History
How Administrative Agencies Create Binding Regulations
Quick fact
Between 1946 and 2020, agencies issued over 100,000 final rules, yet Congress itself passes only a few hundred laws per year. The Federal Register, where these rules are published, is the daily newspaper of the administrative state.
Why this is interesting
Congress passes laws, but it doesn't actually set most rules that affect your daily life—unelected bureaucrats do. How is that legal?