If you are just starting to learn about our Constitution, I have a suggestion for you.

Recently, I came across a book that I would recommend to anyone wanting to learn more about the U.S. Constitution and its background.  This book, "The U.S. Constitution: The Citizen's Annotated Edition" by Ray Raphael, offers commentary on the Constitution, pretty much on a paragraph by paragraph or section by section basis.  While I have not finished reading the book, I have read enough of it to know that it offers a straight forward discussion of the meaning and background of this unique document that has provided the foundational principles of this nation.

While I'm at it, let me also mention a few more sources of information about our nation's Constitution:

• The Federalist Papers (with US Constitution, Amendments, & Declaration of Independenceoriginally written by by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, and United States Founders;
  
• The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates by Nathaniel Kethcen and Ralph Ketcham;
   
• Finally, you could check out the various on-line courses and DVDs from Hillsdale College, such as the following free offerings:
• Constitution 101: The Meaning and History of the Constitution;
• A free copy of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence;
• The Presidency and the Constitution, a 10 week course;