Yeah, this is how unlawfuls are supposed to act, not lawfuls - lawfuls have docking, no opposition as they are sieging bases that paid them and are also lawful, have access to full cap line. Destruction should be the last resort and I doubt the laws would even pass staff approval without some monetary fine sub-step?
It's completely normal btw to let bases degrade some 15% and then restock at once when it's high core, so you can take breaks from the game - I just don't understand why gov would ever go the quick destruction route after one post and a couple bumps for barely degraded bases ?