Is there a natural law above all government laws?

Answer 1

The law of gravity..

Answer 2

There are laws of physics and biology that no legislature can change, but I suspect that you are suggesting something else - speaking of (perhaps) "God's Law."

This concept cannot be true in the USA. Besides the trivial answer that there is a "Separation of Church and State" clause so a "God's Law" issue cannot be taken up by the government, there is another, more subtle problem.

See, we have the concept of equality before the law. But if there is a "higher law"and you are allowed to break civil law to follow your higher law, then you and your victim WEREN'T equal before the law. Since the USA is founded on all being equal, we cannot allow any "higher law" to override civil law. To do so would implicitly establish a religion, which disenfranchises all from other religions, AND it makes it possible for people to use "higher law" as an excuse to commit atrocities.

Look at the atrocities of the Inquisition, done in the name of higher law, God's law. Who among us is QUALIFIED to know when something is truly a "higher law" and when something is just misguided, sloppy thinking? Often it is just a fine line and impossible to identify when you've crossed it.

So I would have to say that there is no natural law in a religious sense.

On the other hand, there WAS an idiot in the Tennessee state legislature who sponsored a bill at least a generation ago, to make PI equal to 3. For all the good it did him.

Answer 3

Yes, and there must be a higher law because man's laws often run amok. An obvious example is Nazi Germany when at certain times it was legal to kill a Jew. God's law states that murder is wrong, therefore someone who acknowledges such would not willingly participate in such activity and hopefully would attempt in some way to prevent such evil from occurring when possible. There have been time and again societies and/or governments that made it acceptable to kill some group of people. There were communist governments that killed intellectuals, there were dictators that condoned the killing of Christians, and the list goes on.
There have been laws supporting slavery in our own country. If it were not for a higher absolute authority over all, what would keep mankind from legallizing anything, other than mere opinion?

Answer 4

The law of nature dictates that some things are out of our hands, and are acts of God.

If it is against the law to break into a house, yet someone inside will die unless you intervene by breaking into the house, then your actions are warranted above the law which dictates not to break into the house.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Law of Physics, I'm sure Chemistry has laws too.

Answer 7

Yes. Live Liberty and the pursuit of happiness

Answer 8

Sure. "We hold these things to be self-evident. That men are endowed by their creator with inalienable rights. Among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

Answer 9

Only if you're speaking of basic Physics. Otherwise, the answer is No.

Answer 10

Yes and it is enforced by nature. So what do you want nature to do.