Hong…

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

   Executive Order 14331: Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans

   …Amendment, quartering under the Third Amendment, search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment, or trial rights under the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Amendments. It does not infringe unenumerated rights under the Ninth Amendment or…

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

   Executive Order 14252: Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful

   …enumerated powers, decentralization and takings checks, with only minor First, Fourth and Eighth Amendment implementation risks from maximum-enforcement language that require explicit speech, search and bail safeguards. Grade B: mostly…

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

   Executive Order 14259: Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports From the People's Republic of China

   …Amendments, and authorizes no search, seizure or compelled testimony under the Fourth or Fifth Amendments. Economic burden from a tariff is not a Bill of Rights infringement. Tripling de minimis burdens and raising reciprocal rates…

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

   Executive Order 14261: Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241

   …disarmament under the Second Amendment, searches or seizures under the Fourth Amendment, compelled testimony under the Fifth Amendment, or unfair trials or punishments under the Sixth through Eighth Amendments. The order addresses coal…

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

   Executive Order 14333: Declaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia

   …defect requiring rewrite; as-applied conduct must still comply with the First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments. The President invokes Article II executive power to take care that laws be faithfully executed under Article II, Section 3, acting…

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

   Executive Order 14321: Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets

   …powers, encourage liberty deprivations without stated Fifth, Fourteenth, Fourth and Eighth Amendment safeguards, and consolidate local policing choices at the federal level. The defects require structural rewrite with explicit due-process…

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

    Executive Order 14266: Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates To Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment

    …or seizure of persons, homes, papers, or effects without warrant under the Fourth Amendment, does not compel self-incrimination or deny trial protections under the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Amendments. Economic cost is not itself a…

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

    Executive Order 14288: Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement To Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens

    …in violation of federalism and the Tenth Amendment, with added First and Fourth Amendment and liberty risks requiring structural narrowing. The President may supervise federal law enforcement under Article II, Sections 1 and 3, and…

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

    Executive Order 14339: Additional Measures To Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia

    …Third Amendment, nor excessive punishment under Eighth Amendment. Risk is Fourth Amendment-adjacent: expanded Park Police enforcement, deputized Guard under Title 32, and a standing national quick-reaction force increase the capacity for…

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

    Executive Order 14328: Establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics

    …no quartering under Third Amendment, no search or seizure authorization under Fourth Amendment, no compelled testimony or takings under Fifth Amendment, no trial procedure change under Sixth and Seventh Amendments, no punishment under…

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

    Executive Order 14306: Sustaining Select Efforts To Strengthen the Nation's Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144

    …No First Amendment speech restriction, no Second Amendment restriction, and no Fourth Amendment search or seizure of private effects without warrant is ordered. No restriction on private speech, belief, labor, property use, or private…

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

    Executive Order 14242: Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities

    …Amendment; and it authorizes no search, seizure, or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment. Section 2(b) conditions federal funds on compliance with existing Federal law against illegal discrimination, but creates no prior restraint,…

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

    Executive Order 14275: Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement

    …arms under Second Amendment, quartering under Third Amendment, searches under Fourth Amendment, or trial and punishment rights under Fifth through Eighth Amendments. The order governs internal executive procurement rules and creates no…

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

    Executive Order 14336: Ensuring American Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Resilience by Filling the Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Reserve

    …preference for domestic manufacture. No First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment self-incrimination, Sixth Amendment, Seventh Amendment, or Eighth Amendment interest is implicated. Imposes no restriction on…

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

    Executive Order 14361: Modifying the Scope of Tariffs on the Government of Brazil

    …the First Amendment, does not implicate the Second Amendment, Third Amendment, Fourth Amendment search and seizure, Fifth Amendment self-incrimination, Sixth Amendment trial rights, Seventh Amendment jury, or Eighth Amendment punishment.…

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

    Executive Order 14394: Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction

    …soldiers (Third Amendment). It does not authorize warrantless searches (Fourth Amendment), compel self-incrimination (Fifth Amendment), or deny trial rights (Sixth and Seventh Amendments). It does not impose cruel or unusual punishment…

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

    Executive Order 14367: Designating Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction

    …law' and 'consistent with applicable law,' preserving First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendment protections. Risk remains that WMD and nonproliferation intelligence tools could be repurposed for domestic…