Legal Opinion
United States v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 27, 2015No. 14-10086PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ED CARNES, Chief Judge:
There is a vast amount of federal law. So much that no one can hope to keep it all in mind, much less master the mass of it. But it was not always so. The current universe of federal law did begin with a bang, although not a big one. It began with a Constitution on four parchment pages, followed by a Bill of Rights on one more. 1 But the Constitution begat Congress, and Congress begat statutes — lots and lots of statutes. The current version of them fills 45,000 pages of the United States Code. 2 Those statutes begat hundreds of administrative agencies, and many of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Cutter v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- DeFunis v. OdegaardSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Erlenbaugh v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Calderon v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Local No. 8-6, Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by32 opinions
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