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The fact that administrative agencies may perform the functions of all three branches of government is called

Which of the following is an invalid exercise of delegated authority?

Recycle Corp recycles various scrap metals by processing them in an electric furnace at its Wedgewater facility.  A large quantity of dust is produced as a byproduct which Recycle has been land-filling on site.Until recently, electric arc dust was not considered hazardous waste, and non-site land filling was permitted. However, State Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has promulgated a regulation providing that such dust is hazardous. The new regulation makes the entire Wedgewater facility into a hazardous waste site.Recycle submitted extensive chemical analysis of the dust to the state EPA demonstrating that nothing in the dust it produced was otherwise considered a hazardous waste, i.e., it contains neither heavy metals, such as mercury, nor hazardous ceramic compounds.  Recycle also stated that it intended beginning next year to make the dust into a ceramic tile building material.The EPA rejected the submission with a letter stating: “State law provides that the agency may define hazardous material by regulation.  Even if your electric arc dust now fails to contain heavy metals, there is no assurance that this will continue.  Since Wedgewater has no state hazardous waste permit, immediate closure and cessation and all operations are required.  Failure to comply within 3 working days will subject you to substantial fines.”Immediate closure would cost $100,000 a day and complete closure would cost over $15 million.  So, Recycle sued in State Court regarding an injunction against the EPA administrator enforcing the regulation.Explain what issues are presented and what result you would expect.

The first written Constitution of the United States was called

Statute: Section 30-1-6 Nuncupative Wills A. A nuncupative will may be made only by a person in imminent peril of death and shall be valid only if the testator died as a result of the impending peril, and must be:   1. Declared to be his last will by the testator before two disinterested witnesses;   2. Reduced to writing by or under the direction of one of the witnesses within thirty (30) days after such declaration; and   3. Submitted for probate within six (6) months after the death of the testator. B. The nuncupative will may dispose of personal property only and to an aggregate value not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000). C. A nuncupative will does not revoke an existing written will. Such written will is changed only to the extent necessary to give effect to the nuncupative will. Note: a nuncupative will is an oral will, a will that is not written.Questions:A. What requirements must be met for a nuncupative will to be valid, that is what are the elements?B. Mr. Lang, on his death bed, writes his will on a piece of note paper, signs it, and delivers it to his sister for safekeeping. Does the statute govern the validity of this will? Why or why not?

Under the Privacy Act, any agency that proposes to establish or alter any system of records must provide notice to

Agency discretion is limited by

The Civil Rights Act of 1871 was originally enacted to enforce the

The rule of necessity

The _________ drove the last SS men out of the camp, then ________ arrived.