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It makes me wonder why the founding fathers left that out.
I know a large reason we don't have a direct democracy is because they didn't trust the general population to not fall victim to a tyrant (which is super ironic).
I'm curious if the system was intentionally designed so that the only way the people can remove someone was through violence, or if they thought 2A would prevent the need.
They had the relatively recent events of the English Civil Wars and the Glorious Revolution to remind them of the occasional need to remove a head of state (pun intended).
But in those cases, the legislature (Parliament) was the instigator and antagonist of the fight against a tyrant. I guess they never imagined the legislature (Congress) becoming the faithful/cowed lapdog of a tyrant that would consistently fail to use the power the constitution gives it.