United States federal law

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body of law legal system

United States federal law is the body of statutes, regulations, and constitutional provisions enacted or authorized by the federal government that governs the entire country and prevails over conflicting state laws.

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All labels observed (20)

Label Occurrences
United States federal law canonical 238
United States federal jurisdiction 10
U.S. federal law 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of law ⓘ
legal system ⓘ
appliesTo United States of America ⓘ
surface form: entire United States

federal territories of the United States ⓘ
authorizes creation of federal administrative agencies ⓘ
basedOn common law tradition ⓘ
bindingOn federal government ⓘ
individuals within United States jurisdiction ⓘ
state governments when preempted ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Code ⓘ
constitutionalBasis United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
enforcedBy executive branch of the United States ⓘ
federal administrative agencies ⓘ
hasComponent United States Constitution ⓘ
executive orders ⓘ
federal case law ⓘ
federal regulations ⓘ
federal statutes ⓘ
treaties of the United States ⓘ
historicalOrigin ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788 ⓘ
includes administrative law ⓘ
antitrust law ⓘ
bankruptcy law ⓘ
civil law ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
immigration law ⓘ
intellectual property law ⓘ
labor law ⓘ
military law ⓘ
securities law ⓘ
social security law ⓘ
tax law ⓘ
includesPrinciple checks and balances ⓘ
federal preemption ⓘ
judicial review ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
legislatedBy United States Congress ⓘ
regulationsCodifiedIn Code of Federal Regulations ⓘ
sourceOfAuthority Commerce Clause ⓘ
surface form: commerce clause

enumerated powers of Congress ⓘ
Necessary and Proper Clause ⓘ
surface form: necessary and proper clause
supremacyClauseSource Article VI ⓘ
surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution
supremacyOver conflicting state laws ⓘ

Referenced by (270)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supremacy Clause → legalSystem → United States federal law ⓘ
U.S. Virgin Islands → usesLegalSystem → United States federal law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States law
Title 50 of the United States Code → legalSystem → United States federal law ⓘ
Necessary and Proper Clause → legalSystem → United States federal law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States law
Alaska Time Zone → legalDefinitionJurisdiction → United States federal law ⓘ
Black → subjectMatter → United States federal law ⓘ
Lawyers’ Edition → subjectArea → United States federal law ⓘ
Stat. → usedInJurisdiction → United States federal law ⓘ
USCP → hasLegalBasis → United States federal law ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Capitol Police
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation → governedBy → United States federal law ⓘ
Sergeant at Arms of the Senate → legalAuthority → United States federal law ⓘ
United States Secretary of Agriculture → legalBasis → United States federal law ⓘ
Committee to Re-elect the President → regulatedBy → United States federal law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal campaign finance law
Benefits Review Board → jurisdiction → United States federal law ⓘ
United States Army Institute of Heraldry → governingLaw → United States federal law ⓘ
National Security Division → legalAuthority → United States federal law ⓘ
District Court of the Virgin Islands → appliesLaw → United States federal law ⓘ
Steward Machine Company → jurisdiction → United States federal law ⓘ
subject surface form: Steward Machine Co. v. Davis
81st United States Congress → appliesToJurisdiction → United States federal law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal jurisdiction
Title 33 of the United States Code → legalSystem → United States federal law ⓘ
Guy T. Helvering → hasJurisdiction → United States federal law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal tax system
National Security Letters → jurisdiction → United States federal law ⓘ
subject surface form: National Security Letter
IRC → legalSystem → United States federal law ⓘ
subject surface form: Internal Revenue Code
William J. Hochul Jr. → legalSystem → United States federal law ⓘ
Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States → legalDomain → United States federal law ⓘ
Cantwell v. Connecticut → jurisdiction → United States federal law ⓘ
Samoa Time Zone → governingAuthorityForAmericanSamoa → United States federal law ⓘ
Enforcement Clause → jurisdiction → United States federal law ⓘ
Act of Congress → partOf → United States federal law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States statutory law
George "Machine Gun" Kelly → legalJurisdiction → United States federal law ⓘ
Title 28 of the United States Code → legalSystem → United States federal law ⓘ
South Dakota v. Dole → hasJurisdiction → United States federal law ⓘ
Title 42 of the United States Code → legalSystem → United States federal law ⓘ
Chapter 3 – Protection of the President; United States Secret Service → jurisdiction → United States federal law ⓘ
Chapter 4 – Delegation of Functions → legalDomain → United States federal law ⓘ
Regulation Z → jurisdiction → United States federal law ⓘ
84th United States Congress → appliesToJurisdiction → United States federal law ⓘ
American → citizenshipRegulatedBy → United States federal law ⓘ
United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development → legalFramework → United States federal law ⓘ
Title 38 of the United States Code → jurisdiction → United States federal law ⓘ
Title 16 of the United States Code → legalSystem → United States federal law ⓘ
Coinage Act of 1853 → classification → United States federal law ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States monetary law
Navajo Nation → legalSystem → United States federal law ⓘ
SLSDC → governedBy → United States federal law ⓘ
CFR → legalSystem → United States federal law ⓘ
subject surface form: Code of Federal Regulations
Militia Acts of the United States → fieldOfWork → United States federal law ⓘ
Title IX → belongsToDomain → United States federal law ⓘ
subject surface form: Title IX of the USA PATRIOT Act
Treasurer of the United States → hasLegalBasis → United States federal law ⓘ
Government of the United States Virgin Islands → legalSystem → United States federal law ⓘ
National Historical Parks of the United States → hasLegalBasis → United States federal law ⓘ