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What if? A look at how the structure of the U.S.. Senate was hotly debated in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention in ways that changed America, Here, is the painting "Scene at the Signing of the Constitution" by Howard Chandler Christy from 1940.

Law and Justice

The Great Might-Have-Been of the Constitutional Convention

by Jack Rakove September 17, 2025September 17, 2025

The U.S. Senate was almost structured very differently in ways that would have dramatically altered the chamber and America.

Amend the Constitutional Amendment Process

by Peter M. Shane April 3, 2023March 31, 2023