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They've removed the parts they don't want from their site. They've taken out half of article 8, all of article 9, and all of article 10 on their site. While these articles still exist in the actual constitution, they are now officially pretending they don't. This includes Habeas Corpus, amongst other things, including parts that could limit blue states rights to stand up economically for themselves.

https://lemmy.zip/post/45626408

Call your reps, your senators. This is some Ministry of Truth shit.

Edit:

compare the congress site: U.S. Constitution | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of Congress https://share.google/DyDCD1NkRvniSH9bH

To the actual constitution: Full Text of the U.S. Constitution | Constitution Center https://share.google/8hzWpmqTtEOEi8uer


Originally Posted By u/bad_things_ive_done At 2025-08-06 08:50:06 AM | Source


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[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

This is why fElon wants to shut down the archive.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I heard about this last night. I expected it to be all over the news and Reddit this morning. But, no.

Too many other fires to hype to worry about our fucking Constitution being erased.

Yes, I know they can't just erase it... or can they? I mean, who the fuck is going to stop them? They really are just waiting for us to start shooting at them, aren't they?

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I just checked Reddit and it’s literally the top post on /r/all. Or whatever it’s called these days. It’s on /r/law.

https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1mj3ttx/constitution_of_the_united_states_website_has/

Edited to add: I sorted by Best, so YMMV.

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 weeks ago

This alone is fucking treason.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cool. When the people reclaim power, we'll write a better one.

[–] elvith@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Not from the US. What's Habeas Corpus that's mentioned there?

[–] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Further context, since the other poster only gave a portion of it. Habeas Corpus is a check of the judiciary against the other branches of government. More than the right to a day in court, it is the right of courts to make the final determination on whether detention is lawful, and gives the judiciary the right to demand an individual's jailer bring them to court for a hearing on that subject.

It's a check against something like an arm of the government unlawfully performing snatch and grabs against citizens whose crimes are unclear. As you might imagine, it's something it's something of a hot topic round these parts lately.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Right to a day in court.

It's Latin for to have the body.

[–] elvith@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

I understood the Latin part, but it didn't make sense and my best guess was something like "having the body" or maybe "owning the body" translates to something like "your right to your body is invulnerable and thus no one is allowed to hurt/kill/torture/... you". But this interpretation didn't make obvious sense to me (especially considering that the US still has a death sentence)

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Paging Nick Cage!!