Following up on the parenthetical comment in the previous post, which noted people and not citizens, the basis in natural law for a constitution needs to be explained.
If all men (it’s a universal, get over it!) are created equal, then they all have an equal share of natural rights – the rights to life, liberty, property, and so forth. So at this point, no man has a right to govern another. However, they do have a right to assemble in their common interest and form systems and governments for their mutual benefit – but not, importantly, for the exploitation of the natural rights of others. Even from assembly, those rights are inviolate. So there is nothing for anyone to be a citizen of until after a government is constituted. Until then, they are just people. That should explain it.
