Is there any inalienable right or natural law which might arguably be above the California Constitution?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Olson v. Cory, 134 Cal.App.3d 85, 184 Cal.Rptr. 325 (Cal. App. 1982):

Aside from the federal constitutional provisions, discussed above, there is no inalienable right or natural law which might arguably be above the California Constitution. (See Nougues v. Douglass (1857) 7 Cal. 65, 69-70.)

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