LEGAL Constitutional Help Needed on Publication of Regulations

[davidinthewilderness]

I am wading into the new Veterinary Regulations documents, ugh! I feel woefully inadequate to address this "new direction" the agency is going. I won't lament the lack of public details... here are the questions, if anyone can help.

Constitutionally speaking, is publication of regulation in the CFR legitimate (thus codification of that rule)?

In the document I am looking at it says they will no longer will publish rules in the CFR but only publish on the internet. They made no mention if they are continuing publishing in Federal Register.

Is strictly electronic publication of regulations Constitutional?

Something just doesn't feel right about this but I have not read enough (or know enough) to pin it...yet.

If anyone knows the information would be appreciated,
Celeste

 

[night driver]

I'm going to suggest that the Constitution doesn't address how Federal Regulations are codified. That seems more likely to be something that whatever enabling laws were passed for the specific regulatory commission or department would cover. And those can change.

 

[Troke]

Hmmm! I have a feeling that some where some place there is going to be a 'hard copy'. Given the size of the Regs that I have seen, putting it on the Net for the average user seems a good idea. Although, cutting back on that much paper might put my papermaking kid out of a job.

 

[American Rage]

United Stades Code or USC can be found in any law library. I'm pretty sure USC is based on Acts approved by Congress and signed into law by the President. I can't recall the number, but it is significant, but I know each one is about a thick as a major cities' phone directory. Modern ones often run 2 or 3 volumes b/c of the mass amount of law produced in Washington these days.


Hey, wouldn't you know it, US Code is now online. Just do a search.

 

[davidinthewilderness]

Hmmm! I have a feeling that some where some place there is going to be a 'hard copy'. Given the size of the Regs that I have seen, putting it on the Net for the average user seems a good idea. Although, cutting back on that much paper might put my papermaking kid out of a job.

I ran across Washington State putting their code electronically but I was so busy with brush fires I didn't have time to >think< about it. Big mistake. So I dug into one section of the VS 2015 today....not good. For one they are going to make it transparent which is fine if our definition agrees with theirs but id doesn't. The next troubling thing is in this move to make all code electronic they are going to >DESTROY< hardcopy code and only keep what is in alignment with the CFR. Much of what they have achieved through the regulatory process is unconstitutional and they had no authority or jurisdiction to do what they did. So we fast-forward to today and they are going to destroy evidence of their crime. Erase it. And as we have all seen with election fraud it is very easy to manipulate electronic data. (I agree though it is easier to look online but nothing beats old dusty books).

Celeste