burning like matchsticks in the face of the darkness

Yeah, comments on the Dale Carpenter post included, "How many times a day is the Constitution on TV? Seems like a rather silly survey to me," and "I imagine if a cartoon show about the constitution had aired every Sunday night for 13 years, Americans would be better informed."

Another commenter wrote:

As depressing as this is, at least people are only ignorant as opposed to actively misinformed.

Think of how many people get bizzare ideas about criminal procedure and legal ethics from Law &Order.