Radio Ranch with Roger Sayles LIVE 111925 ,Live, Statutes, Codes, and the CFR: A Field Guide to the Administrative State

Today I opened the lines without our usual intro—and without Paul in the cockpit—so I took a few minutes to share how he became such an integral part of this community after my bumpy multi‑part interview on Sarah Westall’s show years ago. From there we dove deep into how American law actually gets made and then applied: bills moving through the House and Senate, signatures and vetoes, the Statutes at Large, and how portions become the U.S. Code—sometimes as positive law and sometimes not. We spent most of the session on the administrative state: the Administrative Procedure Act, the Federal Register, and the three kinds of regulations (statements of policy, interpretive rules, and substantive “notice‑and‑comment” rules), with examples like CDC masking and TSA directives. We also looked at the IRS through 26 CFR §1.1‑1 and the eCFR, and contrasted all of this with older legal traditions (Roman civil law and the merchant code) to show how “remedy” and process actually operate. Along the way, callers raised questions about courts of appeals and precedent, the Library of Congress and federal depositories, positive vs. non‑positive law, and how to research a regulation’s history in the Federal Register. If you’re new, this is a concentrated primer you can replay, take notes on, and use to orient your future research.From Bills to Bureaucracy: How Law Really Hits Your LifeStatutes, Codes, and the CFR: A Field Guide to the Administrative State Notice and Comment 101: Understanding the Rules that Rule YouPositive Law, Policy, and the IRS: A Practical Tour for CitizensFrom Rome to the eCFR: Remedies, Regulations, and Reality 'How Our Laws Are Made' (official House document via GPO): https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CDOC-110hdoc49United States Code (Office of the Law Revision Counsel): https://uscode.house.gov/Code of Federal Regulations / eCFR (Office of the Federal Register & NARA): https://www.ecfr.gov/Federal Register (learn page on the rulemaking process): https://www.federalregister.gov/learnAdministrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. §§ 551–559, OLRC): https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-chapter5-subchapter226 CFR § 1.1-1 — Income tax on individuals (eCFR): https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-26/section-1.1-1United States Courts — Structure and the Courts of Appeals: https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/court-role-and-structureLibrary of Congress (research portal): https://www.loc.gov/Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS): https://www.acus.gov/Uniform Commercial Code (Uniform Law Commission overview): https://www.uniformlaws.org/acts/uccCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): https://www.cdc.gov/Transportation Security Administration (TSA): https://www.tsa.gov/Sarah Westall — Official site: https://sarahwestall.com/Jeff Rense — Official site: https://rense.com/Schoolhouse Rock! — "I’m Just a Bill" (official video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFroMQlKiag