Section 1. Equal Dignity
All persons possess equal dignity under this Constitution. No person’s life, liberty, or worth shall be valued more or less than another’s on the basis of wealth, status, origin, identity, belief, ability, productivity, or circumstance.
Section 2. Prohibition of Hierarchies of Worth
No law, policy, or practice shall establish or tolerate hierarchies of human value, whether explicit or implicit. Distinctions that result in differential protection, sacrifice, exposure to harm, or deprivation shall be presumed incompatible with equal dignity.
Section 3. Non-Disposability
No person shall be deemed expendable, surplus, collateral, or acceptable loss in pursuit of institutional, economic, political, or social objectives. Human life and dignity shall not be subordinated to efficiency, profit, stability, growth, or administrative convenience.
Section 4. Equal Protection
All persons are entitled to equal protection of the laws and equal access to the protections secured by this Constitution. Selective enforcement, structural neglect, or differential burden imposed upon identifiable groups shall constitute violations of equal dignity.
Section 5. Economic and Social Equality Before the Law
Economic status shall not diminish or condition a person’s rights, protections, or standing before the law. Poverty, dependence, or precarity shall not be treated as justification for reduced dignity, restricted autonomy, or increased coercion.
Section 6. Protection Against Structural Harm
Policies, systems, or practices that predictably produce concentrated harm, deprivation, or exclusion to identifiable populations shall be subject to heightened scrutiny. Demonstrated patterns of harm shall constitute sufficient grounds for constitutional challenge.
Section 7. Interpretation
This Article shall be interpreted to expand protection against disposability and exclusion. Ambiguity shall be resolved in favor of inclusion, dignity, and equal worth.
Section 8. Enforcement
Violations of equality and non-disposability shall be recognized as violations of fundamental rights and shall be subject to immediate judicial remedy, without requirement of exhaustion, delay, or deference.
Section 9. Non-Derogation
The protections of this Article shall not be suspended, limited, or reinterpreted under any circumstance except through amendment by the people.
No person or group shall be rendered disposable through neglect, deprivation, exclusion, or the calculated withdrawal of support.