http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1134377815

Founder's plot

When California Governor Michael J. DiGrasso pushes through a tough immigration law, the Supreme Court declares it unconstitutional. But the decorated Vietnam veteran refuses to accept the ruling, igniting a clash between federal, state, and judicial power that threatens to jar the country?s political and justice systems. This leaves the governor?s long-time friend, President of the United States, Martin W. Ballard, with the decision of whether to federalize the California National Guard to enforce the Court?s order. Battling the governor is Senator Elizabeth Stern, a savvy member of the opposition party. An expert in back room legislative machinations, she?ll go to any length to force the governor to obey the Court decision, and her devious maneuvers throw DiGrasso?s personal and professional life into turmoil. As these forces clash, tragedy befalls two Mexican families, in the country illegally, as they grapple with how to survive in the hypertensive environment created by the new immigration law. The unfolding of these interwoven events creates a tense, fast-paced thriller that parallels the current tumult over illegal immigration and the on-going debate on Constitutional interpretation that will leave readers craving for the eventual outcome.--P. [4] of cover.

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