Justice Scalia recommends The 37th Amendment: A Novel

No, not really.

Justice Scalia didn't recommend The 37th Amendment but he did say in a televised debate with ACLU President Nadine Strosser tonight that Americans ought to amend the Constitution for privacy rights instead of expecting unelected judges to declare rights that aren't in the Constitution.

And that's the premise of the book.

The 37th Amendment is the story of a man caught up in a murder trial in Los Angeles in the year 2056, forty years after the 37th Amendment has removed the guarantee of "due process of law" from the U.S. Constitution.

All the federal constitutional rights that the Supreme Court derived from the due process clauses are either gone or replaced by constitutional amendments. In the new world of 21st-century states' rights, California has achieved safe streets by running a criminal justice system that makes Singapore look soft by comparison. But some people decide they've had enough of it and begin an effort to repeal the 37th Amendment and go back to the system we have today.

You will read this book in two nights.

It makes a great Christmas gift for people who like mysteries, histories, politics (either party) and speculative fiction. Click over to www.The37thAmendment.com and read it online, or order it from BarnesandNoble.com, Amazon.com, or your favorite bookstore.

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