Reading the Constitution

I love this country, weirdness and all but can someone please tell me what purpose reading the US Constitution serves during the first week of the 112th Congress? Like me, I'm sure many of the members had to read it in junior high or high school or during times of uncertain bowel movement. And if you've made it all the way to the House of Representatives without having read the damned thing I say, why start now?

Maybe they should have Alan Gribben read it. This time he could substitute the word "people" with "slave"