Emma Kate Wrather knows her United States constitution and earned the winning spot in an American Legion oratorical competition at Covenant Academy.“I was excited to win and a little bit surprised, to be honest,” said Wrather, a 14-year-old freshman. “It took me about a month to get my big speech done.”The oratorical contest exists to develop deeper knowledge and appreciation for the U.S. Constitution among high school students. Wrather said she must have read through the document 20 times in order to understand it in an effort to write her speech.