Timeline for Does a US President have to file any paperwork to declassify information?
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| Jun 12, 2023 at 3:34 | comment | added | cjs | @ohwilleke Well, you may consider SCOTUS to have made a "real dubious leap" with Navy v. Egan, but generally it's their interpretation of U.S. law that applies, not yours. (Please ensure you carefully read the second-last paragraph.) | |
| Jun 10, 2023 at 21:56 | comment | added | ohwilleke♦ | I think that there is a distinction to be made between not having to declassify in writing, on one hand, and not having to communicate a declassification either in writing or in an oral statement to some appropriate person. Maybe a sitting President can tell the CIA chief - these boxes are declassified. But the idea that a President can simply think in his head that something is declassified with legal effect, without telling someone while he is President, is a real dubious leap. | |
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| S Sep 2, 2022 at 8:18 | comment | added | Philipp♦ | Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. | |
| Aug 21, 2022 at 2:47 | history | edited | cjs | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Address "it's wrong that the president can do this" arguments from comments
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| Aug 18, 2022 at 3:05 | history | edited | cjs | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 17, 2022 at 17:58 | history | edited | cjs | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 17, 2022 at 17:47 | history | edited | cjs | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 17, 2022 at 5:47 | history | edited | cjs | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 17, 2022 at 5:37 | history | answered | cjs | CC BY-SA 4.0 |