The Call

The Call

Compelling, heavy and undeniable the call to be an advocate for change when injustice abounds, to be a helper and a comforter to those in need. Lonely at times has been the road. Press on kindred spirits – we are the change makers. – Joy Wilson

Separation of Powers

Separation of Powers

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” – James Madison, The Federalist (Papers), No. 47

The Due Process Clause

The Due Process Clause

“No person shall … be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law …” (5th Amendment) , “[n]or shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law … ” (14th Amendement) – U.S. Constitution.

The Equal Protection Clause

The Equal Protection Clause

“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws” (14th Amendment) – U.S. Constitution.

The Supremacy Clause

The Supremacy Clause

“This Constitution … shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding” (Article VI, Section 2). – The U.S. Constitution

Medical Freedom

Medical Freedom

“Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship. To restrict the art of healing to one class of men and deny equal privileges to others will constitute the Bastille of medical science.  All such laws are un-American and despotic and have no place in a republic…The Constitution of this republic should make special privilege for medical freedom as well as religious freedom.” – Benjamin Rush, Personal Physician to George Washington