The theory, such as it is, is that the president is accountable to the citizenry both through the congress (via impeachment) and to the public (via elections). So if the president does grossly incompetent things like declassify information without telling anyone, they could be impeached or voted out.
A fundamental problem with any government is that it relies on people of good character to function.
Once enough sociopaths and political partisans and greedy hacks get elected, we’re basically screwed. The law can’t save us from that much human poison.
The theory, such as it is, is that the president is accountable to the citizenry both through the congress (via impeachment) and to the public (via elections). So if the president does grossly incompetent things like declassify information without telling anyone, they could be impeached or voted out.
A fundamental problem with any government is that it relies on people of good character to function.
Once enough sociopaths and political partisans and greedy hacks get elected, we’re basically screwed. The law can’t save us from that much human poison.