That Time the Government Deleted Habeas Corpus and Blamed a "Glitch"

That Time the Government Deleted Habeas Corpus and Blamed a "Glitch"

Alright, you're not going to believe this one. Or maybe, depressingly, you will.

For a brief, terrifying moment, the United States government apparently decided to do a little light editing on the U.S. Constitution. On its own official website, run by the Library of Congress.

And what, you ask, did they choose to quietly drag into the digital recycle bin? Oh, nothing important. Just Article I, Sections 9 and 10. You know, the part that includes the right of habeas corpus—the foundational principle that says the government can't just lock you up forever without a reason.

Minor stuff, really.

Now, what a wild coincidence! This little "oopsie" comes just a few short months after a senior administration official was openly threatening to suspend habeas corpus. It’s funny how these "glitches" always seem to break in the direction of "more power for us, fewer rights for you." It’s like your landlord "accidentally" deleting the clause in your lease about rent control right after complaining that your rent is too low.

Then, once people started noticing that, you know, the actual text of the Constitution was missing from the government's website about the Constitution, the text magically reappeared.

The official explanation? A "glitch."

A glitch. The most pathetic, insulting, see-through excuse in the digital age. We're supposed to believe that the bedrock legal document of the entire nation just... fell off the internet by accident. Please.

Let's call this what it was: A trial balloon. A beta test for tyranny. They weren't trying to change the law; they were trying to see if they could just make it disappear. They were testing to see who was paying attention.

They know they can't amend the Constitution with a keystroke. But the goal isn't to be legal; it's to create chaos. To make the very foundation of your rights feel unstable, optional, and subject to the whims of whoever is in charge of the IT department that day. It is a breathtaking signal that they view the document meant to restrain them as nothing more than an inconvenient block of text on a screen they control.

First, they float the idea of suspending your rights. Then, the text protecting those rights "accidentally" vanishes. Then, they restore it with a shrug and a smirk, blaming a computer error.

Don't fall for it. This was a dress rehearsal. They showed us exactly what they think of the law, and we should believe them the first time. The Constitution is not a suggestion, and our rights are not a "glitch" to be patched away.