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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's like the founding fathers were thinking of Trump and his January 6 insurrection when writing the Constitution. :D[/quote]
They were afraid of tyrants who flouted the law.[/quote]

They may have been (Jefferson definitely) but that had nothing to do with this part of the Constitution, when Britain in particular was still plenty on their mind.

While I'm at it, although some folks (Jefferson again) likely had tyrants in mind with 2a, I don't think that was the primary focus of 2a. I don't see personal defense in there as embedded in 2a, and I believe Heller got it absolutely wrong.

I think they believed they had constructed a system in which the powers of the executive were limited, with impeachment as the means of removing him. If he stepped outside his powers to foment an insurrection, then it becomes treason.

That might be the reason his didn't pardon Jan 6-ers. Which in a roundabout way was useful, since major leaders are in prison and everyone else sees how he didn't come to the rescue in the 2 weeks he had left. (Probably too busy stuffing more boxes). [/quote]

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