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Because there has not been an argument for why twelve hours it is not a reasonable amount of time for due process in the context of deportation, besides that it interferes with a habeas relief process, which the law does not require occur for due process in the context of deportation.
Do you think it is reasonable to demand that people should be detained longer against the inclination of a government that wants to release a person sooner, even though this will increase the amount of time people are detained overall instead of free?
Remember- [habeaus relief] and [due process] are not synonyms. [Habeaus relief] is a specific relief against wrongful detention. As a matter of heabaus harm minimization, less time in wrongful detention is better than more time. This principle even applies to rightly-detained individuals- hence the right to a speedy trial. A 'more reasonable' time period for involuntary detention is shorter, not longer.
An habeas-based argument to extend a 12 hour limit is saying a 12 hour potentially wrongful detention is too short, and that everyone wrongly (or rightly) detained should be detained longer.
If this seems a weird, this is because [habeas relief] is in this case being instrumentally treated as [deportation appeal]. The habeas concern itself is resolved upon deportation. Extending the habeas harm (the effect justifying habeas relief) is the tool to try and prevent deportation.
Questioning who the OP is appealing to and why they should be is taken as an arguer-by-proxy is the antithesis of an argument over their identity. It is an invitation for their identity to be established in ways to improve their credibility beyond poor stereotypes.
Variously people have done so poorly, appealing to credentialism of a distrusted profession or the smuggled assumption of a former employer, but that is the issue with poor stereotypes instead of individualized endorsement.
'Blah, blah' is certainly an amusing dismissal warning of increasing habeas harms to people claiming a need for habeaus relief for non-habeas motives.
Interesting. Did you read the same post I did? It appeared to me to be a series of statements of fact with minimal “trust the experts” color. Are you alleging that there are outright lies in the OP? If not, or so, be more clear, because it sure does look like you’re making a scummy and intellectually weak effort to deflect the points at hand. The rest of the reply chain seems to support the latter interpretation.
That's enough with the personal attacks.
I am a moderator, and you should care because I enforce the rules here, which include rules against personal antagonism, uncharitability, and carrying on with grudges.
Normally I might give you the benefit of the doubt and point out to you that when you see someone replying to you with that red banner, it's a mod post and it's meant to be heeded if you don't want to lose your posting privileges.
But this is the second time I have modded you for being unnecessarily belligerent, and your response has been to double down with more antagonism. Possibly you did not remember our previous interaction, but I do not think you are so new you are unfamiliar with the rules and moderation here.
I lightly warned you to tone it down, and you seem unable to respond to any kind of criticism or correction with anything but belligerence.
You're banned for another week. Future bans will escalate quickly if you cannot change tack.
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