[avalys]

So, you think we should have the president make the laws, and the president should also control the courts so that they’re unable to stop him from making the laws?

Do you not see a potential problem with this approach?

Congress is not deadlocked. What you mean is, you support a policy which is not popular enough to pass Congress, and you feel strongly enough about the need for this policy that you think it should bypass the American democratic system and be enacted through extra-legal means if necessary.

Tell me, which party is threatening democracy again?

[threatofrain]

Congress is the one that creates these agencies, and Congress chooses to fund or not fund them on a routine basis, and new executives must be approved by Congress and firing is severely restricted. In a healthy democracy, should a legislative body have the prerogative to be general and create new agencies empowered to act on general & vague mandates? Not obvious.

Congress never loses the reigns here. This is the legislative will, as they are created and financially sustained by acts of legislature, and their leadership approval and dismissal process is determined by legislature. These agencies are "executive" in a very limited way. They are moreso extensions of Congressional power with very limited execute oversight.

[tzs]

Yes, Congress is deadlocked. There are many bills which have the support of a majority of the House but cannot pass because of the Hastert rule.