Exam 38: Administrative Law

An administrative agency can issue an interpretive rule to indicate how the agency plans to interpret its statutory authority.

Congress leaves it to the Bureau of Prisons to oversee the promulgation of detailed regulations in areas under the agency's juris?diction. This is

The period for persons to comment on a proposed administrative rule must be at least thirty days.

In reviewing the actions of the U.S. Office of Nuclear Energy and other agencies, the courts

An administrative adjudicatory hearing does not have to meet the constitutional standards of due process.

The Securities and Exchange Commission decides to create a new rule relating to the dissemination of material nonpublic information through corporate Web sites. The first step is

Beck seeks information about Donatello and other well-known businesspersons under the Freedom of Information Act. To obtain the informa?tion, Beck must

Federal agencies must consider ways to reduce the economic impact of new regulations on small businesses.

Often, an administrative agency itself enforces its rules.

Every portion of every meeting of a federal administrative agency does not have to be open to public observation.

Administrative agencies-like the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Food and Drug Administration-make rules. What are the two basic types of rules called, and how bind?ing are they? What must an administrative rule NOT do?

Labor Recruiters, Inc., has been ordered to appear at a hearing be?fore an administrative law judge of the National Labor Relations Board. A significant difference between a trial and an administrative hearing is that

By delegating some of its authority to make and implement laws, Congress violates the U.S. Constitution.

Interpretive rules simply declare policy and do not affect legal rights or obligations.

Rulemaking-the formulation of new administrative regulations-is a major function of Congress, not administrative agencies.

The U.S. Mine Safety Administration conducts searches of certain businesses. This agency and other administrative agencies can conduct warrantless searches in

A party can challenge an administrative regulation as so irrational as to be arbitrary and capricious.

Executive control over the Federal Communications Commission, and other agencies, may be exercised through a pres?iden?tial veto of

Nemo's Seafood Restaurant Company pays income and other taxes collected by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Like other federal administrative agencies, the IRS was created by

The public must be provided with adequate advance notice of scheduled federal administrative agency meetings and agendas.