How to read the Constitution and why

Part I: structure basics: each branch has a job description - and two bosses

Congress: lots of power to a herd of cats

(real) powers of the President: no more kings

courts: what was that about kings?

Part II: rights Speech, religion, and the first amendment

Guns and the second amendment

Crime and the fourth, fifth, sixth, and eighth amendments,

Liberty and equality: fifth and fourteenth amendments

What does the Constitution say about the states?

Part III: why care? Why it matters how politicians get hired and fired

If the Constitution stops functioning, why should I care?

Sustaining democracy: some takeaways.