The framers of the Constitution did not foresee the possibility of an anti-American president who would need to be removed immediately by an impeachment originating from among a majority of the populace, not the House of representatives. Now we see the flaw.
” did not foresee the possibility of an anti-American president “
Unfortunately, the “all we gotta do is get rid of Obama” solution is a non-solution which completely misses the point...
Obama did not spring whole from the Earth brandishing his terrible swift sword to bring about the ruination of our once-great nation — he is merely the culmination, the current manifestation, of a process which, the author of this article says - correctly, IMO - traces its roots to flaws in the original Constitution, and began in earnest with the 14th amendment....
The removal of the current claque is necessary, but only as a step towards addressing the core problems that brought us to this sorry state...
/my $0.02
In fact, although they didn’t explicitly mention the possibility that you site, the anti-Federalists DID see the flaw.
All of the problems originated long before Obama. He is nothing more than a symptom of it...a figurehead.
The problem goes far far deeper then that. It goes through Lincoln, Wilson and FDR right through the current userper.