Federal law originates with the Constitution, which gives Congress the power to enact statutes for certain limited purposes like regulating interstate commerce. The United States Code is the official compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal statutes. Many statutes give executive branch agencies the power to create regulations, which are published in the Federal Register and codified into the Code of Federal Regulations. Regulations generally also carry the force of law under the Chevron doctrine. Many lawsuits turn on the meaning of a federal statute or regulation, and judicial interpretations of such meaning carry legal force under the principle of stare decisis.
What does federal law come from? What gives Congress limited power to enact statutes? What do you call the official compilation and codification of federal statutes? Where are regulations published? Where are regulations codified into? Where does federal law begin? Who has the power and right to enact statutes for interstate dealings? What is the compilation and codification of all federal statutes? Who do the statutes give the power of creating regulations? Where are the regulations from executive branch agencies found?