What are the characteristics that define a constitution as a “higher law”?

1. lists basic rights of life, liberty, and property, 2. Establishes the responsibility of the government to protect these rights, 3. places limits on how people may use their powers like: citizens rights, 4. how resources are distributed and how conflicts are handles

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world war i had a devastating effect on german-americans and their cultural heritage. up until that point   german-americans, as a group, had been spared much of the discrimination, abuse, rejection, collective mistrust experienced by so many different racial and ethnic groups in the history of the united states. indeed, over the years, they had been viewed as a well integrated and esteemed part of american society. all of this change with the outbreak of war.