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TREVOR DENNING: America Without The Constitution? It Almost Happened

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Trevor Denning
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July 01, 2023 5:57 PM ET


Every few months, it seems that the vast majority of Twitter is suddenly comprised of experts in US Constitutional law. Then we slip into a morass of sticky arguments about the role of the government: “Do we want more freedom, or more safety?” “More regulation or less?” “Is it time for a national divorce?” What we may not realize is that these questions have existed in one form or another from the moment of our founding.

While I would never claim to be expert in anything legal, I know enough world history to understand that the US Constitution is unique and the greatest legal document ever written. What I never considered is how US history would be different (or even exist) if it hadn’t been ratified. Precious things tend to be fragile, especially in their infancy. So too with the creation of our system of government.

Which brings us to Crisis of the House Never United. (RELATED: BENJAMIN AYANIAN: Dear America, The Intelligence Community Isn’t Your Friend)

Author Chuck DeVore takes a different approach to alternate history. And given his background serving in both the military and government, he’s more than qualified to reconsider the past and write of battles, both with ballots and bullets (to borrow from the back cover). Usually authors include some fantastic element like a major technological advancement as justification for altering events. The closest thing to which I can compare Crisis of the House Never United is Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, and even that framed its retelling of the Napoleonic Wars with magic.

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