Which of these is a true statement concerning independent agencies? a. setting up an agency requires following clear guidelines. b. independent agencies are housed within cabinet departments. c. independent agencies vary greatly in size. d. any agency ruling can be challenged in court.

The answer is the option A.

Explanation: Established through separate statutes passed by the Congress, each respective statutory grant of authority defines the goals the agency must work towards, as well as what substantive areas, if any, over which it may have the power of rulemaking. These agency rules (or regulations), when in force, have the power of federal law.

The true statement concerning independent agencies is that any agency ruling can be challenged in court. The correct answer is d.

Explanation:

Independent agencies is a federal agency, board or commission that is not under the direction of the executive; The Federal Trade Commission and the National Labor Relations Board are examples of these agencies.

An administrative agency decision can in fact be reviewed in court by the APA, which directs reviewing courts to compel agency action unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed, and to hold unlawful and set aside agency action, findings, and conclusions that violate the law or are arbitrary.

elizabeth loftus conducted a study to observe the reliability of eyewitnesses during the 1970s. their baseline was to define how accurate are the recollections of eyewitnesses.

her studies do not support the use of eyewitness. loftus mentions in her work that we are not required to recall some experiences, meaning that rarely an individual eyewitness testimony is trustworthy. a good example is presented in her work, where all individuals watched a video and were than asked "about how fast were the cars going when they hit/smash? ". the testimonies changed based on the word she used to make the question (hit or smash), proving the fragility.