37th Amendment

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Ted Braden is just trying to collect on a basketball bet when he telephones a fellow Lakers fan one night. That phone call makes him a witness in a sensational murder trial and launches him into a dangerousbattle with the California criminal justice systemthe year is 2056, forty years after the 37th Amendment has removed "due process of law" from the United States Constitution.Join Ted as his calm world is rocked by an angry girlfriend, a beautiful prosecutor, and an eminent defense attorney who has had enough of a legal system tilted against defendants. Then meet someone who hasa different view. A wild ride through a surprising future, The 37th Amendment is a startling look at what our society has given up to crime, what we might do about it, and what the next generation might think of our choices. This remarkable novel includes an appendix that tells the true story of "How the First AmendmentCame to Protect Topless Dancing." You'll never look at the U.S. Supreme Court the same way again.