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brought to you by quayside legislative authority the sort of

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law of the land art which sorts of government agencies

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possess quays I legislative and quays I judicial authority mouthful

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and hear potential answers Tonight congress All right well some

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government agencies have a whole bunch of agency when it

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comes to the strength of their legislative and judicial swing

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quiz i legislative authority means that they've got the juice

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to establish rules that have the force of law think

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bureaucrats with badges cuesta judicial authority it means that they

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have the ability to judge complaints and violations within their

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jurisdiction and agency serving as both judge and jury All

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right do a all agencies created by congress possess ways

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i legislative and quays i judicial authority Well actually congress

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creates almost all federal agencies even cabinet departments that end

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up as a part of the executive branch So if

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everyone possessed these special powers and they wouldn't really be

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special would they are quayside legislative inquest judicial authorities given

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to be all agencies within executive office of the president

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Well the executive office of the president clues a whole

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bunch of people tasked with advising the commander in chief

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on a whole bunch of issues Think of them like

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reality show host But instead of cooking modeling and singing

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they advise the presidential contestant on domestic policy national security

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and the health of the economy Sounds like can't miss

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programming tow us do see all executive departments possess these

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special powers Well executive departments are agencies with secretaries who

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sit in the president's cabinet quick name all just getting

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even We have trouble remembering all fifteen We're looking atyou

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housing and urban development Where you again Also the executive

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department simply act is the administrative arms of the president

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so they aren't going rogue with their own law making

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and judicial powers What about d All independent agencies will

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some independent age sit inside the executive branch but don't

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fall under one of the main executive departments For example

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the cia doesn't fit into any of the fifteen cabinets

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but congress is still involved in defining their responsibilities even

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if the cia doesn't necessarily want them to know if

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he's independent agencies can't quite call all the shots that

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means quays i legislative and quays i judicial authority has

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given to eat all independent regulatory agencies well regulatory agencies

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like the securities and exchange commission and the federal communications

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commission are some of the most powerful parts of the

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bureaucracy They can establish regulations without congress That's the quays

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i legislative part and then they can hold people accountable

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when they don't adhere to those regulations That's the quays

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i judicial part So is the correct answer These independent

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regulatory agencies hold a great deal of power But with

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great power comes great responsibility to perform pretty mundane bureaucratic 00:02:52.805 --> [endTime] functions

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