§ Message № due-process · Courts Lens

Due Process.

...nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.

Bill of Rights, Amendment V · 1791

Due Process., Quorum

The promise of procedure.

"Due process of law" is the Fifth Amendment's guarantee that the state cannot take a person's life, liberty, or property without fair procedure. It is the part of the Constitution that says how, not just what.

Procedure sounds dull. It is the opposite. It is the difference between law and force.

Why it is a hero design.

Due Process is one of Quorum's priority messages. The Courts lens can read as abstract; this is the design that makes it concrete. Everyone understands the difference between being treated fairly and not.

How we set it.

Editorial Fraunces, "Process" in the wonky italic. The setting is sober and legal, the accent on the word that names the protection.