Weekly report · Week 2026-W42 · 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-18 (UTC)

State of the Constitution

Snapshot #6 · stored 2026-10-19 07:50 UTC · never rewritten

Compiled automatically from published records · every number is a count of public items · no model-written text · not individually reviewed by a person. Grades are assessments under our published rubric, not legal rulings. How this report is made →

The week in numbers

  • The Constitution Index issued 300 grades (251 bills, 49 executive orders): 151 A, 96 B, 38 C, 7 D, 8 F.
  • 49 VFA SI Solutions published (32 on bills, 12 on executive actions, 5 on Supreme Court opinions).
  • 13 SI Think Tank proposals published.
  • No new Moved toward VFA entries were logged.
  • 6 corrections logged.
  • The automated editorial gate published 55 of 115 items it decided (47.8%).
  • Most cited provision: Amendment X (191 items).

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Constitution Index

“Grades issued this week”

300
Grades issued
295
Measures graded for the first time
5
Re-grades (new official text or rubric)
1029
Measures with a current grade at week end
Grade Meaning Bills Executive orders Total Index at week end
A Constitutional 141 10 151 635
B Mostly sound 74 22 96 239
C Significant issues 30 8 38 97
D Likely unconstitutional 3 4 7 38
F Direct violation 3 5 8 20

Highest grades issued (A or B)

“Most constitutional this week”

  1. S.Res. 852 · 5 of 5 checks passed · graded 2026-10-13

    A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

    Grade #737 · Official source

    A

    Constitutional

  2. H.R. 10159 · 5 of 5 checks passed · graded 2026-10-13

    To authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey to the State of North Carolina a certain parcel of real property located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on which the State shall construct a veterans’ State home, and for other purposes.

    Grade #738 · Official source

    A

    Constitutional

  3. H.R. 7730 · 5 of 5 checks passed · graded 2026-10-13

    Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act

    Grade #740 · Official source

    A

    Constitutional

  4. H.R. 7022 · 5 of 5 checks passed · graded 2026-10-13

    Mystic Alerts Act

    Grade #741 · Official source

    A

    Constitutional

  5. H.R. 5284 · 5 of 5 checks passed · graded 2026-10-13

    Claiming Age Clarity Act

    Grade #742 · Official source

    A

    Constitutional

Lowest grades issued (D or F)

“Least constitutional this week”

  1. H.Res. 539 · 0 of 5 checks passed · graded 2026-10-13

    Censuring Representative LaMonica McIver and removing her from the Committee on Homeland Security.

    Grade #824 · Official source

    F

    Direct violation

  2. Executive Order 14418 · 0 of 5 checks passed · graded 2026-10-13

    Continuing To Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship

    Grade #842 · Official source

    F

    Direct violation

  3. Executive Order 14416 · 0 of 5 checks passed · graded 2026-10-14

    Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution

    Grade #846 · Official source

    F

    Direct violation

  4. Executive Order 14399 · 0 of 5 checks passed · graded 2026-10-14

    Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections

    Grade #862 · Official source

    F

    Direct violation

  5. Executive Order 14396 · 0 of 5 checks passed · graded 2026-10-14

    Preserving America's Game

    Grade #865 · Official source

    F

    Direct violation

Ranked by grade, then by how many of the five rubric checks passed, then by grade number. Measures are listed, not their sponsors.

The text that mattered

“Provisions most cited”

Provision Items citing it Grades Solutions Think Tank
Amendment X 191 140 40 11
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 150 116 33 1
Amendment V 146 111 34 1
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 108 92 15 1
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 69 42 21 6
Amendment I 62 55 7 0
Article I, Section 8 39 35 0 4
Amendment IV 38 38 0 0
Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 37 24 6 7
Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 33 28 3 2

VFA SI Solutions

“Solutions published”

49 total · 32 on bills · 12 on executive actions · 5 on Supreme Court opinions · 49 passed the automated gate, 0 published by an editor

SI Think Tank

“Think Tank proposals published”

Adoption tracker

“Moved toward VFA”

This log records where new official bill text contains a provision that matches one VFA proposed earlier. Matching text does not show why the change was made; Congress drafts from many sources, and VFA does not claim credit for any change.

No new entries were logged this week. Full log →

Trust

“Corrections issued”

6 logged · superseded: 6

Corrections log →

SI Editorial Standard

“Gate pass rate”

47.8%

55 published · 60 rejected · 0 held for a daily cap

VFA SI Solutions 49 / 88 55.7%
Founders' Verdicts 6 / 27 22.2%
Moved toward VFA entries 0 / 0 —

This week's public audit sample →

Method

“How this report is made”

Every number on this page is a count of items already public on this site during one ISO week, Monday 00:00 to Sunday 23:59 UTC: final constitutional grades of bills and executive orders in the Constitution Index, published VFA SI Solutions, published SI Think Tank proposals, entries in the Moved toward VFA log, entries in the corrections log, and the automated editorial gate's publish and reject decisions (pass rate = published / (published + rejected)). Provisions are counted once per item that cites them, using the same Constitution parser that gates every item. The sentences at the top are fixed templates filled with these numbers; no model writes any part of this report.

Each Monday the report for the week that just ended is stored as a snapshot and never rewritten. If a later rebuild gives different numbers, a new version is stored and the old one stays available, marked superseded.

Cite this: Values for America. “State of the Constitution, week 2026-W42 (October 12–October 18, 2026).” Snapshot 6, stored 2026-10-19. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/state-of-the-constitution/2026-W42.

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