US Constitution temporarily altered on Congress.gov due to coding error, removing key sections
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laurex
Lacks bite. And filling. And a copy-editor at the bakery.
Summary
The article reports that the US Constitution as displayed on Congress.gov was accidentally altered, with Article I Section 8 (partially), and all of Sections 9 and 10 removed. The official cause was a coding error, not intentional tampering. The removed sections covered Congressional power over the military, habeas corpus, bans on foreign emoluments, and federal reservation of foreign policy. The site also uses Anubis, a proof-of-work system to deter AI scraping.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledThis is not the US constitution; it used to be, but Article I, part of section 8, & all of sections 9 & 10 have been removed
as pointed out in a comment below, the official cause is coding error
Half of section 8, governing Congressional power over the military is removed.
Section 9 had, among other things: Habeas Corpus the right to get a court hearing instead of arbitrary imprisonment
Section 10 reserved foreign policy for the federal government instead of the states.
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