In an ideal world, the laws of Congress--known as federal statutes--would always be clearly worded and easily understood by the judges tasked with interpreting
The dominance of legislatures and statutory law has put an impossible burden on the courts. Guido Calabresi thinks it is time for this country seriously to cons
"The United States Code is the official codification of the general and permanent laws of the United States of America. The Code was first published in 1926, an