This is absolutely right. And administrative regulations can be integrated
with fines and imprisonment. Look at EPA and OSHA, for example.

Here we are talking about a federal forum, but the unchecked growth of
administrative agencies at all levels, including the state, has allowed our
government to run amuck.

When you have such a thing as an "administrative law judge" and Congress
forfeiting (gladly?) to the Executive branch broad regulatory power,
regulations begin to carry the weight of "law" and "violation of
regulations" becomes essentially the same thing as "illegal." The only
significant distinction is jail time or the lack thereof. However, if the
penalty is severe enough, losing one's estate is not much better than
simple jail time.

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John T