Parts of the U.S. Constitution vanished from an official government website due to coding error, the Library of Congress said on Wednesday.

The Library of Congress today said a coding error resulted in the deletion of parts of the US Constitution from Congress' website and promised a fix after many Internet users pointed out the missing sections this morning.

The Library of Congress on Wednesday pointed to an unspecified "coding error" that led to key parts of the U.S. Constitution being deleted from the Constitution Annotated website. Why it matters: The missing sections included foundational provisions,