federal statute
National legislative enactment
A federal statute is a law enacted by a national legislature, as distinguished from laws passed by state, provincial, or local governments.
In the United States, federal statutes are passed by Congress and apply throughout the country: The Civil Rights Act is a federal statute.
Federal statutes take precedence over conflicting state laws.
- billAmount owed, written
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- tax codeLaws governing taxation
- textualismInterpreting law literally
- amendmentChange to official text
due process · committee hearing · judicial review · Supreme Court · plain meaning · separation of powers · codification · checks and balances · executive orders · congressional oversight · concurrent powers · administrative law · interstate commerce · veto · enabling act · legal precedent · jurisdiction · rule of law
- lawslaws, ordinance, acts, code, civil laws
- extraditionextradition treaty, fugitive, fugitives, fugitive warrant, rendition
federal statutestate law
Regional government mandate
state regulation · local ordinance · municipal code · tribal law · state code
federal statutecommon law
Jurisprudence from judicial decisions
case law · judicial precedent · executive order · unwritten law · federal regulation
federal, federally, federate, federated, federation, federalism, federalist, confederate, confederation