Well, I just think that's a bit misleading. The justification for the banhammer is "I think you should be banned." The CoC doesn't enable or permit the mods to

Well, I just think that's a bit misleading. The justification for the banhammer is "I think you should be banned." The CoC doesn't enable or permit the mods to ban you. The mods can ban you because they're the mods; "can ban you" is pretty much definitionally identical to "is a mod." At most a CoC can serve as a guidebook for users.