Most political issues come down to first principles, our premises, the basic lens through which we view the world.

Interpretive principles, philosophy, theology even, things that reasonable people might disagree over.

But sometimes, unfortunately, these debates are much dumber.

Sometimes, these political debates hinge on sheer ignorance over basic facts.

That is where the debate stands at the moment on the Biden administration's raid of President Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago.

When it comes to the Mar-a-Lago raid, putting aside all of the complex issues that it raises.

Many libs don't understand or don't want to admit that they understand the most basic relevant fact,

which is that the President has the absolute authority to declassify material.

A former President has never been and very likely can never be convicted of mishandling classified material

because the President can declassify whatever material he wants, wherever and whenever he wants to do it.

I thought that was common knowledge, but apparently lots of people don't actually understand it or want to admit it.

I was on two TV shows this past weekend, one on C-SPAN, the other on Fox, and I was shocked,

genuinely shocked to discover that the libs that I spoke with did not seem to know that.

So it bears repeating, once more for the people in the bleachers.

The President has the absolute right to declassify whatever he wants,

even the most super duper, extra top secret material, whatever he wants to.

There are processes for declassifying material.

Even so, the President is not bound by those processes.

The President doesn't need to check with some middleing bureaucrat at the DOJ or at any other agency to declassify information.

The middleing careerist might have some authority in some circumstances to declassify material.

But the middleing bureaucrat doesn't outrank the President.

The President doesn't need a special stamp to declassify material.

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