A group of 150 high school students huddled around laptops at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on Monday as they competed in a video game competition to demonstrate their knowledge of the Constitution. The stakes were high. A tour of the U.S. Supreme Court was on the line.

For those who doubt that a tour of the high court could persuade teenagers to spend the prime of their summers learning about constitutional principles, doubt no more: The three students from the winning team — T.J., Stratton and Mack — told me the tour was enough to make them try hard for the highest score.