The Constitution of The United States was meant to be foundational. In other words, it is the mission statement of a nation just like a good business has a mission or vision statement.
It doesn't deal with the specifics, the details, the nuances of government, but anything that is contrary to the mission statement (i.e. Constitution) is irrelevant, unnecessary, and clearly a divergence of the mission statement.
A mission statement of a local police department I just read said that it aimed to propagate respect and integrity in the community. A police officer harassing someone they pulled over for travelling through a red traffic signal would be in violation of the mission statement of the department. It's really pretty simple. [Happened to someone I know, let's say. :) ]
The first objective stated in the U. S. Constitution is to "form a more perfect Union".
This means a union of the "several" states. The Constitution is rather clear that the federal government is to only provide or oversee the basic necessities for maintaining this "union".
Some have argued for and implemented the practical regulation effecting the intricacies of citizens' lives when these powers were intended "constitutionally" to be in the power of the government of each state in the Union.
- establish Justice, [ between and among the states/the union and not between individuals or groups ]
- insure domestic Tranquility, [ between and among the states/the union and not between individuals or groups ]
- provide for the common defence, [ the defense of a nation against it's enemies / i.e. the enemies of the union of states ]
- promote the general Welfare, [ among the states/the union and not between individuals or groups ] and
- secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity [ I can't think of a way the U.S. Government has done this - other than by providing a federal judicial system and a common defense - but I'm probably missing it. ]
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