text:  But Congress writes legislation that has to cover a lot of different things for a long period of time. Like the environment is a perfect example. And so they write broadly worded statutes at times that are filled with gaps and ambiguities that have been filled by experts in the agencies, which are politically accountable because they are appointed by the executive, the elected executive, the president of the United States. And so it's a massive shift of power from these politically accountable actors