They are purposely unaccountable, by design. That they are not democtratically appointed is only another sign that we have a republican not democratice form of government. Bush is as fallible.
the courts have more then enough power to control the country domestically using their "unaccountable powers". we need to get them to keep their hands off issues involving war and foreign enemies before they kill a whole bunch of us. we elected an executive for that job.