Several sections of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution appear to have been removed from the official U.S. government website, as pointed out by sleuths on the internet and as seen by TechCrunch.

The changes were made in the past month, according to the Wayback Machine, which shows the full original text on Congress’ website as of July 17.

Several Reddit threads identified the changes in Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution: large parts of Section 8 have been removed, and Sections 9 and 10 have been deleted altogether. In the screenshot below, you can see the archived version of the site on the Wayback Machine on the left, and the current site on the right — the text highlighted in yellow has been removed.

These sections largely relate to the powers that Congress has and does not have, as well as limitations on the powers of individual states. The removal includes sections relating to habeas corpus, the powers that protect citizens from unlawful detention.

  • some_designer_dude@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    It’s fun to imagine what would have happened in that country if Obama had done any one of the things these fuckers have. Deleted part of the constitution? They’d have raided the damn White House.

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      20 hours ago

      They raided the damn white house anyway. Everything they say is utterly disingenuous, “reactions” most of all

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      20 hours ago

      I mean nothing’s stopping us. Except common sense, a sense of humanity, empathy for the poor bastards in between us and them, and having to get up early.

      Why, anyone wanna go apeshit with an inflated sense of ego and purpose, and bust up the White House with some bear spray and assorted handguns?

      We’ll need to get those cute little walkie talkies. And someone will have to get a big truck for all the flags.