JGeropoulas
The Living Force
In 2012, uber-leftist, Democrat-supporting, Obama-nominated Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled there was NO provision in the Presidential Records Act to force the National Archives to SEIZE records from a former president.
But Jackson’s ruling made some other sweeping declarations. The most relevant is that a president has the sole power 1) to decide what records are personal vs. official and 2) to declassify or destroy such records at will.
“Under the statutory scheme established by the PRA, the decision to segregate personal materials from Presidential records is made by the President, during the President’s term and in his sole discretion,” Jackson wrote in her March 2012 decision, which was never appealed.
“Since the President is completely entrusted with the management and even the disposal of Presidential records during his time in office, it would be difficult for this Court to conclude that Congress intended that he would have less authority to do what he pleases with what he considers to be his personal records,” she added.
And guess what? No one ever appealed Jackson’s ruling.
But Jackson’s ruling made some other sweeping declarations. The most relevant is that a president has the sole power 1) to decide what records are personal vs. official and 2) to declassify or destroy such records at will.
“Under the statutory scheme established by the PRA, the decision to segregate personal materials from Presidential records is made by the President, during the President’s term and in his sole discretion,” Jackson wrote in her March 2012 decision, which was never appealed.
“Since the President is completely entrusted with the management and even the disposal of Presidential records during his time in office, it would be difficult for this Court to conclude that Congress intended that he would have less authority to do what he pleases with what he considers to be his personal records,” she added.
And guess what? No one ever appealed Jackson’s ruling.
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