Parts of the U.S. Constitution vanished from an official government website due to coding error, the Library of Congress said on Wednesday.
“It has been brought to our attention that some sections of Article 1 are missing from the Constitution Annotated ( https://constitution.congress.gov ) website,“ the library wrote on X Wednesday. ”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 two sections of Article 1 missing from Constitution Annotated are Sections 9 and 10.
Article 1, Section 9, contains language that prohibits citizens from facing unlawful detention. The section states that habeas corpus cannot be suspended in cases of rebellion or invasion when public safety requires it.
Habeas corpus allows pe