This process may include a polygraph or other approved investigative or adjudicative action. Under EO 12968, the investigative and adjudicative guidelines for NSI and AEA clearances are identical. The Supreme Court is third highest court in the adjudicative hierarchy of the Bahamas. The case set the current standard for adjudicative competency in the United States. Within this the court has both an advisory opinion role and adjudicative role. The OARM is the DOJ's adjudicative office in FBI Whistleblower cases. The Supreme Court is third in the adjudicative hierarchy of the Bahamas. This case set the current standard for adjudicative competence in the United States. Adjudicative competence has been developed through a body of common law in the United States.