Constitutional Opinion No. 2026-0809
Case Information
- Source
- U.S. Senate (Sanctioning Russia Act bill text)
- Author
- Sens. Graham (R-SC), Blumenthal (D-CT), et al.
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-01
- Content Type
- Legal / Normative Text (statutory bill text)
- Opinion Issued
- 2026-07-20
- AFCS Version
- 1.0
Holding
The full statutory text of the updated Sanctioning Russia Act: mandatory sanctions on Russian officials, the Central Bank, Sberbank/VTB/Gazprombank, defense-industrial suppliers, oligarchs, and the shadow fleet; tiered tariffs up to 500% on direct Russian imports and up to 100% on the five largest purchasers of Russian oil/gas; a broad presidential national-interest waiver (SEC. 115); carve-outs for agriculture, food, medicine, humanitarian aid, civilian nuclear, and allied natural gas; and termination only on a certified Ukraine-accepted peace with a 3/5 Senate supermajority to overturn presidential cessation (SEC. 117). Full-text companion to the announcement scored at 0808 (71). Calibrated, discretion-preserving, adversary-targeting statecraft (aligned) weighed by the foreign-war entanglement tension, the extreme 500% tariff, and the unusual termination entrenchment. Legal-normative weighting 85/15. No auto-fail (sanctions/tariffs on adversary, not foreign aid or domestic tax).
It is the judgment of this Court that Opinion No. 2026-0809 is hereby entered into the record, in accordance with the America First Constitutional Standard. The score stands. The reasoning is published. The record is public.