American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup

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Americans have never been more divided, and we're ripe for a breakup. The bitterness, the gridlock, the growing tolerance of violence, invite us to think that we'd be happier were we two different countries. In all the ways that matter, save for the naked force of law, we are already two nations. There's a second reason why secession beckon

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Frank Buckley, Trump supporter, law professor and former Canadian,dares in his new book to assess the pros and cons of what has been in the United Statessince 1865the never-to-be-spokenSword: secession. As always, he is original, provocative and subversive of long-accepted clichs.

Michael Barone, senior political analyst forThe Washington Examiner and founding co-author of The Almanac of American Politics

F.H. Buckley is a national treasure. In an era of deep division and distrust, he has offered a comprehensive and wise plan for national reconciliation and progress. This shimmering little volume is a how-to manual for preserving American Greatness and what Buckley calls home rule. Only someone as learned and cosmopolitan as Buckley and only someone as gifted with wit, insight, and depth could display such breathtaking common sense. This is a Tocquevilliantour-de-force, of profound and vital interest to both progressives and conservatives, and it just might save the Republic.

Stephen B. Presser, Raoul Berger Professor of Legal History Emeritus at Northwestern University School of Law and author of Law Professors: Three Centuries of Shaping American Law

Buckley is the first to face the reality that, our diversity having morphed into mutual disdain, America can no longer remain a unitary nation. Americans should ponder the alternatives to mounting strife and civil war that he outlines. A must-read book.

Angelo Codevilla, senior fellow of the Claremont Institute and professor emeritus of International Relations at Boston University

Francis Buckley, though often regarded as a conservative, is in fact truly radical. He goes to the heart of the issues he raises, and provides both provocation and genuine insight to readers of all political persuasions. Here he boldly suggests that a country of 330 million people is just too largenot to mention polarizedto be effectively governable. The United States was born in secession from the British Empire, and we should think about secessionist possibilities again today. Buckleys arguments deserve to be taken seriously, not dismissed because they cut against the grain of a sometimes thoughtless devotion to Union.

Sanford Levinson, author of An Argument Open to All: ReadingThe Federalist in the 21stCentury

We cant go on like this forever. If the Left continues to amp up its mouth-frothing rage at half the country, eventually that half will react. Somethings got to give. Frank Buckley explores one possibility for what that something might be. Whether youre for secession or dead-set against it, the time to start thinking through its implications is nowbefore it takes on a momentum all its own.

Michael Anton, lecturer and research fellow at Hillsdale College

Author Bio

F.H. Buckley is a Foundation Professor at George Mason Universitys Scalia School of Law. He is a frequent media guest and has appeared on Morning Joe, CNN, The Rush Limbaugh Show, CSPAN, NPR and numerous other outlets. He is a senior editor at the American Spectator, a columnist for the New York Post, and has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and many other newspapers.

His most recent books are The Republican Workers Party (2018); The Republic of Virtue (2017); The Way Back: Restoring the Promise of America (2016); and The Once and Future King (2015). His current project is a book on curiosity.