[Bruce Campbells Chin]

I'm not so sure about the procedures aspect of it, but I think the real point is "inadvertent". You would have to prove a deliberate choice/decision to declassify by the President, and "inadvertent" clearly falls short of that.

Or, you could just say that you can't infer declassification through action, and that it must be explicit. Trump still loses under either argument, though.

[FreeReign]

I'm not so sure about the procedures aspect of it, but I think the real point is "inadvertent". You would have to prove a deliberate choice/decision to declassify by the President, and "inadvertent" clearly falls short of that.

You are correct about the president not needing to follow procedures.

The inadvertent aspect, is about somebody who isn't the Chief executive, who assumes that something has been declassified because the Chief Executive had inadvertently spoken publicly about the subject. It doesn't apply to the president.