How does administrative law work in the U.S.?

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In the United States, where federal and state governments are intended to maintain a tripartite (legislature, executive, judiciary) balance of powers, administrative law deals primarily with questions of the propriety of the granting of powers (as by Congress) to, or of the assumption of powers (as by executive agencies) by, bodies not originally envisioned as exercising them, and with judicial checks on their actions. Administrative agencies, either independent (e.g., the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Federal Aviation Administration ) or part of the executive branch (e.g., the U.S. Department of Agriculture ), are created, under constitutional provisions (enabling clauses), by statute or by executive order authorized by statute.