In my book, The U.S. Constitution and You, I talk about the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens. I say: Protecting these rights also means you have important responsibilities. One responsibility is to vote so you can choose leaders and lawmakers who will act wisely and protect your rights. Another responsibility is to serve on juries, to protect the right to jury trials. Another responsibility is to pay taxes so that the government gets the money it needs to do its m

Sorry for not having a blog post this week, but thought you might like to read my Op Ed piece from Monday's Baltimore Sun. Read the post here.

The Electoral College is what we call the group of people who actually choose the President of the United States. The presidential election every four years really involves two elections. In the first election, voters in each state vote for electors who have pledged to vote for a particular presidential candidate. In the second election, the electors who were chosen in each state actually vote for president. Why do we have the Electoral College? Because that's the method the