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  • Is there a definitive constitution ?

    From Jethro_uk@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 6 13:44:56 2025
    What's to stop someone bringing their own copy of the constitution to a
    court ?

    https://www.alternet.org/white-house-constitutional-crisis/

    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.

    “Does this regime think that by editing the website they can delete these basic rights, or do they just want to make it harder to read about them?” demanded one commenter on Resistbot.

    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.”

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  • From Rick@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 6 22:47:38 2025
    On 8/6/2025 4:44 PM, Jethro_uk wrote:
    What's to stop someone bringing their own copy of the constitution to a
    court ?

    https://www.alternet.org/white-house-constitutional-crisis/

    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.

    “Does this regime think that by editing the website they can delete these basic rights, or do they just want to make it harder to read about them?” demanded one commenter on Resistbot.

    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.”


    Not sure what the point of this article is. The full transcript of the Constitution is on the archives website now, and I don't see anything
    missing in Sections 8 and 10. The article seems to suggest that parts
    of these sections were missing or altered at some point in May, but all
    that suggests is that parts of the archive website may have been down or
    under maintenance at some unnamed dates and times. That's really not
    relevant today.

    In any case, the website just provides a convenient mechanism for people
    to read the document. The actual document is stored at the website and numerous copies exist and the wording is well-known.

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