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

   Executive Order 14386: Strengthening United States National Defense With America's Beautiful Clean Coal Power Generation Fleet

   This executive order directs the Department of War to prioritize coal-fired power for federal installations, citing national defense and grid reliability. It operates within federal authority over military property and procurement, does…

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

   Executive Order 14296: Keeping Promises to Veterans and Establishing a National Center for Warrior Independence

   Executive Order 14296 directs existing federal agencies to use existing federal VA property and veterans-benefits authorities to house and serve homeless veterans voluntarily, subject to applicable law and appropriations. It cites no new…

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

   Executive Order 14287: Protecting American Communities From Criminal Aliens

   …labor, worship, or belief of citizens. It does not order searches without warrants under the Fourth Amendment, compel testimony under the Fifth Amendment, or punish speech or press under the First Amendment. Section 4 calls for eligibility…

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

   H.R. 7618: American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2026

   …and interpretation is voluntary, and the required studies of French and Indian War and Mexican-American War sites impose no mandate, prohibition, or condition on private owners. The government bears no additional burden here because no…

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

   Executive Order 14305: Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty

   …enforcement rather than creating new crimes or seizures. The only cautions are warrantless remote-ID data sharing and expanded detection that need strong minimization safeguards, warranting a B: mostly sound with fixable privacy tension.…

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

   H.R. 6938: Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026

   …the bill is a funding measure and does not direct censorship, disarmament, warrantless search, compelled testimony, or denial of trial rights. No provision described restricts speech, religion, press, assembly under the First Amendment,…

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

   H.J.Res. 60: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Park Service relating to "Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: Motor Vehicles".

   …with presentment under Article I, Section 7. No retroactive penalty, no warrantless taking, and just compensation under the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause is not triggered.

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

   Executive Order 14376: Stopping Wall Street From Competing With Main Street Homebuyers

   …or seizures under the Fourth Amendment. It creates no criminal penalty, no warrantless surveillance, and no taking of private homes. It directs guidance on how the Federal Government sells, insures, guarantees, or securitizes homes it…

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

   S. 307: Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act

   …It does not restrict speech under the First Amendment, does not authorize warrantless searches under the Fourth Amendment, does not compel self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment, and preserves trial rights under the Sixth Amendment.…

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

    Executive Order 14241: Immediate Measures To Increase American Mineral Production

    …No provision directs censorship, religious targeting, disarmament, quartering, warrantless search, compelled testimony, unfair trial, or cruel punishment. First Amendment speech, press, assembly and petition are unaffected; Second…

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

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

    …requires the transmission of personal data (citizenship status) without a warrant or individualized suspicion, potentially violating privacy rights. The Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause is at risk because the order provides no clear…

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

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

    …by law and cites existing statutes, so it does not on its face authorize warrantless searches under Fourth Amendment, compelled testimony under Fifth Amendment, or denial of counsel under Sixth Amendment. Risk is First Amendment assembly…