The correct answer is "They advise the President on policy matters". Independent executive agencies are technically part of the executive branch, but the are not directly controlled by the President of the United States and they do not advise the President. The Executive Office of the President (EOP) are the agencies that advise the President in policy matters.
The map shows that they that very little independence and power
A states' rights are rights that the state has that the Federal Government should not infringe upon.
For example, every state has a right to make its own laws. The Federal Government cannot force that state to not make a law it doesn't like unless the law violates Federal law.
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