Letters to the Editor
Opinions from Around Dorchester

 

March 11, 2025

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Sarah Gavian

Cambridge, MD 21613

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DOGE and Constitutional Balance of Power

​The Talbot Spy

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David Reel’s recent articles about President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) miss some important constitutional problems. None of us know exactly how the Supreme Court will rule on DOGE, but it clearly undermines the balance of power between the branches of government. The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the authority to create and fund government agencies — not the president. Letting the president restructure or close agencies without Congress’s approval takes away power from Congress and weakens the system of checks and balances that protects our democracy.

What makes this even more troubling is that Trump doesn’t need to bypass Congress. He has a majority in both the House and the Senate. If Trump wants to restructure the government, he could go through Congress and follow the constitutional process. But instead, DOGE allows him to act unilaterally, cutting Congress out of decisions that should involve all three branches of government. That’s a dangerous step toward giving too much power to the executive branch.

Making the government more efficient is important — but it must be done in a way that respects the Constitution and preserves the balance of power.

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March 4, 2025

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Jim Sicks

Cambridge, MD 21613

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There was a Time Andy Harris...

The Talbot Spy

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There was a time when Rep. Andy Harris would brag about being Co-Chair of the Ukrainian Caucus in Congress.

There was a time, too, many times in fact, when Harris would wax poetic about his mother, describing her as an “Ukrainian immigrant who fled Soviet tyranny.”

There was a time when Harris supported providing lethal weapons to Ukraine, continuing financial aid to Ukraine, and granting Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to all Ukrainian citizens in the US.

That time has passed.

Today Harris supports removing TPS from everyone—to please Donald Trump.
Today Harris questions providing any further aid to Ukraine—to please Donald Trump.
Today Harris supports rewarding the Russian invasion by giving Putin Ukrainian land—to please Donald Trump.
Today Harris betrays his mother by acquiescing to the very Russian tyranny she fled—all to please Donald Trump.

Harris is a moral coward, and the people of Maryland’s First District deserve better.

Now is the time for Harris to try pleasing the people of his district rather than pleasing Donald Trump.

Slava Ukraini!

 

 

March 15, 2025

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Ricahard Berman

Cambridge, MD 21613

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Harris told a flat-out lie​

The Star Democrat

​Thursday, there were 100 or more protesters in front of the Cambridge Hyatt, where Andy Harris was speaking to the Chamber of Commerce. In an interview with WHCP radio, Harris stated that these were not his constituents; moreover, that they were each being paid $40 an hour to be there.

On both counts, he was mistaken.

It's easy to understand how Harris might think we are not his constituents because he is barely our representative. In 14 years, he has initiated one bill in Congress.

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