SSN Policy Manual

Policy Manual

or term, then it has this special meaning; beyond that content - that is, when the word include is used in anything else, it has the legal meaning that was defined above. Pay particular attention to these words as you read the law. Now you should be able to go back and reread the telephone list at the beginning of this section and understand clearly what is being said. As a practice you should do that before proceeding.

Who's Bound by the Law Many laws restrict or require something of Citizens, but the overwhelming majority of laws and regulations are written for the various government agencies. Citizens never need permission from the law to do a thing. Government agencies, however, must have explicit permission for each thing that they do. A state and federal agency cannot do anything that is not explicitly authorized by law . . . to do so is illegal. A government agency violates the law when it does something that the People have not given it permission to do. In America, People have rights, the government has permission.

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