Worksheet: Administrative Law Creation and Power
The judicial branch exercises _______ over agency powers through the courts' review of agency actions.
control
All cabinet departments of the executive branch are included in independent regulatory agencies. (TF)
false
An independent regulatory agency is usually run by _________.
a commission or board
delegation doctrine
a doctrine based Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution, which has been constructed to allow Congress to delegate some of its power to make and implement laws to administrative agencies
bureaucracy
a large organization that is structured hierarchically to carry out specific
Congress can _________ an agency all together if it wishes.
abolish
legislative rules
administrative agency rules that affect substantive legal rights and carry the same weight as congressionally enacted statutes
interpretive rules
administrative agency rules that simply declare policies or explain the agency's positions and do not establish any legal rights or obligations
The president has the power to ________ federal officers and also the power to veto enabling legislation.
appoint
Courts generally hold that Article I of the U.S. Constitution is the __________ for all administrative law.
basis
All administrative agencies taken together are considered the ___________ of the federal government.
bureaucracy
Federal administrative agencies are created:
by enabling legislation passed by Congress.
two basic types of administrative agencies
executive agencies & independent regulatory agencies
The main difference between independent regulatory agencies and executive agencies is that:
executive agencies are subject to the authority of the president to a greater degree than are independent regulatory agencies.
Executive agencies are often referred to as the ________.
fourth branch of government
Congress can limit the power of federal agencies through its ______ authority.
funding
The delegation doctrine holds that Article I grants Congress the authority to delegate some of its _________ administrative agencies.
powers
Congress has the power to "freeze" the enforcement of most federal ______ before they take effect.
regulations
Another way to describe the legislative rules that agencies create is that they are
substantive
When regulated groups oppose a rule adopted by an agency, they can bring a lawsuit arguing that the rule was not authorized by the enabling statute. (TF)
true