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Edit: as pointed out in a comment below, the official cause is coding error

Compare with the original, from a few weeks back

Half of section 8, governing Congressional power over the military is removed.

Section 9 had, among other things:

  • Habeas Corpus the right to get a court hearing instead of arbitrary imprisonment
  • a ban on foreign emoluments for the US officials (eg: payments from foreign governments)

Section 10 reserved foreign policy for the federal government instead of the states.

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[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago
[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

What is whatever this is, called? It’s not technically “amending”…has it ever been done before??

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't this just an incomplete copy of the constitution? Changing a website doesn't change the law.

How wrong can I be?

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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] zildjiandrummer1@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Typically Hanlon's razor ("Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.") is best to live by, but honestly what in the fuck else could cause this other than malice?

We're approaching a time in this country that is really scaring me, and I just hope everyone has enough food, water, medical supplies, weapons/ammo, and community to get through what's coming. Trump is setting tinder boxes all over the country and trying to provoke a violent response so he can send in martial law, and all (minus like 2) Republicans in the House, Senate, and Supreme Court support this.

Fascists only understand one language.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter if it's malice or incompetence, this shit should not happen in a sane country

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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago
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[–] Embargo@lemmy.zip 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

So individual states can now legally build armies and go to war with the backing of foreign powers? Am I reading this right?

[–] Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago

Also, habeas corpus is gone?

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[–] ryokimball@infosec.pub 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"What the founding fathers wanted."

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[–] mrbutterscotch@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (5 children)

For a non US and non Lawyer. What exactly does this mean? What safefuards does this remove?

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This needs to get posted at Reddit. I can't, I'm under a seven day ban.

There's one up that I see in white people twitter, but it has a stupid title.

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