As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting.

I think most people didn't want to do court duty.

If you take a position under the Constitution that is against the majority view, you have to explain it well enough that maybe you can persuade some of that majority to agree with you.

I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.

The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.

What the framers of the Constitution tried to achieve when they wrote that Constitution back in the 1700s was an independent federal judiciary. They wanted federal judges to be appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and to serve for good behavior.

For students, understanding the separate and unique functions of each branch of government can help them understand how different kinds of government officials can help solve different kinds of problems.