The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issues a statement describing how it will apply a section of the Americans with Disability Act. After exhausting the administrative remedies, Jill files a lawsuit in federal court alleging that the EEOC incorrectly interpreted the statute. The court likely will:

a. give deference to the EEOC's interpretation regardless of its reasonableness because agencies have the power to interpret statutes under their authority.
b. ignore the agency's interpretation and send the question to Congress to clarify the meaning of the statute.
c. interpret the statute without reference to the EEOC interpretation under its powers of judicial review.
d. give deference to the EEOC's interpretation so long as it is reasonable.