&gt; That&#x27;s what the documents say - natural rights codified.<p>What documents? The Constitution says nothing of the sort.<p>&gt; If we were writing new founding documents, we&#x27;d have a pretty good idea of what &#x27;should&#x27; be rights. Where does that come from?<p>To the extent that people would share common preferences as to what rights should be protected, its a matter of shared cultural norms shaped by our political&#x2F;legal history; there&#x27;d also be considerable disagreement, too.