By what authority do governmental entities impose various regulations?

Answer 1

By the authority of the Constitution and the laws passed by past governments. If an entity has passed a regulation that many people disagree with they can petition their representive or governor or president to direct the entity to change the regulation. It's much simpler than getting an enacted law changed.

Answer 2

The governmental entitites you talk about get their authority to regulate from the laws written by Congress.

For example, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ("Act") states that for purposes of regulations having to do with the Act, the Federal Reserve will regulate banks; the Federal Trade Commission will regulate stores and other non-bank businesses that handle consumer financial information; and that state insurance regulators will write regulations for insurance companies.

They get their authority directly from the laws when the laws are written by Congress. Congress, in turn, gets its authority from the Constitution, which states that Congress has the job of writing the laws. The Courts can overrule Congress because the Courts, per the Constitution, are given the job to oversee the laws - starting with the Constitution and making sure that Congress does not overstep its authority. Ye olde checks and balances.

Answer 3

Mao-Zedung said, "All power comes from the barrel of a gun." Having seen our constitutional rights taken away from us over the years, and particularly since 9/11, I would have to agree that Mao is right. We laid down & let the government roll over us because they have more guns.

Answer 4

The same question shows up again

Answer 5

I doubt this is feasible