Tuesday, March 23, 2010

At least we are not unusual in that respect

I do not have a link to an example of one of these, right now, but surely you have seen one yourself: a survey or study demonstrating that astonishing percentages of Americans are relatively unfamiliar with the United States Constitution.  One such study, which I remember from over a decade ago, reported that a surprising percentage of respondents identified "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" as a line from the Constitution, which, of course, it is not.  (I have no reason to doubt these studies, but since their reliability is irrelevant to my point, I will not bother to track down a specific one.)

Commentary on these studies usually characterizes this widespread ignorance of our Constitution as being discouraging and/or ominous, which it is.  However, I found it amusing to read that Americans are not alone in this regard.  In England, concerned citizens (or are they still calling themselves "subjects"?) worry about widespread ignorance of the Magna Carta.
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