Democratic (socialist/fascist) President Truman signs the Administrative Procedure Act, vesting in executive and independent agencies, the power to issue regulations that carry the same force of Law as statutes of CONgress.

       [added 8/20/2022]

Subsequent Events:

7/5/1946                   12/16/1950

Authority:

“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface

References:

Administrative Procedure Act (United States) – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_Procedure_Act_(United_States)

A Golden Anniversary? The Administrative Procedures Act of 1946
www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/reg19n3i.html

Federal Regionalism
www.barefootsworld.net/regional.html

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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