id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9755 Law of the United States - Wikipedia .html text/html 9646 1101 64 The Constitution sets out the boundaries of federal law, which consists of Acts of Congress,[2] treaties ratified by the Senate,[3] regulations promulgated by the executive branch,[4] and case law originating from the federal judiciary.[5] The United States Code is the official compilation and codification of general and permanent federal statutory law. Where Congress enacts a statute that conflicts with the Constitution, state or federal courts may rule that law to be unconstitutional and declare it invalid.[18] Unlike the situation with the states, there is no plenary reception statute at the federal level that continued the common law and thereby granted federal courts the power to formulate legal precedent like their English predecessors. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9755.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9755.txt