So uh, it appears the US constitution's official version on constitution.congress.gov has whole sections removed from it: https://slrpnk.net/post/25696399
Amongst others being the removal of the section saying "habeas corpus shall not be suspended"
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@cwebber
I'm reminded of the Shrouded Constitution in "Unsong" by Scott Alexander.
I'm reminded of the Shrouded Constitution in "Unsong" by Scott Alexander.
Uh, this claim is easily disproven by just searching "habeas corpus shall not be suspended" and it's still very much there. I can't add a screenshot, but if you go to this link I think it'll work:
https://constitution.congress.gov/search/habeas%20corpus%20shall
@cwebber TechCrunch wrote something about it: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/key-sections-of-the-us-constitution-deleted-from-governments-website/
@cwebber What a very interesting and oddly specific “coding error”, removing congressional oversight of military, “habeas corpus” rights to fight unjust punishment, the ban on foreign gifts to executives in government, and of course, the ban on titles of royalty in our government.
His Supreme Imperious Excellency would be most pleased if these changes were not questioned, just accepted by all.
@cwebber They put it back and according to my notes and in depth historical knowledge of the film AirBud it still doesn't say any thing about Jets.
"No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
@cwebber
They do seem to have acknowledged it. There's a red banner:
They do seem to have acknowledged it. There's a red banner:
"The Constitution Annotated website is currently experiencing data issues. We are working to resolve this issue and regret the inconvenience."
@cwebber
There appears to have been a response on blusky from the library of congress. They claim its a glitch, but how do you fuck up serving text you've been serving for 20 years that badly.
There appears to have been a response on blusky from the library of congress. They claim its a glitch, but how do you fuck up serving text you've been serving for 20 years that badly.
@cwebber well they also removed the part of A1 S8 "To provide and maintain a Navy" as well as "To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions."
At least in the non-annotated "Full Text" version at https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/
(As well as the part that gives the federal goverment juristiction over Washington DC.)
@cwebber
Thanks for alerting us to this. After verifying it, I have emailed my rep in congress, to see what they know and can do about it.
@cwebber On the National Archives site, it’s all still there. For now, at least.
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript
@cwebber i saw that too (from reddit) and had a look. I don't see how that would just happen by accident
@cwebber Flooding the zone with shit. Disgusting! Best wishes to the good people there, it's scary and so dumb.
@cwebber seriously messed up
