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Government

Feb. 4, 2011

Underground Regulations: Fighting Against Government by Decree

Legal options the public can take to challenge unlawful government decrees. By Sanford L. Michelman and Bill Gausewitz of Michelman & Robinson.


By Sanford L. Michelman and Bill Gausewitz


It is often said that "ours is a government of laws, not of people." We accept and obey lawfully-enacted statutes and regulations whether we like them or not. So long as a law is properly created, we will agree on the law's legitimacy, even if we may disagree about its desirability.


There are two common methods for enacting laws. The most well known is by passing a bill in the Legislature. Bills ...

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