Going to the Source

Members of Congress read the United States Constitution aloud on the floor of the House of Representatives on Thursday. It was an apparent first, and a reflected the influence of the Tea Party movement, which has celebrated the founding document. Despite the framers' stated intentions in the preamble to the Constitution, there is little ''domestic tranquility'' when it comes to interpreting what the document means. Following is sample of some of the clauses most revered, and disputed, by advoca...