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Re: Constitution of the United States Website has removed sections

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You know, everyone is jumping to conclusions here about the evils of whomever their political rival is. However, this is a website, based on code. And based on my most recent experiences with AI, I think it's more plausible that someone: A.) Copied a file into an AI prompt (or use an AI agent). B.) Asked the AI to do something to the file (like adjust the layout of the page, alter CSS, optimize something, or whatever…

Why would they be changing this page? Nothing about the constitution has changed.

Re: Constitution of the United States Website has removed sections

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post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

well you see, the congress and supreme court have decided that no, actually, this is what they want to happen.

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I would argue the three branches should rarely be aligned with each other. They should follow the Constitution AND keep checks and balances on each other. Neither of the branches should have absolute power over the others. This opinion, although not an expert one, is because of what is currently happening in the US and the lack of wisdom being employed.

Re: Constitution of the United States Website has removed sections

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Good use case for a git diff. The removed bits discuss habeaus corpus, emoluments, and congressional oversight of the military.

I wanted to do the Constitution (and US law in general) in git, but dates before unix epoch weren't possible. I don't think it's since been fixed. I had went so far as to start digging up treaties (about 700 of them, ratified) and draft constitutions (would have been non-master branches of some sort). It would be nice if Congress and legislatures actually used git as a matter of law, having names attached to every co…

Version control in some form? Yes, absolutely. Git? No way. The needs and customs of a lawmaking body are vastly different than the needs of engineers.

Re: Constitution of the United States Website has removed sections

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Bait post. Make a point. edit for clarity: My point is that faux-witty slights at communities to suggest nothing is wrong with a government is intellectually shallow and appeals to authority without making any point itself.

Good point and needs to be said.

Re: Constitution of the United States Website has removed sections

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I would argue the three branches should rarely be aligned with each other. They should follow the Constitution AND keep checks and balances on each other. Neither of the branches should have absolute power over the others. This opinion, although not an expert one, is because of what is currently happening in the US and the lack of wisdom being employed.

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Re: Constitution of the United States Website has removed sections

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Presuming this is just incompetence instead of malice, when the missing paragraphs are replaced, will "Constitution of the United States Website has replaced missing sections" hit the front page of HN?

> Presuming this is just incompetence instead of malice

why would you make this presumption?

Re: Constitution of the United States Website has removed sections

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When do specific actions taken by the current US administration cross the legal line into treason or other legal lines where defense against domestic enemies is warranted?

This is a Congressional website, this is not a Presidential website.

The library of congress maintains congress.gov[1], the head of the library of congress was fired by trump and replaced by a loyalist[2]

[1] https://www.congress.gov/about [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Blanche

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