The framers -- Preamble -- Part I: How bills become (or, more likely, don't become) law. It takes two to tango / bicameralism ; Big states, little say / the Senate ; Delete! / presidential veto ; Majority rules--except when it doesn't / supermajority rules -- Part II: Hello, can you hear me? How to cherry-pick voters / gerrymandering ; Taxation without representation / the District of Columbia ; "I'll just do it myself!" "Oh, no, you won't." / direct democracy -- Part III: If American threw a party, would you be let in? Who can vote? How do you know? / voting rights ; Who gets to represent you? / restrictions on running for Congress ; Who gets a shot at the Oval Office? / restrictions on running for President ; Time's up! / presidential term limits -- Part IV: "Hurrah! I'm 18. I can finally vote for the President." "Not so fast." The college with no courses or credits / the Electoral College -- Part V: Can the President really do that?! Pardon me? / presidential pardons ; "You're hired! (Maybe.) You're fired!" / the unitary executive -- Part VI: Who's running America? Knock, knock. Is anybody there? / continuity in government ; Is there a leader in the room? / presidential succession ; The duck's in charge, January 20 / Inauguration Day ; Part VII: Emergency! Emergency! At war / emergency powers ; At war with bugs / habeas corpus ; We can change it, right? / amending the Constitution -- Part VIII: Keeping pace with the times. Grading the Constitution / now what? -- A constitutional convention?! -- Articles and amendments.