Coding error blamed after parts of Constitution disappear from US website

25 DocFeind 9 8/6/2025, 9:47:22 PM arstechnica.com ↗

Comments (9)

baberthal · 1d ago
Why is this not a static HTML page? It hasn't changed since 1992
acdha · 22h ago
The site in question has annotations based on Supreme Court decisions, which need to be updated more frequently than the source text.
duxup · 1d ago
Coding error ongoing at SCOTUS too.
paulryanrogers · 1d ago
SCOTUS rulings have been over 90% in favor of the current executive while federal courts are 90%+ against. This isn't an accident. It's a decades long project coming to fruition.

Compare that to their record during the Biden executive term if you doubt there are political motivations.

r721 · 1d ago
ndsipa_pomu · 1d ago
Suspiciously specific. Also, how much code is really required to display a historical document and why are they working on that code anyway?

I suspect that they're attempting to influence common knowledge (via AI summaries and search results) about what the constitution actually specifies.

1659447091 · 1d ago
> I suspect that they're attempting to influence common knowledge (via AI summaries and search results)

I remember a time when this wouldn't be a reason that I had high confidence in. But as my fellow Texan and SCOTUS appointed president, George W. once said:

"fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again. You've got to understand the nature of the regime we're dealing with" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhmdEq3JhoY&t=1m55s

(side note, and more of a "things that make you go hmmm" than an assertion, watching this reminded me of all the other Bushism I had missed or forgot; if I were more prone to conspiracies, the similarities and circumstances between these two almost make it look like W. was the test run for the current kingmakers running the Project)

add-sub-mul-div · 1d ago
Maybe they gave an internship to some dipshit vibe coding kid of some donor? The possibilities here are many and the answer is likely to be stupid.
loose-cannon · 1d ago
seems like another distraction. If it permanently disappears, maybe then it's worth talking about?