Weekly report · Week 2026-W43 · 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-25 (UTC)
State of the Constitution
Week in progress. Computed live from current records; the numbers will change until the week ends. The citable snapshot is stored on Monday.
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 no new grades.
- 1 VFA SI Solution published (1 on bills).
- 2 SI Think Tank proposals published.
- No new Moved toward VFA entries were logged.
- No corrections were logged.
- The automated editorial gate published 1 of 1 items it decided (100.0%).
- Most cited provision: Amendment V (2 items).
Constitution Index
“Grades issued this week”
| Grade | Meaning | Bills | Executive orders | Total | Index at week end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Constitutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 635 |
| B | Mostly sound | 0 | 0 | 0 | 239 |
| C | Significant issues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| D | Likely unconstitutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| F | Direct violation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Highest grades issued (A or B)
“Most constitutional this week”
No measure received an A or B this week.
Lowest grades issued (D or F)
“Least constitutional this week”
No measure received a D or F this week.
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 V | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Amendment X | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Amendment II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Article I, Section 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
VFA SI Solutions
“Solutions published”
1 total · 1 on bills · 0 on executive actions · 0 on Supreme Court opinions · 1 passed the automated gate, 0 published by an editor
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Bills · H.R. 9332 · 2026-10-19
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 →
SI Editorial Standard
“Gate pass rate”
100.0%
1 published · 0 rejected · 0 held for a daily cap
| VFA SI Solutions | 1 / 1 | 100.0% |
| Founders' Verdicts | 0 / 0 | — |
| Moved toward VFA entries | 0 / 0 | — |
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-W43 (October 19–October 25, 2026).” Live preview, not yet snapshotted. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/state-of-the-constitution/2026-W43.
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