Constitutional Opinion No. 2026-0923
Case Information
- Content Scored
- Presidential Determination Approving U.S.-Saudi Arabia Agreement for Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (No. 2026-18)
- Source
- Federal Register / The White House
- Author
- Executive Office of the President
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-16
- Content Type
- Executive Order
- Opinion Issued
- 2026-07-28
- AFCS Version
- 1.0
Holding
The Presidential Determination approving a section 123 agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation with Saudi Arabia, conditioned on 'Additional Safeguards and Verification Measures,' advances American strategic and commercial interests in nuclear energy. The President found performance 'will promote, and will not constitute an unreasonable risk to, the common defense and security.' It is a cooperation agreement, not foreign aid, and triggers no Automatic Fail. The transfer of nuclear technology to a foreign state warrants a tempered rather than maximal alignment score. Default 70/30 weighting applied: the determination's security finding is itself assessed, so the legal-text exception does not apply.
It is the judgment of this Court that Opinion No. 2026-0923 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.