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Originally Posted by Tribesman
So you realise it may be good sense to not do something but want to do it anyway because you think an old piece of paper doesn't say you can't so you should  |
The Constitution is a great "old piece of paper" (actually hide, it's on parchment (drafts were hemp paper)). Yes, it can trump what might seem like short term "good sense" in the name of long-term better sense.
The precedent would allow a President to unilaterally disallow publishing ANYTHING. That should be easy to see. Note that the people in the admin (and their willing allies in the press) have been nodding to presidential power where just a few years ago they were ignoring powerful "good sense" arguments put by a different president to not publish details of counter-terrorism programs, etc.