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What? You have that backwards.
Laws change. Links will ensure you get the latest info.
No. Links change, link rot. Yes, laws change. Which is why I posted the USC. If the exact USC changed, you would know immediately. The gov could overhaul their website and links would die. If you have the code you can look it up on the official .gov sources. In this particular situation a link is not a guarantee. Maybe for other information? But doubtful. I personally have bookmarks from over 15+ years ago that are likely dead. Search skills are... a skill. To make Google better, learn the udm=14 trick .
Use a permalink
Are you a bot? Absolute nonsense comments and the same post spammed across communities, screams "child or bot"
Citations to the law include changes to that law. If you follow the citation above, it'll have the date of adoption and the date of any amendments. It'll also remain if the law is strikes from the books with a notation regarding its repeal.
Easy analogy: the 18th amendment. When it was repealed, they didn't replace it with something else, but updated the language of the amendment to include its repeal. But a newspaper article from 1922 would still have incorrect information regarding the legality of alcohol sales.
Which is exactly why you should link to the source. You're proving my point
No, I really am not.
I'm saying specifically that a link is a bad reference, whereas a citation to a statue, book, or other reference that doesn't change domains and stop functioning is a good one.
A code citation is an excellent reference. A link to a Congressional site isn't when Congress is liable renamed after Trump's favorite donor in 6 months.