What did professor Jerry L.Nashaw mean when he said, "Most public law is legislative in origin but administrative in content"?
A)Congress tends to draft legislation that provides specific guidelines for implementation, so administrative agencies now have very little discretion to make rules that impact American citizens.
B)Congress tends to draft legislation that offers few clear guidelines for implementation, so administrative agencies now have wide discretion to make rules that impact American citizens.
C)The Executive Office of the President now authors most federal laws, and Congress simply votes "yes" or "no" without any significant debate or amendments.
D)State governments now author most federal laws, and Congress simply votes "yes" or "no" without any significant debate or amendments.

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Professor Jerry L. Nashaw meant that while most public laws are created by the legislative branch, they often lack specific guidelines for implementation. Therefore, administrative agencies end up creating rules and regulations to fill in the gaps, resulting in public law that is administrative in content. This grants administrative agencies significant discretion to impact American citizens. Option A is incorrect because it presents the opposite of Nashaw's statement, and option C and D are incorrect because they misrepresent the process of how federal laws are made.

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