When do Regulations Have the Force of Law? [No. 86]

Does it matter if a rule passed by an administrative agency isn’t technically a law? Professor Gary Lawson explains that valid rules can preempt state laws and penalize violators with significant fines. Even in a court ruling, most administrative rules are upheld over existing local laws.

Professor Gary Lawson is the Philip S. Beck Professor at Boston University School of Law.

As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

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