That bit about regulators bypassing Congress? Congress has given that authority to the depts and agencies in every act signed into law. They include a line handing over the rule writing to enforce and carry out the law. You know how the irs gets away with denying taxpayers 4th amendment rights? They are enforcing "civil law" not criminal law and the courts have mostly gone along with it. The gov knows that if they afforded legal rights to taxpayers, they would never collect taxes.
In an effort to protect civil servants from political punishment, the congress made it next to impossible to fire them.
That bit about regulators bypassing Congress? Congress has given that authority to the depts and agencies in every act signed into law. They include a line handing over the rule writing to enforce and carry out the law. You know how the irs gets away with denying taxpayers 4th amendment rights? They are enforcing "civil law" not criminal law and the courts have mostly gone along with it. The gov knows that if they afforded legal rights to taxpayers, they would never collect taxes.
In an effort to protect civil servants from political punishment, the congress made it next to impossible to fire them.