<span>Both documents concerned the rights of states to hold that a federal act was unconstitutional and to refuse to apply it. Calhoun's doctrine concerned the Tariff of Abominations and how SC would secede if it was not repealed. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolves concerned the Alien and Sedition Acts.</span>
I think it's important because scientists need to be able to communicate.
Think about why you write a lab report. When we write lab reports, we are effectively communicating how we did our experiment, our results, and what we think about those results.
We need to have transparency and be able to replicate results in order to know if they are accurate to our hypothesis. Theories are not 100% proven. We only know what we are able to observe and all measurements have their limitations.
The correct answer is President. The existence and monitoring of independent regulatory agencies depends on the President. <span>Independent regulatory agencies are part of the Executive Branch. The president's job is to monitor them. </span>