The 37th Amendment

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 dangerous battle with the California criminal justice system the year is 2056, forty years after the 37th Amendment has removed due process of law from the United States Constitution. A fast-moving story set in a surprising future, The 37th Amendment is a startling look at what might happen if the federal courts were stripped of their power to strike down state laws, and whether anyone would want to go back again.