The Founders were so opposed to a lawless tyrannical executive that they created a ridiculously anti-democratic institution called the Senate and required an impossibly high 2/3rds vote to remove a president for lawless conduct. Brilliant design for our Constitutonal Republic.
And remember, the Senate was originally designed to have state legislatures choose the Senators. So almost completely unaccountable to the voters. And Republicans control most of the state legislatures.
And the Founders also made the US Constitution one of the most difficult constitutions to amend in the entire world. And the one provision that *can’t* be amended (at least not without a unanimous vote)? The anti-democratic structure of the Senate. Massive structural deficiency.
Which means the nation’s institutions will never be fully democratic, unless 100% of Senators vote to change Senate representation, including dozens who would be giving up their own disproportionate power. The only other path to changing this is a new nation or new constitution.
