Reading the Constitution: solumn ritual or pointless nonsense?

The Washington Post ran a nice article about House Republicans and Democrats taking the time out of their schedules on the 112th Congress' second day to read the entire U.S. Constitution, Amendments and all.  I guess they left some parts out, though, like the mention of blacks being 3/5 of a person and that Prohibition thingy.

Read the article here.  There's another article from Fox News here.

Worthwhile or worthless?  Comment, please.