In the years before the Civil War, it was common practice for people to carry around pocket Constitutions when going to a political speech or meeting with a congressman. These pocket Constitutions were bound in red or blue, but not white, because most Americans worked with their hands, and they would sully a white cover.
When hearing a congressman make a promise in a speech or when discussing an issue with a congressman, people would take out their pocket Constitutions, thumb through them and dispute whether the congressman was honoring the Constitution or not.
The publication and bearing of pocket Constitutions, and their open use at political gatherings, might be a worthy project for the Tea Parties.
Free Pocket Constitution. Cato no longer gives them away but Heritage does.
The issue of Congress being subject to the laws it passes isn't going away. The original justification was that it was feared that the Executive would use them as a pretext for arrest or intimidation of sitting Congressmen, which is why Article I, Section 6 was included. That this is a flimsy pretext for Congress to grandly exempt itself from all of the laws it passes is achingly obvious, and yet it has taken a very long time to address it, largely because the only people capable of addressing it are in Congress. And, of course, the citizens, who, at least at the moment, appear to have lost patience with a royal Presidency and an aristocratic Legislative.
Excellent idea! I'll pass it along!