I think the people who really need to understand these things (far before legislative or executive branches) are the people in the judicial branch of the govern

I think the people who really need to understand these things (far before legislative or executive branches) are the people in the judicial branch of the government. Just consider that it's been centuries since the signing of the US Constitution and we're still ironing out the details of what it really means. The judicial branch is both the first and last line of defense against injustices. First line of defense because things will happen, and conflicts will occur, and lawsuits will be filed long before people may even understand that there's some underlying paradigm that needs to be addressed in the form of new laws. Last line of defense because even after laws are created by legislative and laws are upheld by the executive branch, there will be critical issues that will need to be addressed when a case finally gets to trial that were perhaps never considered when laws were created or when people were put in jail (in this case assets seized) for their alleged wrongdoing.