1. What is a benefit of having an agency independent of the executive branch?

They are free from the politics and permits them to focus on its mission to achieve goals.

1. What are the disadvantages of having agencies independent of the executive branch?
2. Definefederalism.
3. Define separation of powers.
4. Identify two ways in which the president has authority over executive agencies.
5. Identify two ways in which Congress has authority over executive agencies.
6. Give two examples of exclusive federal powers.
7. Give two examples of exclusive state powers.
8. Give one example of a policy area over which the federal government and state governments share jurisdiction.
9. Why does the contemporary administrative state challenge the historical separation of powers model?
10. Distinguish hierarchical from dual federalism.