Tournament: UMKC | Round: 6 | Opponent: University of Central Oklahoma FH | Judge:
The executive branch is currently operation on almost unrestrained authority
Waxman et al 13
(Matthew, Robert Chesney, Jack Goldsmith, Benjamin Wittes, All Members of the Task Force on National Security and Law for the hoover institute, “Is the War on Terror Lawful?” Hoover Institute, February 25, 2013, http://www.hoover.org/publications/defining-ideas/article/141091 accessed 8/16/13) ZLH

Strong executive war powers key to fighting terrorists
Royal 2011 (John Paul Royal, Institute of World Politics, “War Powers and the Age of Terrorism,” Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress The Fellows Review, http://www.thepresidency.org/storage/Fellows2011/Royal-_Final_Paper.pdf)

Al Qaeda is weak now but could recover if the US allows them the opportunity
McLaughlin 13 (John McLaughlin was a CIA officer for 32 years and served as deputy director and acting director from 2000-2004. He currently teaches at the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution,   06:00 AM ET  Terrorism at a moment of transition7/12, http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/12/terrorism-at-a-moment-of-transition/)

Terrorism results in extinction
Ayson 2010 (Robert Ayson, Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand at the Victoria University of Wellington,“After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects,” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Volume 33, Issue 7, July,)

Tournament: UMKC | Round: 1 | Opponent: Wyoming HT | Judge:
Tea Party influence is taking a nosedive – recent polls
Sareen 2013
ANJALI SAREEN, Editor at The Huffington Post, “Tea Party Popularity Falls To Record Low, Rasmussen Reports” January 7th, 2013, http://www.mediaite.com/online/tea-party-popularity-falls-to-record-low-rasmussen-reports/
Tea Party hates drones and is forming a coalition
Yonkman, 13
(David, Newsmax Washington Correspondent, "ACLU, Tea Party Align Aainst Drone Program", Feb 13, www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/aclu-drone-policy-counterterrorism/2013/02/13/id/490246 NL)
Tea Party wins snowball--- saves their influence in Congress
Cillizza 2012 (Chris Cillizza, December 4, 2012, “Is the tea party dead? Or just resting?,” Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/12/04/whither-the-tea-party/)
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Strong Tea Party wrecks budget compromises
Politico 7/19 (Mitch McConnell's fractured Senate GOP caucus , Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/senate-republicans-splintering-94451.html#ixzz2amsQ0772)
Destroys the economy--- consumer confidence, dollar strength, credit rating
Brown 13 (Abram, 1/4, "GOP's Threat to Shutdown the Government is a Dangerous Strategy," www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2013/01/04/the-gop-is-already-threatneing-to-shutdown-the-government-to-win-spending-cuts/)
Economic collapse causes nuclear conflicts
Burrows and Harris 2009 Mathew J. Burrows counselor in the National Intelligence Council and Jennifer Harris a member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit “Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis” The Washington Quarterly 32:2 https://csis.org/files/publication/twq09aprilburrowsharris.pdf

Tournament: UMKC | Round: 3 | Opponent: Wyoming GL | Judge:
CP Text: The Executive branch of the United States should limit targeted killings to individuals who U.S. officials claim are being targeted, provide a public accounting of how it meets the principles of distinction and proportionality that the Obama administration claims, review its current policy whereby the executive authority for drone strikes is split between the CIA and JSOC, provide information to the public, Congress and UN special rapporteurs on what procedures exist to prevent harm to civilians and never conduct non battlefield targeted killings without an accountable human being authorizing the strike. 

Self restraint solves - sets a precedent
Atkinson 13 (THE FOURTH AMENDMENT’S NATIONAL SECURITY EXCEPTION: ITS HISTORY AND LIMITS L. RUSH ATKINSON*, Graduate Fellow Center on the Administration of Criminal Law United States 66 VANDERBILT L. REV.  (forthcoming 2013, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2226404anddownload=yes)