Question

Congress enacts a statute, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (an administrative agency) issues rules, the Southeast Financial Institutions Association (a private organization) issues instructions, South Valley Bank posts a memo with orders for its employees, and Tina tells her co-worker about a recent news story. Sources of law include:
a. the instructions issued by private associations.
b. the orders posted by employers.
c. the rules issued by federal administrative agencies.
d. the stories released by news agencies.

Answer 1

Answer:

c. the rules issued by federal administrative agencies.

Explanation:

In this case, only the status enacted by Congress, and the rules issued by administrative agencies are sources of law. The primary source is the law issued by Congress, because Congress is the primary lawmaker in the United States. The executive departments (administrative agencies) use the input from congress to establish regulations that both public and private organizations have to follow.

The instructions issued by private associations, the orders posted by employees, memos and news stories are not sources of law.