From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: U.S. Constitution: Bush and Art. 2, Sec. 2.
Date: 26 Dec 92 17:05:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.AfDFq7e00iV4I20VcN
	<1992Dec26.143029.22900@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Friends,

.

           When I first heard of the news of outgoing U.S. President
George Bush
"pursuing" the power of the Office of President of the U.S.A under
Article II, Section II of the U.S. Constitution, I was insulted and even
did the mortal act of gritting my teeth. Now, I know that I havd only
spent five and a half years of my life in this great Nation but I feel
that this is an important part of my life thus far so I don't consider
it inappropreiate in giving my judgement over this matter. Because my
judgement is in the interest of the American people and I know that I
give an accurate and factual account of the situation.

I don't not withhold the fact that I was angry at this annoncement. Not
for the mere fact that another lawbreaker(accused) was denied Justice
but for the millions of American taxpayer dollars that was swept away by
the lame and hippocratical excuse that was given for the envokement of
this Article under the American Constitution. I will not dwell on such
matters that involve the persons of Mr. Weinberger and the others nor
Mr. Bush for that matter. Even though there's a remnant that tells me to
verberally cut these people down. And, I feel that I have every right to
if I chose to do so because I pay taxes to this
government too although not in income tax. What I am more involved with
is the Section within this Article under this particular Constitution.
And, I would like for you all to know that I do have a special interest
in this incident
because I am in the process of writing a Constitution for an upcoming
institution in which I am the founder. The Organization of Japanese
Graduates here at CMU. The plans are on the drawing board but the
finishing of the Constitution is 1/1/93. I have been working on this
since September of this year('92).

                   At any rate, what was done here(the pardoning)was
clearly within the law but it was far from in the best interest of
democracy. Mr. Bush in seeking relief for his friend inherently sought
to "cheat" the justice of democracy. This Section under this Article
gave him the authority to do so. If America seeks to prove to the
democratic "world" that it is the "pillar" and/ or example by which
other nations must follow then this Section, Article, or Constitution
must be Amended. You must not allow this type of demise to continue. Mr.
Bush has shaken the foundations of the fragile system called democracy.
This power has to be shared by a system of checks and balances too.
There has to be more that one branch's input in on this. All three must
coincide to elevate the injustice that will come into play within this
"loophole". I can understand in part why the inventors of this document
put this in. But, it was either an inaccuracy/or(the commonsense
approach) they had no idea that a President would use this as a means to
support injustice. So, for the sake of brevity, I do hereby proclaim in
this law that I have set forth the paradign in concept(and obviously in
a way that no mortal can understand) for the 'wheels' to begin turning
so that a change, specifically an amendement to the Constitution within
the said context, can be put in motion. So, let it be written. So, let
it be done.(I know that these are the words of mortals but I haven't had
the time to make-up my own)