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Executive branch regulations (though not executive orders) are considered law (called “administrative law”), have the force of law, and are litigated in the courts same as law passed by Congress (unless Congress specifies otherwise, as with the ones the district court said it did not have jurisdiction over).

I was in the courtroom when the case was argued and it was clear the judge was looking for a good reason to throw it out rather than issue a ruling.