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Federal administrative law judges (ALJ) understand Euripides's irony all too well. They, along with Article I judges, are the demigods of federal adjudication. As both courts and ALJs have noted, the function of ALJs closely parallels that of Article III judges. ALJs hear evidence, decide factual issues, and apply legal principles in all formal administrative adjudications under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). This Article seeks to do three things. It seeks to identify the three competing concerns surrounding ALJs, suggest a workable statutory solution to a major problem in administrative law that recent Supreme Court decisions have brought into focus, and clarify the nature and benefits of Congress's interbranch-appointment power for the federal administrative state. Even with a permissible interbranch appointment, ALJs certainly won't be gods. But a limited ALJ apotheosis, brought about by an interbranch appointment, should mitigate concerns that surround ALJs' place within our government of separated powers.