Why is an amicus curiae, or friend of the court brief, used by interest groups?
a. it is the main action that allows interest groups to create public policy.
b. it gives interest groups easy access to the president.
c. it is the way interest groups can influence the selection of federal judges.
d. it allows the interest group to support one side of a case without taking legal action.

Tracey is a financial planner who received his cfp designation. tracey does not have any other designations or licenses. although tracey's expertise is investment planning, he is anxious to expand his client base and is willing to assist clients with any area of financial planning. over the last month tracey engaged in the following activities with troy, a new client.a. during the initial meeting, tracey collected personal data about troy including the estate planning documents troy had previously executed.b. during the second meeting, tracey recommended the use of a trust to fulfill some of troy's estate planning goals.c. troy called tracey one afternoon and asked if tracey could explain the probate process to him, which tracey promptly did.d. tracey downloaded a copy of a generic will from the internet, filled in troy's information and gave the document to troy to be executed.of the activities above, which would be considered the unauthorized practice of law?

Chris, a master at office gossip and innuendo, says, "we know we have a corporate spy someplace in the organization, probably on the management team itself. there is no evidence that it is audrey. in fact, she's too clean, if you know what i mean. somebody should fire audrey; she's got to be the spy." by making this argument chris is actually engaging in (a) an appeal to emotion fallacy (b) a straw man fallacy (c) an appeal to ignorance fallacy (d) circular reasoning (e) an appeal to the mob fallacy

The state fire marshal ensures a program can legally operate in a specific location and has sound structure?