Tournament: SFSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: CSUF | Judge: Bethany Renfree
Drone strikes are increasing in the status quo
Silverstein, 2013 Andrew, Political Science Major at the University of Pennsylvania, Flying Combat Drones, Within the Bounds of International Humanitarian Law, May 2013, Sound Politicks, official Undergraduate Journal of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, Volume 19, Spring 2013, https://www.sas.upenn.edu/polisci/sites/www.sas.upenn.edu.polisci/files/Sound20Politicks-Volume20XIX-Spring202013-Final.pdf#page=10, page 14
These are standards that can be applied not only to drones in Pakistan but also
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if kept at the status quo, the program ought to end in Pakistan
Plan: The United States congress should establish a federal court with jurisdiction over targeted killing orders. 

Drone court solves legal criteria
Harman 2013 (Jane Harman, director, president and chief executive officer of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, February 19, 2013, “Harman: Drone courts can work,” Security Clearance, CNN, http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/19/harman-drone-courts-can-work/)
September 11, 2001, was a game changer, forcing the United States to
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FISA provisions for emergency authorization in time-sensitive situations should also apply.

Precedence

First, the global drone arms race is underway now
Boyle 2013
MICHAEL J. BOYLE, Ph.D- Michael Boyle is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at La Salle University in Philadelphia. “The costs and consequences of drone warfare,” International Affairs, January 1, 2013, http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=946befe6-cb0f-406e-8eeb-8cf20833951040sessionmgr10andvid=1andhid=25//wyo-ng
A global arms race for drone technology is already under way. According to  one
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even that  will fade as more suppliers offer drones that can match US capabilities

Congressional establishment of courts for drones creates clear guidelines and transparency, which combats rights abuses- federal courts cannot enforce their decisions without those things
McKelvey 2011 (Benjamin, Executive Development Editor on the Editorial Board of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, “Due Process Rights and the Targeted Killing of Suspected Terrorists: The Unconstitutional Scope of Executive Killing Power,” Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Volume 44, Number 5, November,http://www.vanderbilt.edu/jotl/manage/wp-content/uploads/mckelvey-pdf.pdf, p. 1377-1378)
The targeted killing of Americans, as demonstrated by the ¶ Aulaqi case, presents
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the use of all ¶ peaceful measures before lethal force is pursued.212

Second, Drone courts limit executive behavior and are key to solve transparency in drone strikes
Wexler 13
(Lesley, Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law, “The Role of the Judicial Branch during the Long War: Drone Courts, Damage Suits, and FOIA Requests,” 2013, Social Science Research Network/) /wyo-mm
This chapter suggests the judiciary may play an important role in the debate over the
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. Even the threat of such judicial role may influence executive branch behavior. 

Third, now is key, the US has a narrow window of opportunity to shape drone proliferation, only US reform based on transparency and restraint will solve
Zenko, 2013
Micah, Council of Foreign Relations, Reforming U.S. Drone Strike Policies, January 2013, Council Special Report No. 65, Online /Wyo-MB
In short, a world characterized by the proliferation of armed drones—used with
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the future, the United States should undertake the following specific policy recommendations.

Lack of Global norms for drone use make interstate warfare inevitable
James Whibley feb 6 2013  received a M.A. in International Relations from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in 2012.  His research is soon to be published in Intelligence and National Security.  The Proliferation of Drone Warfare: The Weakening of Norms and International Precedent http://journal.georgetown.edu/2013/02/06/the-proliferation-of-drone-warfare-the-weakening-of-norms-and-international-precedent-by-james-whibley/
In a recent article, David Wood expresses concern over the start of a drone
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an already inhumane international system, justifying greater scrutiny of the drone program.

Pakistan

Drones undermine governments where they are used – Pakistan is losing political power to U.S. drone strikes
Boyle, 13 Michael J., (PhD and Political Science Professor), “The costs and consequences of drone warfare,” International Affairs, Vol. 89 Issue 1 p1-29, January 2013, RC
The escalation of drone strikes in Pakistan to its current tempo—one every few  
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military, which has launched coups before, remains a popular force.77

Drone Strikes lead to increased Pakistani terrorism and instability
Boyle 10 (Michael J, Professor of Political Science at La Salle University, “Do Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency Go Together?” International Affairs 86:2 March 2010, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2010.00885.x/pdf pp. 349-50 NB)
The indirect costs are numerous. It is hard to measure what the US loses
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Taleban’s insurgency against the United States, Pakistan and the¶ Karzai government.

Reforming the drone program is key to solve for Pakistani instability/terrorism.
Markey 13 (Daniel, Senior Fellow on India, Pakistan and South Africa at the CFR, “A New Drone Deal For Pakistan” Foreign Affairs. July 16, 2013. http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139584/daniel-markey/a-new-drone-deal-for-pakistan NB)
For all its successes, the U.S. drone program in Pakistan is
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campaign against al Qaeda on firmer political footing without entirely eliminating its effectiveness.
Radical control of Pakistan ensures Indo-Pak war
Markey 10 (Daniel, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan and South Asia at CFR, “Terrorism and
Indo-Pakistani Escalation” Council on Foreign Relations, CONTINGENCY PLANNING MEMORANDUM NO. 6, January 2010, http://dspace.cigilibrary.org/jspui/bitstream/123456789/27251/1/Terrorism20and20Indo-Pakistani20escalation.pdf?1. NB)
The threat of another Mumbai-type attack is undeniable; numerous Pakistan-based
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those that are perceived as more autonomous, such as al-Qaeda.
Indo-Pak war guarantees extinction.
Hundley 12 (Tom Hundley is senior editor at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. This article for Foreign Policy is part of the Pulitzer Centerand#39;s Gateway project on nuclear security. Race to the End http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/09/05/race_to_the_end?page=0,3)
The arms race could make a loose nuke more likely. After all, Pakistanand#39;s
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it, but neither seems able to slow their dangerous race to annihilation.

Tournament: SFSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: CSUF | Judge: Bethany Renfree
Senate saves us from a shutdown
Logiurato, 9/27/13 Brett, “TED CRUZ DEFEATED — SENATE PASSES BILL TO AVERT SHUTDOWN WITHOUT 'DEFUND OBAMACARE' LANGUAGE,” Business Insider, http://www.businessinsider.com/government-shutdown-senate-vote-ted-cruz-defund-obamacare-2013-9, RC
The Senate on Friday passed its version of a bill to keep the government funded and avert a government shutdown, the latest move in legislative ping-pong between the two chambers of Congress.
The Senate's continuing resolution funds the government through Nov. 15, and it strips language in a House of Representatives "CR" to defund the Affordable Care Act. The final vote passed in a 54-44 vote.

Government shutdowns are common, don’t last very long, and have no negative effect on the markets
Basenese, 9/26/13 Louis, (Chief Investment Strategist, former Wall Street consultant and analyst), “Don’t Fret a Government Shutdown (Stocks Won’t),” Wall Street Daily, http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/2013/09/26/fed-reserve-stock-performance/, RC
While a government shutdown might sound like a rare event, it’s not. In
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opportunity before long. (It only funds the government through November 15.)

Turn – Government shutdown allows debt ceiling to rise

A brief government shutdown is actually GOOD, ensuring passage of a debt ceiling rise
Weisenthal, 9/24/13 Joe, “A Government Shutdown Would Actually Be Bullish,” Business Insider, http://www.businessinsider.com/a-government-shutdown-would-actually-be-bullish-2013-9, RC
The GOP much prefers to fight over the debt ceiling, since the party feels
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economy. A brief government shutdown would likely nip this in the bud.

Failure to raise the debt ceiling causes a catastrophic economic collapse
Klein, 11 Ezra, “What failure to raise the debt ceiling will look like,” The Washington Post, 7/01/2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/post/what-failure-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling-will-look-like/2011/05/19/AGK9tvtH_blog.html, RC
The BPC’s analysis was led by Jay Powell, who served as undersecretary of the
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won’t just be the federal government that pays. It’ll be the economy.