UPDATE: Wednesday, Aug 6, 2025 · 6:41:03 PM +00:00
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CathyM
Update:
www.alternet.org/…
‘Nobody believes you': Library of Congress blames missing Constitution sections on 'coding error'
Internet critics are not accepting the U.S. government’s reason for removing Section 9 and Section 10 from the Constitution Annotated website.
...The Library of Congress responded on X later on Wednesday, blaming the deleted files on a software issue.
“It has been brought to our attention that some sections of Article 1 are missing from the Constitution Annotated … website. We’ve learned that this is due to a coding error. We have been working to correct this and expect it to be resolved soon,” the account posted.
But critics did not easily accept the answer.
UPDATE: Wednesday, Aug 6, 2025 · 2:14:32 PM +00:00 · CathyM
I think this is relevant, given that a piece of the “edit” included restricting control of DC to Congress. Apparently he’s stepping up Federal interference in DC law enforcement:
www.washingtonpost.com/…
Trump vowed to make D.C. ‘safe and beautiful.’ Here’s what’s happened.
An order by Trump has led to stepped-up federal law enforcement in D.C., including many arrests for low-level offenses. The White House says that has cut crime.
...The officers were with the U.S. Park Police. And they were there to enforce one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders: “Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful.”
...Violent crime in D.C. has been on the decline, starting last year, part of a nationwide drop that brought murder rates nationwide to their lowest level in decades in 2024.
...D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has faced pressure to accommodate Trump on several fronts. Earlier this year, the mayor ordered the removal of the downtown Black Lives Matter Plaza,
I can’t believe informed voters would fall for this crap, but DC might suffer more because Rump wants to pretend it’s a royal enclave.
This looked serious enough that I wanted to bring it to DK (bolding mine):
www.alternet.org/…
Did Congress’ official Constitution site just delete references to parts of Article 1?
Archive searches suggest the White House has scrubbed Sections 9 and 10 pertaining to Habeas Corpus and judicial review of unlawful detention from the official congressional website on the Constitution.
...A quick scan of the site's constitutional summaries from Aug. 6 do not match more thorough archived shots of the same page from May. Among missing texts are summaries for Sections 9 and 10. Section 9 contains language pertaining to Habeas Corpus, including: “The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.”
Section 10 outlines the rights (and limitations of rights) of states regarding organizing, particularly organizing against the federal government. “No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay."
In addition to missing summaries of these Constitutional sections are detailed pages on Section 9 and Section 10. The page for Section 10, on July 15, for example, contained individual notes and entries on that section, including clauses. Today, a user visiting that same address will get a portrait of George Washington and a: “Page Not Found. Sorry, the page you're looking for does not exist” and a link back to the homepage. The same goes for the dedicated page for Section 9. Searches indicate the government site was modified July 17.
THIS is so f*ing blatant that it’s hard to believe — but we have to believe it — REWRITING the Constitution is AUTOCRACY, and doing it officially should be a crime. Rump has immunity (maybe) but the minions who actually did this erasure CAN and should be investigated. And Dems need to get a counter-measure up FAST: show the deleted segments (they are archived) and make this an ad campaign — “They are coming for your rights — Believe it!”
I went to the links and found that not only are Section 9 and 10 gone, but 8 got snipped, also:
Very interesting that the part snipped gives Congress the power to raise and DISCIPLINE militias! And also gives Congress (not Donnie!) the say over DC.
The archived version has a lot more to say about Section 8, and then section 9 follows. Go to link for complete comparison:
Here’s the full Section 9 that got snipped. Some VERY interesting Congressional rights mentioned here! The right to spend from the Treasury, for one, and the EMOLUMENTS clause (gee, I wonder why??)
