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What do you think William Seward of New York meant when he said there was a higher law than the Constitution?

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User Heroic
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he meant the holy spirit
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User Foka
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I think he meant that even though the Constitution is a set of laws we have to follow, individuals have unalienable rights. Also, he could've been talking about moral ideas.
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