Well stated, but defining and protecting those basic rights isn't the problem.
The problem is all the other "rights" that politicians think they can grant to citizens (usually in return for their votes).
The politicians want us to believe there is a "RIGHT" to "free" healthcare, or "free" education or "free" food or "free" housing, and on and on and on.
Even (alleged) constitutional conservative Ted Cruz claimed there is a "right" to healthcare.
Eff all that.