Tell that to the Founding Fathers. It's the rights of the people to dictate how they are governed for the common welfare...
This may not be the US Constitution but it is the DoI that was the groundwork for the Constitution...
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
That, to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
"...That, whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
This implies that the people, regardless of the religious or philosophical beliefs, have the right to create laws that they deem necessary to secure "domestic tranquility" and "promote the general welfare".
have the right to create laws that they deem necessary to secure "domestic tranquility" and "promote the general welfare" within the enumerated legislative powers.
The Constitution’s “General Welfare” clause allows Congress to use their "herein granted" powers of legislation to act in the general welfare of the people. (Without adding an additional power of legislation.)
In more modern terms it is like configuring packet filtering - General rules - least privilege All that is not expressly permitted is prohibited