How to read the Constitution and why

Part I: Structure. The basics: each branch has a job description - and two bosses --

Congress: lots of power to a herd of cats --

The (real) powers of the President: no more kings --

The 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.