Do We Need Constitutional Amendments? New Book Says Yes.

Author Susan Shelley signs her futuristic legal thriller "The 37th Amendment," and explains how constitutional amendments can protect privacy rights, gay rights, civil rights, and Miranda rights from reversal by a future Supreme Court.

Canoga Park, California (PRWEB) December 16, 2003 - Author Susan Shelley will be on hand to sign copies of her futuristic legal thriller, "The 37th Amendment," Saturday, December 20, from 12 noon until 4 p.m., at B. Dalton Bookseller in Topanga Plaza, in Canoga Park, California.

The novel includes an appendix on "How the First Amendment Came to Protect Topless Dancing," a history of U.S. Supreme Court decisions that effectively amended the Constitution when Congress and the states were unwilling to do so.

The book shows how the Supreme Court gave us desegregation, abortion rights, Miranda rights, gay rights and free speech rights that include flag burning and topless dancing. It demonstrates that because those rights are derived from an interpretation of "due process of law" under the Fourteenth Amendment, they could all be eroded or reversed by a future Supreme Court using a different interpretation.

The author argues that constitutional amendments are needed to secure established rights. She points out that a future Supreme Court vacancy may threaten a woman's right to choose, but not her right to vote, because the right to vote is spelled out in the plain language of the Constitution. On her web site, http://www.SusanShelley.com, she suggests in a series of columns that constitutional amendments could settle contentious issues from privacy rights to illegal immigration.

"The 37th Amendment" is the story of a man caught up in a murder trial in 2056 Los Angeles, forty years after the 37th Amendment has removed "due process of law" from the U.S. Constitution. Midwest Book Review called it "a fascinating 'what-if' look into the near future."

B. Dalton Bookseller is located at 6600 Topanga Canyon Blvd. in Canoga Park, California; signed copies can be ordered by phone by calling the store at 818-883-8195. "The 37th Amendment" can be read online at http://www.The37thAmendment.com. The author can be contacted by e-mail at Susan@ExtremeInk.com.

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