Forgive me, but attorneys should know the actual language of the constitution - backwards and forwards.
Astonished.
I don't know the actual language of the Constitution backwards or forwards. I don't know any counsel or judge who does. Most attorneys do not ever deal with a Constitutional issue in their life. (I have).
Attorneys don't practive by rote memorization of the law. They practice by understanding how the law has been applied to the facts of cases in jurisdictions where they practice, and then establishing how the facts of your present case fits into the existing case law, if any. Most litigators deal with common law or state or Federal statutes. (Most of which have adopted the principles of common law on torts and contracts.)
Most Constitutional practitioners deal with criminal law or first Amendment law.
In any event, merely reading the text of an Amendment tells you nothing about how a Court has applied and interprested that Amendment. Only through case law, dealing with actual facts, rather than abstract ideas, does a Court rule. Fropm those rulings, we gain our guidance.