From Wikipedia:
Originally, the title Czar (derived from Caesar) meant Emperor in the European medieval sense of the term, that is, a ruler who claims the same rank as a Roman emperor, with the approval of another emperor or a supreme ecclesiastical official (the Pope or the Ecumenical Patriarch).
Occasionally, the word could be used to designate other, non-Christian, supreme rulers. In Russia and Bulgaria the imperial connotations of the term were blurred with time and, by the 19th century, it had come to be viewed as an equivalent of King.
The United States of America now has monarchs?
Interestingly, it was FDR who first appointed these unaccountable overseers.
But he didn’t call them “czars” (that was Nixon’s idea).
FDR called them “dictators”.
Now Van Jones submitted his resignation to the Chairman of the Council for Environmental Quality (who does require consent of the Senate to hold office)...
ALthough if he’s a czar, can the Chairman actually order him to do anything?