Federal Registry

The Federal Registry is, among other things, a massive collection of pseudo-laws called regulations created by the federal government.  Unlike a law, which must be passed by both Houses of Congress and signed by the President, regulations are created by various departments, often at the direction of a new law.

The Federal Registry also includes various government notices, Presidential proclamations and executive orders.

==Speech Relevance==
Reagan speaks of the Registry, by name, in '[A City Upon a Hill]', comparing its size to the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Earlier in his career, in '[A Time for Choosing]' he spoke on the power of regulations in skirting the protections of the [Constitution].

<BLOCKQUOTE>''These proliferating bureaus with their thousands of regulations have cost us many of our constitutional safeguards. How many of us realize that today federal agents can invade a man's property without a warrant? They can impose a fine without a formal hearing, let alone a trial by jury, and they can seize and sell his property in auction to enforce the payment of that fine. In Chicot County, Arkansas, [James Wier] overplanted his rice allotment. The government obtained a $17,000 judgment, and a U.S. marshal sold his 950-acre farm at auction. The government said it was necessary as a warning to others to make the system work.''</BLOCKQUOTE>

He would also mention these Constitutional violations in his [Reagan Radio Commentaries|Radio Commentaries], specifically one entitled 'OSHA.'

==Source Links==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Register|Federal Register (''Wikipedia'')]
The Reagan Speech Preservation Society

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