The three judge panel at the 11th Circuit only included two Trump appointments. All three should have been at least Republicans.
It seems pretty clear according the constitution, the laws, supreme court rulings, precedent, etc, that the president is the ultimate decider of what is classified and declassified. The courts have ruled, there is no formal process. He can have the codes to the nuclear football, say they are declassified, and hand them over to the Russians. Impeachable yes, illegal clearly no.
Even Obama’s executive order in 2009 (still in effect) reiterates all of this.
I know that Trump declassified all the so called crossfire hurricane/russia collusion stuff because the letter of 1/19/21 has been widely circulated. (I’ve read it) He also has said (and tweeted) numerous times going back to 2018, that he declassified certain things... but he doesnt need any so called evidence, other than his word.. because that is all it takes.. others in government need to follow processes to declassify things, but NOT the president.
In addition, the presidential records act carries no criminal penalities.... its an administrative tool. which clearly says the president can have access to any of his documents, and declassify them and take them with him/her. Obama took 33 million with him, and 7 years later is still going back and forth with national archives about them. (of course the DOJ is never going to raid his house)....
He will be charged and probably convicted unless SCOTUS steps in and stops the madness...
And in the end, who knows if any of the 100 “documents with classified markings” were every really classified. and Trump says they were all declassified, so they all were according to the law and his word.
Given that they both voted to overturn the lower court order, what would that accomplish?