How can candidate defend constitutional overreaches?

To the editor:

I have not seen a more enlightening article about the serious issues in the national election than Laura Myers' July 26 Review-Journal piece, "Titus defends president's actions bypassing Congress."

It is clearly apparent that President Barack Obama has initiated an aggressive new administration policy of "we can't wait" in co-opting legislative power not allowed the executive office under our Constitution.

This has not escaped Ms. Titus, who is a professor of political science and an experienced legislator. She points out that the separation of powers provisions in the Constitution are changing as "more and more of those checks and balances are lost."

She states, "I think some of the president's actions have been out of frustration because you can't get anything out of Congress." She admits that this unilateral series of legislative edicts by the president is disturbing, stating, "Well, I think it is dangerous." But she defends such actions by the president, blaming "growing partisanship."

Ms. Titus will probably be elected to the House to represent Nevada's 1st Congressional District. In taking her seat, she will be bound by her oath of affirmation to support our Constitution as required by Article VI of that document.

By his acts usurping legislative powers in his executive orders, the president has already repudiated his oath of office to defend the Constitution. If he continues to take powers illegally from Congress because "he is frustrated," will Ms. Titus support the Constitution or continue to defend the president and be merely "disturbed"?

How much usurpation of power by her party's president or her party will she support in violation of constitutional provisions?

JOHN TOBIN

LAS VEGAS

To the editor:

This is in response to the July 26 article by Laura Myers in which Democratic congressional candidate Dina Titus defends President Barack Obama bypassing Congress.

Ms. Titus says she is OK with that. Well, then, she should just stay home, because we apparently don't need a Congress.

Mr. Obama has bypassed Congress on many occasions and at different levels. He took an oath to uphold the Constitution and instead he has trashed it.

During her previous single term in the House, Ms. Titus was a Pelosi Puppet. When she was rightfully voted out by her constituents, she went back to UNLV as a professor for $149,000 per year for one class. She and her husband took "buyouts" to retire for about $150,000 apiece. No wonder student debt is so high.

Now Ms.Titus wants back on the public feedbag. But Mr. Obama doesn't need her. He has taken over Congress.

MICHAEL SULLIVAN

LAS VEGAS