#5 Lamplighter,

I disagree with how you've framed it, although you are not far off the mark.

In the Constitution the executive branch powers ultimately reside in POTUS.

Unfortunately, over the past several decades congress has continued to cede its own powers via overly broad and ambiguous legislation that gives inordinate powers to the Executive to implement.

So now, POTUS has an outsized segment of the separation of powers.

This means, staffing of bureaucrats and unelected agencies dictate law, to a far too significant extent IMO.

Given the governmental power imbalance that has taken place and has crept forward since WWII it means POTUS has an imbalance of power.

Now, let's 'circle back' to Article II of the Constitution... With this imbalance in place the Executive controls almost ALL of these agencies.

Which means they are NOT independent and never have been. Right now, we have reached a point where 'lawmaking' is done far more by unelected bureaucrats than by elected officials

It needs to be drawn back. I don't know how we get there but blistering hatred of Trump might be a start - he's using ALL of the powers gifted to POTUS over the past few decades.