and which are not precluded by restrictions and exceptions specified in the Constitution- Hamilton
This means, that Congress can only Exercise the authority given to it by the Constitution. If it isn't explicitly stated, then they can't do it.
Period. End of story.
As a collective right of the body explicitly recognized by the Founding Fathers and the courts, your inane and unsupported claims to the contrary notwithstanding.
Let's review:
"Every man, and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government. They receive it with their being from the hand of nature. Individuals exercise it by their single will; collections of men by that of their majority; for the law of the majority is the natural law of every society of men." --Thomas Jefferson