Yikes! Americans don't know much about the Constitution

A new survey shows Americans are shockingly poorly informed about some of the basic things in the U.S. Constitution.

The study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found:

Only 1/4 of Americans can name all three branches of government.





More than a third cannot name any rights guaranteed under the First Amendment.





More than half of Americans incorrectly believe that immigrants who are in the country illegally do not have any rights under the Constitution.

While only 26% of Americans can name all three branches of government, conservatives are much more likely to be able to name all three than those who identify as liberal. 33% of those surveyed could not name any of the three branches.

37% of Americans could not name any of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment, while 15% could identify freedom of religion and 14% named freedom of the press. 39% of Americans think Congress should be able to stop the news media from reporting issues that deal with national security without the approval of the government.

53% of Americans said illegal immigrants do not have any rights under the Constitution, which is not true. 67% of political conservatives incorrectly believe undocumented immigrants have no rights under the Constitution, while only 48% of liberals hold that inaccurate view.