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Possum Pete Feb 6, 2025

The Constitution Of The United States Of America.
As discovered Feb 2025.

I have stashed a text / org-mode version and a pdf version at google drive.

I have tried very hard not to change anything.

No content has been changed.
Some tweaks for readability and (of course) the software generated section numbers. (pdf)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a50SIxjPsgffeqv7q-HcE5zChP4fYsC3/view?usp=drive_link

The folder its in ...

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13vzvQ9Rt7AadutuiYCVlKUw5cPftj6iq?usp=drive_link

"The Preamble"

We the People of the United States,

in Order to form a more perfect Union,

establish Justice,
insure domestic Tranquility,
provide for the common defence,
promote the general Welfare,
and secure the Blessings of
Liberty
to ourselves and our Posterity,
do ordain and establish this
Constitution
for the United States of America.

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Constitution_Of_The_United_States-1778-2025_Constitution.pdf

pdf format version of the USA constitution as found in early 2025. Emacs > orgmode > latex Some hand edits in latex .

Google Docs

Jorro Apr 22, 2024

#usaconstitution #fifthamendment #selfincrimination #thumbprint #scan

More news from the land of the free ;

“The US Constitution's Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination does not prohibit police officers from forcing a suspect to unlock a phone with a thumbprint scan, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday. The ruling does not apply to all cases in which biometrics are used to unlock an electronic device but is a significant decision in an unsettled area of the law.

The US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit had to grapple with the question of "whether the compelled use of Payne's thumb to unlock his phone was testimonial," the ruling in United States v. Jeremy Travis Payne said. "To date, neither the Supreme Court nor any of our sister circuits have addressed whether the compelled use of a biometric to unlock an electronic device is testimonial."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/cops-can-force-suspect-to-unlock-phone-with-thumbprint-us-court-rules/