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CP- Courts Judicial Review
Tournament: Districts | Round: 8 | Opponent: JMU LM | Judge: Heather Barnes, Andy Landrum, Jeffy Kurrrrr Text: The Supreme Court should prohibit the use of drones for targeted killing on the grounds that it is unconstitutional and violates customary international law.
Counterplan is competitive- 1AC should specify the agent otherwise moots neg offense and core legal education
Judicial review to limit targeted killing solves Jaffer 13 Jameel Jaffer, Director of the ACLU's Center for Democracy, April 2013, ???Judicial Review of Targeted Killings,??? Harvard Law Review, http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/126/april13/forum_1002.php
Since 9/11, the CIA and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) AND said that even the mere prospect of judicial review deters error and abuse.
Politics is a net benefit Intoccia, practicing attorney specializing in telecommunications, 01 Gregory Intoccia, practicing attorney specializing in telecommunications, 2001, Reassessing Judicial Capacity to Resolve Complex Questions of Social Policy, 11 USAFA J. Leg. Stud. 127, pg. np
Elected politicians appear to "pass the buck" to the judiciary when an issue AND question, preferring instead that the judiciary decide whether to eliminate abortion restrictions.
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CP- KSM guilty
Tournament: Districts | Round: 4 | Opponent: Pitt KC | Judge: Sean Lowryyyy We advocate the entirety of the 1AC with the exception that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed should be found guilty---He’s guilty and has admitted it himself- regardless of the torture he endured, in previous trials he admitted to being responsible for MULTIPLE terror plots- proven in his testimony in other criminal cases Serrano 2/12/2014 Richard A. LA Times, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed offers to testify in New York federal trial http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ksm-witness-20140213,0,1959026.story#ixzz2tKIKX53z Accessed 2/14/2014 DMW
Cohen said that a New York jury would give credence to what Mohammed says, AND all a military man." Hamdan was later released and returned to Yemen.
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CP- OLC
Tournament: Georgia | Round: 1 | Opponent: Liberty AB | Judge: Oliver Brass The President of the United States should issue an Executive Order committing the executive branch to Solicitor General Representation and advance consultation with the Office of Legal Counsel over decisions regarding Offensive Cyber Operations. The Department of Justice officials involved should require that all offensive cyber operations be made consistent with the law of armed conflict, in accordance with the Tallinn Manual. The Executive Order should also require written publication of Office of Legal Counsel opinions. Executive pre-commitment to DOJ advice solves the aff- avoids ptx and flex Pillard 5 JD from Harvard, Faculty Director of Supreme Court Institute at Georgetown University Law Center, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the DOJ, February, Cornelia T., Michigan Law Review, 103.4, “The Unfulfilled Promise of the Constitution in Executive Hands”, 103 Mich. L. Rev. 676-758, http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/189/
V. ENABLING EXECUTIVE CONSTITUTIONALISM¶ The courts indisputably do not and cannot fully assure AND constitutional rights is part of the executive's interest, not counter to it.
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Counter Advocacy- LeT
Tournament: Districts | Round: 6 | Opponent: Towson TW | Judge: Terrell Taylor Counter-advocacy: The United States Federal Government should restrict the war powers authority of the President of the Unites States in the area of domestic targeted killing through a process of Jubilee. The United States Federal Government should restrict international targeted killing to only high-value targets of the group known as Lashkar-e-Taiba.
LeT will gain capability now---high-value targeting is key Rotella 13 An award-winning foreign correspondent and investigative reporter, Sebastian worked for almost 23 years for the Los Angeles Times, covering everything from terrorism to arts to the Mexican border. He served most recently as a national security correspondent in Washington, D.C., and his previous posts include international investigative correspondent and bureau chief in Paris and Buenos Aires, with assignments in the Middle East and North Africa. In 2006, he was named a Pulitzer finalist for international reporting for his coverage of terrorism and Muslim communities in Europe. He won the German Marshall Fund's senior award for excellence in European reporting the same year. He was part of a team whose coverage of al-Qaida received an award from the Overseas Press Club and finalist honors for Harvard University's Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2002. In 2001, he won Columbia University's Maria Moors Cabot Prize for his career coverage of Latin America. His work in Latin America also won honors from the Overseas Press Club, the Inter-American Press Association and the American Society of Newspaper Editors. “Terror Group Recruits From Pakistan’s ‘Best and Brightest’” 4-4-13, http://www.propublica.org/article/terror-group-recruits-from-pakistans-best-and-brightest, DOA: 7-18-13, y2k
Imagine a terrorist group that recruits tens of thousands of young men from the same AND Pakistan and has cranked up its anti-American rhetoric, Fair said. Signature Strikes fail- a shift to the personality strikes is key Shah 12 Pir Zubair Shah is the Edward R. Murrow press fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He joins CFR from the New York Times. He was a reporter in Pakistan, working in the Waziristan tribal area along the border with Afghanistan. During his fellowship at CFR, Mr. Shah will be working on his book, telling the story of Pakistan thorough his own journey from a tribal boy to a New York Times reporter. He shared the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his work at the New York Times and was a 2012 Nieman Fellow. “Drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas could create backlash,” 10-10-12, http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/drone-strikes-pakistans-tribal-areas-could-create-backlash, DOA: 9-6-13, y2k
Over the three and a half years of Barack Obama’s presidency, “signature strikes AND in a region where the United States can not afford any more enemies. LeT will launch attacks against India---causes escalation Blank 13 Jonah Blank is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. An anthropologist by training, he is author of the books Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity Among the Daudi Bohras, and Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana through India. From 1999-2011, Blank served as Policy Director for South and Southeast Asia on the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Before entering government service, he served as senior editor and foreign correspondent for US News and World Report, where he reported from Indonesia, India, Nepal and Pakistan. In his life as an anthropologist, Blank was the first outside researcher to conduct ethnographic fieldwork among the Daudi Bohras, a Shi'a Muslim community with approximately one million adherents throughout South and Southeast Asia, East Africa, and other parts of the world; his research focused on how a traditionalist community used the tools of modernity to combat the threats posed by modernity. Blank began his career in Japan, as finance editor of Tokyo's Asahi Evening News. He has been a reporter for Fortune magazine, and has written for publications ranging from Foreign Affairs to the New Yorker to the Washington Post. Blank received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, and is a professorial lecturer at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. “Lashkar-e Taiba and the Threat to the United States of a Mumbai-Style Attack,” June, 2013, http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/testimonies/CT300/CT390/RAND_CT390.pdf, DOA: 7-18-13, y2k
Fourth, LeT has a unique potential to precipitate a major war between India and AND world would obviously have a monumental impact on US strategic and economic interests. Conflict goes nuclear Suri 1/12 The nuclear nightmare, Manil Suri Jan 12, 2014, a professor of mathematics and affiliate professor of Asian studies at the University of Maryland, http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-12/deep-focus/46112370_1_indian-mujahideen-death-toll-dirty-bomb
Can terrorists get their hands on an N-bomb in Pakistan? The Bhatkal AND emotion, is needed to ensure the nuclear red line is never crossed. They will strike the US Tellis 12 The Menace That Is Lashkar-e-Taiba, Ashley J. Tellis, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace specializing in international security, defense, and Asian strategic issues, MARCH 13, 2012, http://carnegieendowment.org/2012/03/13/menace-that-is-lashkar-e-taiba/a2hn
Though the international community first began taking notice of the terrorist group Lashkar-e AND groups—with Pakistani cooperation if possible, but without it if necessary. That causes great-power nuclear war Ayson 10 Robert Ayson is Professor Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in New Zealand @ the Victoria University of Wellington, “After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects.” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Vol. 33, Issue 7. EBSCO, DOA: 7-20-13, y2k
A Catalytic Response: Dragging in the Major Nuclear Powers A terrorist nuclear attack, AND for the terrorists. This might not help the chances of nuclear restraint. You should evaluate consequences Jeffrey C. Isaac, Indiana University James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science and Center for the Study of Democracy and Public Life director, Spring 2002, “Ends, Means, and Politics,” Dissent Magazine
Power is not a dirty word or an unfortunate feature of the world. It AND not true believers. It promotes arrogance. And it undermines political effectiveness. War causes injustices Goldstein 1 professor of IR – American University, Joshua S, War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa, pg. 412
First, peace activists face a dilemma in thinking about causes of war and working AND injustice as the main cause of war seems to be empirically inadequate.10
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DA- flex
Tournament: Districts | Round: 8 | Opponent: JMU LM | Judge: Heather Barnes, Andy Landrum, Jeffy Kurrrrr Restrictions undermine the executive Zeisberg 4 Mariah Zeisberg, PhD in Politics from Princeton, Postdoc Research Associate at the Political Theory Project of Brown University; “INTERBRANCH CONFLICT AND CONSTITUTIONAL MAINTENANCE: THE CASE OF WAR POWERS”; June 2004; www.brown.edu/Research/ppw/files/Zeisberg20Ch5.doc
The first significant argument of pro-Presidency insularists is that flexibility is a prime AND order to protect the nation. Conflict in this domain represents political degradation.
The impact is leadership and every global crisis Berkowitz 8 research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a senior analyst at RAND, He is currently a consultant to the Defense Department and the intelligence community, Bruce, STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE: CHALLENGERS, COMPETITORS, AND THREATS TO AMERICA’S FUTURE, p. 1-4
THIS BOOK is intended to help readers better understand the national security issues facing the AND needs to do this faster than an adversary can focus its own resources.
2/27/14
Drone DA
Tournament: Districts | Round: 2 | Opponent: JMU BM | Judge: Pauly Hayes Obama is prioritizing capture over drone strikes now Corn 13 David Corn 13, Washington Bureau Chief at Mother Jones, 5/23/13, “Obama's Counterterrorism Speech: A Pivot Point on Drones and More?,” http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/05/obama-speech-drones-civil-liberties
So Obama's speech Thursday on counterterrorism policies—which follows his administration's acknowledgment yesterday that AND dicey practice of indefinite detention or a conclusion to the fight against terrorism. But the speech may well mark a pivot point. Not shockingly, Obama is AND 11 period. That journey, though, may be a long one.
Detention restriction increases drones use Goldsmith 12 Proxy Detention in Somalia, and the Detention-Drone Tradeoff, Jack Goldsmith, Henry L. Shattuck Professor at Harvard Law School, served as Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel from 2003–2004, and Special Counsel to the Department of Defense from 2002–2003, member of the Hoover Institution Task Force on National Security and Law, June 29, 2012, http://www.lawfareblog.com/2012/06/proxy-detention-in-somalia-and-the-detention-drone-tradeoff/
There has been speculation about the effect of the Obama administration’s pinched detention policy – AND out of sight, to a place where terrorist suspects are treated worse.
And that’s a NATO ally seeking the capability to conduct missions that would run afoul AND lead somebody to be subject for an engagement by the United States government.”
Extinction Wittner 11 (Lawrence S., Emeritus Professor of History at the State University of New York/Albany, Wittner is the author of eight books, the editor or co-editor of another four, and the author of over 250 published articles and book reviews. From 1984 to 1987, he edited Peace and Change, a journal of peace research., 11/28/2011, "Is a Nuclear War With China Possible?", www.huntingtonnews.net/14446)
The gathering tension between the United States and China is clear enough. Disturbed by AND —destroying agriculture, creating worldwide famine, and generating chaos and destruction.
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FW - NDT - Round 4
Tournament: NDT | Round: 4 | Opponent: GSU FF | Judge: Brass, Stables, Neighbors The role of the ballot is to answer the resolutional question- The aff’s failure to advance a topical defense of federal policy undermines debate’s potential
Our interpretation is grammatically correct Ericson 3 Jon M., Dean Emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts – California Polytechnic U., et al., The Debater’s Guide, Third Edition, p. 4
The Proposition of Policy: Urging Future Action In policy propositions, each topic contains AND compelling reasons for an audience to perform the future action that you propose.
This is prior question to debate Shively 00 Ruth Lessl, Former Assistant Prof. Pol. Sci. – Texas AandM, in “Political Theory and Partisan Politics”, Ed. Portis, Gundersen and Shively, pp. 181-182
The requirements given thus far are primarily negative. The ambiguists must say "no AND . In other words, contestation rests on some basic agreement or harmony.
Voting issue for limits and ground- there are an infinite number of reasons that the scholarship of their advocacy could be a reason to vote aff, these obviate the only predictable strategies based on topical action- they overstretch our research burden and undermine preparedness for all debates.
Competitive debate is a dialogue between two teams- fairness is key to meaningful participation for both sides Galloway 7 professor of communication at Samford University, Ryan, “DINNER AND CONVERSATION AT THE ARGUMENTATIVE TABLE: RECONCEPTUALIZING DEBATE AS AN ARGUMENTATIVE DIALOGUE”, Contemporary Argumentation and Debate, Vol. 28 (2007), ebsco
Debate as a dialogue sets an argumentative table, where all parties receive a relatively AND substitutes for topical action do not accrue the dialogical benefits of topical advocacy.
A limited topic of discussion is key to decision-making and advocacy skills- targets the discussion Steinberg and Freeley 8 Austin J. Freeley is a Boston based attorney who focuses on criminal, personal injury and civil rights law, AND David L. Steinberg, Lecturer of Communication Studies @ U Miami, Argumentation and Debate: Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making pp45
Debate is a means of settling differences, so there must be a difference of AND particular point of difference, which will be outlined in the following discussion.
Discussion of policy-questions is crucial for skills development- posits students as agents of decision-making Esberg and Sagan 12 Jane Esberg is special assistant to the director at New York University's Center on. International Cooperation. She was the winner of 2009 Firestone Medal, AND Scott Sagan is a professor of political science and director of Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation “NEGOTIATING NONPROLIFERATION: Scholarship, Pedagogy, and Nuclear Weapons Policy,” 2/17 The Nonproliferation Review, 19:1, 95-108
These government or quasi-government think tank simulations often provide very similar lessons for AND quickly; simulations teach students how to contextualize and act on information.14
Switch-side debate prevents moral dogmatism Muir 93 Star, Prof. Comm. – George Mason U., Philosophy and Rhetoric, “A Defense of the Ethics of Contemporary Debate”, 26(4), pp. 288-290
Values clarification, Stewart is correct in pointing out, does not mean that no AND thinking, and in turn for the development of a reasoned moral identity.
Policy relevant deliberation is the only way to alter war powers Mellor 13 The Australian National University, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Department Of International Relations, “Why policy relevance is a moral necessity: Just war theory, impact, and UAVs,” European University Institute, Paper Prepared for BISA Conference 2013, DOA: 8-14-13, y2k
This section of the paper considers more generally the need for just war theorists to AND the public engagement and political activism that are necessary for democratic politics.52 Engaging in technical debates about the process of implementation is key to meaningful deliberation and democratic participation that improve policy-outcomes and decision-making skills. William J. Kinsella 2 is Associate Professor of Communication @ North Carolina State University, “Problematizing the Distinction between Expert and Lay Knowledge,” https://www.academia.edu/297063/Kinsella_W._J._2002_._Proble-matizing_the_Distinction_Between_Expert_and_Lay_Knowledge._New_Jersey_Journal_of_Communication_10_2_191-207, DOA: 3-3-14, y2k
As active and equal participants in policy discourse with an undeniable technical dimension, members AND emphasizes the educational role that specialists must play as part of that collaboration: AND that’s only portable skills---key to actualize change Hodson 10 professor of education – Ontario Institute for Studies @ University of Toronto, Derek, “Science Education as a Call to Action,” Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, Vol. 10, Issue 3, p. 197-206 note: SSI = socioscientific issues
The final (fourth) level of sophistication in this issues-based approach is AND justice are kept in the forefront of discussion during the establishment of policy.
Substantive debates about the costs of war are the only way to make connections troops and the war itself---it’s only way to respect our veterans Julian E. Zelizer 11, Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University, "War powers belong to Congress and the president", June 27, www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/27/zelizer.war.powers/index.html
But the failure of Congress to fully participate in the initial decision to use military AND on the campaign trail, should be a president who understands that reality. Our argument is style-neutral- it simply asks that experience be used to support a policy conclusion Anderson 6 Amanda Anderson, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities and English at Brown University, Spring 2006, “Reply to My Critic(s),” Criticism, Vol. 48, No. 2, p. 281-290
MY RECENT BOOK, The Way We Argue Now, has in a sense two AND communicated and also can be used to justify political positions and legislative agendas. Arguments don’t injure people, but policies do—voting aff on this is much closer to censorship because it says we can’t even introduce ideas without harming them—that's a tactical move to shut down debates Amanda Anderson 6, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities and English at Brown University, Spring 2006, “Reply to My Critic(s),” Criticism, Vol. 48, No. 2, p. 281-290
Probyns piece is a mixture of affective fallacy, argument by authority, and bald AND and public debate has a vital role to play in such a task.
Legal challenges are critical acts of resistance---even if it fails, resistance is life-affirming Muneer I. Ahmad 9, is a Clinical Professor of Law, Yale Law School, 2009, “RESISTING GUANTÁNAMO: RIGHTS AT THE BRINK OF DEHUMANIZATION”, Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 103, p. 1683, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 08-65 I argue that while we might hope for rights to obtain transformative effect—to AND , state violence is so extreme as to attempt to extinguish the human. Policy simulation’s good- key to portable skills Robert Farley 12, assistant professor at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky, February 29, 2012, “Teaching Crisis Decision-Making Through Simulations,” World Politics Review, online: http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/11628/over-the-horizon-teaching-crisis-decision-making-through-simulations
What goes for war goes for policy other than war. Public and foreign policy AND , may even prove a pathway to success in a public policy career.
Navigating government key to veteran’s access to education- Your author Moore 12 Ellen Moore, PhD candidate, Graduate School of Education, U Cal Berkeley. "From Combat to College: Student Veterans in Academic ’Contact Zones’". http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/92m9r81k. September 11
Recent changes in the GI Bill have increased the amount of financial aid available for AND military service and education in the United States from World War II forward.
A focus on policy is necessary to learn the pragmatic details of powerful institutions McClean 1 Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Molloy College in New York, 2001, David E., “The Cultural Left and the Limits of Social Hope”, Conference of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, http://www.americanphilosophy.org/archives/past_conference_programs/pc2001/
Or we might take Foucault who, at best, has provided us with what AND critics with their snobish disrespect for the so-called "managerial class."
Debating the law teaches us how to make it better – rejection is worse Todd Hedrick 12, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University, Sept, Democratic Constitutionalism as Mediation: The Decline and Recovery of an Idea in Critical Social Theory, Constellations Volume 19, Issue 3, pages 382–400 Habermas’ alleged abandonment of immanent critique, however, is belied by the role that AND content of law to be ascertainable through the specialized reasoning of legal professionals. On the critical theory conception of constitutionalism, this presumption of completeness and technicity AND , without the triumphalist pretension of ever being able to fully do so. 1NR You should use objectivity and falsifiability to determine truth. Claiming subject location influences truth undermines any possibility of meaningful dialogue. Epstein 93 Richard, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Prof. Law – U. Chicago, Stanford Law Review, “Legal Education and the Politics of Exclusion”, 45 Stan. L. Rev. 1607, July, L/N
One source of exclusivity is an attempt to redefine the relationship between experience and knowledge AND the academic mission of a university or law school is to be fulfilled. Affirming identity as the basis of speech value entrenches racism because it turns cultural experience into a currency that gets traded for the right to speak. Litowitz 97 Douglas, JD – Northwestern and PhD – Loyola U. Chicago, University of Notre Dame Law Review, “SOME CRITICAL THOUGHTS ON CRITICAL RACE THEORY”, 72 Notre Dame L. Rev. 503, L/N
Sigmund Freud once used the expression "narcissism of minor differences" to denote how AND if we want to convince people who are outside our race and ethnicity.
Focus on individuals and interpersonal competition alienates veterans – The aff does both of these in using personal experience and a call for the ballot Moore 12 Ellen Moore, PhD candidate, Graduate School of Education, U Cal Berkeley. "From Combat to College: Student Veterans in Academic ’Contact Zones’". http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/92m9r81k. September 11 Significantly, most veterans talked about feeling alienated from larger social processes of individualism, AND very fake world. So it’s kind of hard to get motivated sometimes.
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FW- JMU BM
Tournament: Districts | Round: 2 | Opponent: JMU BM | Judge: Pauly Hayes Our interpretation is grammatically correct Ericson 3 Jon M., Dean Emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts – California Polytechnic U., et al., The Debater’s Guide, Third Edition, p. 4
The Proposition of Policy: Urging Future Action In policy propositions, each topic contains AND compelling reasons for an audience to perform the future action that you propose.
This is prior question to debate Shively 00 Ruth Lessl, Former Assistant Prof. Pol. Sci. – Texas AandM, in “Political Theory and Partisan Politics”, Ed. Portis, Gundersen and Shively, pp. 181-182
The requirements given thus far are primarily negative. The ambiguists must say "no AND . In other words, contestation rests on some basic agreement or harmony.
Competitive debate is a dialogue between two teams- fairness is key to meaningful participation for both sides Galloway 7 professor of communication at Samford University, Ryan, “DINNER AND CONVERSATION AT THE ARGUMENTATIVE TABLE: RECONCEPTUALIZING DEBATE AS AN ARGUMENTATIVE DIALOGUE”, Contemporary Argumentation and Debate, Vol. 28 (2007), ebsco
Debate as a dialogue sets an argumentative table, where all parties receive a relatively AND substitutes for topical action do not accrue the dialogical benefits of topical advocacy.
A limited topic of discussion is key to decision-making and advocacy skills- targets the discussion Steinberg and Freeley 8 Austin J. Freeley is a Boston based attorney who focuses on criminal, personal injury and civil rights law, AND David L. Steinberg, Lecturer of Communication Studies @ U Miami, Argumentation and Debate: Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making pp45
Debate is a means of settling differences, so there must be a difference of AND particular point of difference, which will be outlined in the following discussion.
Discussion of policy-questions is crucial for skills development- posits students as agents of decision-making Esberg and Sagan 12 Jane Esberg is special assistant to the director at New York University's Center on. International Cooperation. She was the winner of 2009 Firestone Medal, AND Scott Sagan is a professor of political science and director of Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation “NEGOTIATING NONPROLIFERATION: Scholarship, Pedagogy, and Nuclear Weapons Policy,” 2/17 The Nonproliferation Review, 19:1, 95-108
These government or quasi-government think tank simulations often provide very similar lessons for AND quickly; simulations teach students how to contextualize and act on information.14 Effective deliberation is the lynchpin of solving all existential global problems Lundberg 10 Christian O. Lundberg Professor of Communications @ University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, “Tradition of Debate in North Carolina” in Navigating Opportunity: Policy Debate in the 21st Century By Allan D. Louden, p311
The second major problem with the critique that identifies a naivety in articulating debate and AND with the existential challenges to democracy in an increasingly complex world.
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FW- Towson
Tournament: Districts | Round: 6 | Opponent: Towson TW | Judge: Terrell Taylor same as JMU BM
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K- Cap
Tournament: Districts | Round: 6 | Opponent: Towson TW | Judge: Terrell Taylor The cultural turn evoked by “post-strategies” attempts to break part any material analysis through the use of discursive analysis – despite their attempts to incorporate materialism it remains culturalist and stuck within the paradigm of capitalism. Ebert and Zavarzadeh in 2008(Teresa L., English, State University of New York, Albany, Mas’ud, prolific writer and expert on class ideology, “Class in Culture”, p. 27-29)
On the theoretical level, the attacks on labor focused on the material logic: AND ideology. Therefore to understand culture, one needs to look "outside."
Their deployment of hip-hop sustains oppression---creates a culture of hip-hop that gets hijacked to deploy oppression Smith, Associate professor of communication at Southern Cal, ‘3 (Christopher Holmes, ““I Don’t Like to Dream about Getting Paid”¶ REPRESENTATIONS OF SOCIAL MOBILITY AND¶ THE EMERGENCE OF THE HIP-HOP MOGUL,” Social Text, 21.4, Winter 2003, accessed 2-24-13, Muse) PM
To the best of my knowledge, the hip-hop mogul reached a critical AND to avoid the baldest forms of moral panic typical to boundary transgression.8
Capitalism promotes a dehumanizing alienation that kills value to life – This prevents authentic relationships with others – turns the aff Gasper 10 Phil Gasper, philosophy professor in Madison, Wisconsin, "Capitalism and Alienation," International Socialist Review, isreview.org/issue/74/capitalism-and-alienationcd
Capitalism is a system that endlessly promises people happy and self-fulfilled lives. AND of human nature. It’s precisely because capitalism systematically frustrates that need, th
at it is an alienating system.¶ One of Marx’s main claims in the 1844 AND is estranged from the others and that all are estranged from man’s essence.”
The alternative is to reject the aff in favor of historical materialism – historical materialism links social praxis to a decisive judgment on capitalist oppression. Lukacs in 67 (George, Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic. He is AND Hungarian Soviet Republic, History and Class Consciousness) 224-225
Historical materialism has, therefore, a much greater value for the proletariat than that AND capitalist society. Throughout the class struggle of the proletariat, therefore, hist
orical materialism has constantly been used at every point, where, by means of AND and so that, armed with this knowledge, it could act accordingly.
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K- Cap - NDT - Round 4
Tournament: NDT | Round: 4 | Opponent: GSU FF | Judge: Brass, Stables, Neighbors Critical pedagogy effectively displaces anti-capitalist struggle with post-modern politics of inclusion—affirming the multiplicity of struggles undermines historical-material analysis. McLaren, a Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, 2005 Peter, “Critical Pedagogy and Class Struggle in the Age of Neoliberal Globalization: Notes from History’s Underside1” The International Journal of INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY, Vol. 2, No. 1 http://www.inclusivedemocracy.org/journal/-vol2/vol2_no1_mcclaren_PRINTABLE.htm accessed date: 4-29-12 y2k
Authoritative as the term may sound, ‘…of production at the basis of the capitalist state. Resisting capitalism is the ultimate ethical responsibility Zizek and Daly 4 Slavoj and Glyn, Conversations with Zizek page 14-16
For Zizek it is imperative that we cut through …matrix.
The alternative is to reject the aff in favor of historical materialism – this links social praxis to a decisive judgment on capitalism Lukacs 67 George, Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic. He is a founder of the tradition of Western Marxism. He contributed the ideas of reification and class consciousness to Marxist philosophy and theory, and his literary criticism was influential in thinking about realism and about the novel as a literary genre. He served briefly as Hungary's Minister of Culture as part of the government of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic, History and Class Consciousness) 224-225
Historical materialism …act accordingly.
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K- Militarism
Tournament: Georgia | Round: 1 | Opponent: Liberty AB | Judge: Oliver Brass The affirmative fundamentally ignores the current socio-political occasion governed by a military metaphysics of violence-~--Vote negative to renounce the affirmative’s endorsement of scholarship that focuses exclusively on the technocratic administration of war which fuels violent militarism and extinction Giroux 2013 (Henry A. Giroux, Professor at McMaster University in the English and Cultural Studies Department and a Distinguished Visiting Professorship at Ryerson University. The Violence of Organized Forgetting, Truthout | Op-Ed. Monday, 22 July 2013 00:00, http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17647-the-violence-of-organized-forgetting)
I want to argue that the current historical moment or what Stuart Hall calls the AND But historical and public memory is not merely on the side of domination.
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Our alternative is to adopt an alternative path of intellectual inquiry – This ultimately solves the harms of their aff Bowers 2011 (C.A. Bowers, University of Oregon. Ecologically and Culturally Informed Educational Reforms in Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies. Critical Education. Volume 2 Number 14 December 20, 2011 ISSN 1920-4125) Classroom teachers and university professors do not have the political and economic power to challenge AND impact on universities that online news has had on the country’s traditional newspapers.
Depiction of the China threat is neither objective or productive- causes increased conflict- The alternative is to reject these depictions- this is a pre-requisite to effective foreign policy-making. Pan 4 Political Science, Australian National U, Chengxin, Department of Political Science at Australian National University, “The ‘China Threat’ in American Self-Imagination: The Discursive Construction of Other as Power Politics”, Alternatives, June-July, ebscohost
I have argued above that the "China threat" argument in mainstream U. AND , and less dangerous ways of interpreting and debating China might become possible.
Chinese weapons development occurs only in response to US aggression. The plan increases hostility towards China which makes conflict more likely. Herzog, 2008 (Stephen, British American Security Information Council; "The Dilemma between Deterrence and Disarmament: Moving beyond the Perception of China as a Nuclear Threat"; http://www.basicint.org/pubs/Papers/BP57.pdf)
In his remarks at the 2005 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, then- AND a countermeasure against the deployment of future American space-based military assets.
The fear of cyber-attacks is overstated and is used to spread fear throughout our society. Cavelty and Kristensen 8¶ Myriam Cavelty, lecturer and head of the new risks research unit at the Center for Security studies. Kristian Kristensen, PhD candidate working with the Research Unit on Defense and Security at the Danish Institute for International Studies,Securing ‘the Homeland’ Critical infrastructure, risk and (in)security pg 123-124
Finally, what were some of the effects of the cyberterror threat image as constructed AND of being worthy Of people’s attention and worry’ (Debrix 2001: 156).
. The sovereign views anything not in accordance with global governance as a threat fabricating them as an other. Duffield 2004 (Mark, Department of Politics and IR - University of Lancaster, 2004. http://www.diis.dk/sw8141.asp, April)
Although the ending of the Cold War raised hopes of a ‘peace dividend’, AND of global governance that the place of sovereignty within it can now be examined
Owen concludes neg Owen 2 Professor of Social and Political Philosophy in the Division of Politics and International Relations at the University of Southampton David, “Reorienting International Relations: On Pragmatism, Pluralism and Practical Reasoning”, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Vol. 31, No. 3
The first dimension concerns the relationship between positivist IR theory and postmodernist IR ‘theory’ AND Shapiro and Rob Walker is to prevent us from becoming too readily bewitched.
The role of the ballot is to answer the resolutional question- The aff's failure to advance a topical defense of federal policy undermines debate's potential
Our interpretation is grammatically correct Ericson 3 Jon M., Dean Emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts – California Polytechnic U., et al., The Debater’s Guide, Third Edition, p. 4
The Proposition of Policy: Urging Future Action In policy propositions, each topic contains AND compelling reasons for an audience to perform the future action that you propose. Armed Forces can’t be domestic Byman and Wittes 2013 Daniel Byman is a professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University and the research director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. Benjamin Wittes is a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, How Obama Decides Your Fate If He Thinks You're a Terrorist, http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/01/how-obama-decides-your-fate-if-he-thinks-youre-a-terrorist/266419/jap
If a suspected terrorist is in the United States, the answer is easy: AND domestic captures in general and for citizens, wherever our forces get them.
This is prior question to debate Shively 00 Ruth Lessl, Former Assistant Prof. Pol. Sci. – Texas AandM, in “Political Theory and Partisan Politics”, Ed. Portis, Gundersen and Shively, pp. 181-182
The requirements given thus far are primarily negative. The ambiguists must say "no AND . In other words, contestation rests on some basic agreement or harmony.
Competitive debate is a dialogue between two teams- fairness is key to meaningful participation for both sides Galloway 7 professor of communication at Samford University, Ryan, “DINNER AND CONVERSATION AT THE ARGUMENTATIVE TABLE: RECONCEPTUALIZING DEBATE AS AN ARGUMENTATIVE DIALOGUE”, Contemporary Argumentation and Debate, Vol. 28 (2007), ebsco
Debate as a dialogue sets an argumentative table, where all parties receive a relatively AND substitutes for topical action do not accrue the dialogical benefits of topical advocacy.
A limited topic of discussion is key to decision-making and advocacy skills- targets the discussion Steinberg and Freeley 8 Austin J. Freeley is a Boston based attorney who focuses on criminal, personal injury and civil rights law, AND David L. Steinberg, Lecturer of Communication Studies @ U Miami, Argumentation and Debate: Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making pp45
Debate is a means of settling differences, so there must be a difference of AND particular point of difference, which will be outlined in the following discussion.
Discussion of policy-questions is crucial for skills development- posits students as agents of decision-making Esberg and Sagan 12 Jane Esberg is special assistant to the director at New York University's Center on. International Cooperation. She was the winner of 2009 Firestone Medal, AND Scott Sagan is a professor of political science and director of Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation “NEGOTIATING NONPROLIFERATION: Scholarship, Pedagogy, and Nuclear Weapons Policy,” 2/17 The Nonproliferation Review, 19:1, 95-108
These government or quasi-government think tank simulations often provide very similar lessons for AND quickly; simulations teach students how to contextualize and act on information.14
Switch-side debate encourages critical thinking and advocacy skills Harrigan 8 Casey, Associate Director of Debate at UGA, Master’s in Communications – Wake Forest U., “A Defense of Switch Side Debate”, Master’s thesis at Wake Forest, Department of Communication, May, pp.6-9
Additionally, there are social benefits to the practice of requiring students to debate both AND Hunt and Louden, 1999; Colbert, 2002, p.82).
Effective deliberation is the lynchpin of solving all existential global problems Lundberg 10 Christian O. Lundberg Professor of Communications @ University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, “Tradition of Debate in North Carolina” in Navigating Opportunity: Policy Debate in the 21st Century By Allan D. Louden, p311
The second major problem with the critique that identifies a naivety in articulating debate and AND with the existential challenges to democracy in an increasingly complex world.
3/28/14
NDT Round 2 - Ukraine Flex DA
Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: UCO VY | Judge: Lee, Whitmore, Awsare Obama has flex now on Ukraine – Wednesday speech proves Shear and Baker, NYT, 3-26-14 (Michael and Peter, “Obama Deplores Russia’s ‘Brute Force’ in Ukraine,” 3-26-14, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/27/world/europe/obama-europe.html?hpwandrref=world, accessed 3-26-14) PM
BRUSSELS — President Obama offered a sustained and forceful rejoinder against Russia on Wednesday, AND crucial to confront President Vladimir V. Putin after his takeover of Crimea.
plan would uniquely decimate Obama and the military’s ability to calm alliances and deter enemies
WAXMAN 2013 - law professor at Columbia Law School, co-chairs the Roger Hertog Program on Law and National Security (Matthew Waxman, “The Constitutional Power to Threaten War,” August 27, 2013, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2316777)
As a prescriptive matter, Part II also shows that examination of threatened force and AND addressed the President’s power to threaten force, though in only brief terms.
They spill-over---public pressure Naiman 12 Robert Naiman is policy director at Just Foreign Policy and president of Truthout's board of directors. “A Reformist Strategy to Downsize the Drone Strike Policy,” 11-27-12, http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12987-a-reformist-strategy-to-downsize-the-drone-strike-policy, DOA: 8-13-13, y2k I want to talk about what Congress could do about drone strikes in the next AND strikes could be a price imposed for confirmation of the next CIA head.
That ensures Russian expansionism in eastern Ukraine Volker, executive director of the McCain Institute for Int’l Leadership, 3-18-14 (Kurt, “ARGUMENT Where's NATO's Strong Response to Russia's Invasion of Crimea?” 3-18-14, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/03/18/wheres_nato_in_crimea, accessed 3-21-14) PM
Especially as Russia threatens to move into Eastern Ukraine -- and perhaps now also to AND what makes NATO Secretary General Rasmussen's meetings in Washington this week so important. That causes nuclear war---draws in every major power Barry Pavel 14 is vice president and director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at the Atlantic Council. From 2008-2010 he was special assistant to the president and senior director for defense policy and strategy on the National Security Council staff. Prior, Pavel was chief of staff and principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for special operations/low-intensity conflict and interdependent capabilities. “How Obama Can Hold Back Russia and Reassure Europe,” 3-10-14, http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2014/03/how-obama-can-hold-back-russia-and-reassure-europe/80212/ DOA: 3-22-14, y2k It is increasingly clear that Ukraine will lose Crimea to Russia. What might come AND concern about eastern Ukraine with his Russian counterpart in their daily phone calls. Their critique of Western imperialism risks undermining domestic support for American hegemonic power. Holmes ‘8 – Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies and Director, Institute for International Studies (Kim, 3/14, Liberty's Best Hope, http://www.heritage.org/Research/WorldwideFreedom/hl1069.cfm)
But there is a deeper, more homegrown challenge to American leadership. Some Americans AND create a nation not unlike what you may find in the European Union.
The impact is leadership and every global crisis Berkowitz 8 research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a senior analyst at RAND, He is currently a consultant to the Defense Department and the intelligence community, Bruce, STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE: CHALLENGERS, COMPETITORS, AND THREATS TO AMERICA’S FUTURE, p. 1-4
THIS BOOK is intended to help readers better understand the national security issues facing the AND needs to do this faster than an adversary can focus its own resources.
That’s key to sustain liberal internationalism---failure causes collapse of global common and results in great power war Bradley Thayer 13 PhD U Chicago, former research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, political science professor at Baylor, “Humans, Not Angels: Reasons to Doubt the Decline of War Thesis”, International Studies Review Volume 15, Issue 3, pages 396–419, September 2013, DOA: 3-22-14, y2k The decline of war thesis, recently advanced by scholars such as Mueller (1989 AND of relative power changes and not to the benefit of the United States. Perception of withdrawal invites aggression and triggers transitional war Robert Kagan 14 is senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, chair of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the United States and author, most recently, of The World America Made. “The Ambivalent Superpower: America and the world aren’t getting a divorce. But they’re thinking about it,” 2-27-14, http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/02/united-states-ambivalent-superpower-103860.html#ixzz2wj8Iccnz, DOA: 3-22-14 Yet always there was the other aspect of the United States, the one most AND today’s ambivalence in those places is already starting to shade over into anxiety. Violence is proximately caused- root cause logic is poor scholarship Sharpe 10 lecturer, philosophy and psychoanalytic studies, and Goucher, senior lecturer, literary and psychoanalytic studies – Deakin University, Matthew and Geoff, Žižek and Politics: An Introduction, p. 231 – 233
We realise that this argument, which we propose as a new ‘quilting’ framework AND today pointedly reject Theory’s legitimacy, neither reading it nor taking it seriously. Consequentialism is good---every study of credible social science proves deontological proclivities are illogical. Greene 10 Joshua Greene is Associate Professor of the Social Science @ Department of Psychology, Harvard University, “The Secrete Joke of Kant’s Soul, www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/lchang/material/Evolutionary/Developmental/Greene-KantSoul.pdf, DOA: 9-2-13, y2k
What turn-of-the-millennium science is telling us is that human AND religion, they don’t really explain what’s distinctive about the philosophy in question.
War turns structural violence Bulloch 8¶ Millennium - Journal of International Studies May 2008 vol. 36 no. 3 575-595¶ Douglas Bulloch, IR Department, London School of Economics and Political Science. ¶ He is currently completing his PhD in International Relations at the London School of Economics, during which time he spent a year editing Millennium: Journal of International Studies
But the idea that poverty and peace are directly related presupposes that wealth inequalities AND problems as fundamentally economic rather than deeply – and potentially radically – political. Threats are real and legitimate---rational risk assessment flips aff Knudsen 1 Olav F. Knudsen is Professor Emeritus of Political Science @ Södertörn Univ College, Security Dialogue 32.3, “Post-Copenhagen Security Studies: Desecuritizing Securitization,” p. 360
In the post-Cold War period, agenda-setting has been much easier AND instance), not least to find adequate democratic procedures for dealing with them.
Those arguing for establishing red lines fail to comprehend the complexity of the digital domain AND actions and could undermine credibility and the power to effectively deter our adversaries. Plan kills OCO effectivenss Lorber 13 Eric, Upenn Law School; Duke University - Department of Political Science Executive Warmaking Authority and Offensive Cyber Operations: Can Existing Legislation Successfully Constrain Presidential Power? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2017036anddownload=yes Accessed 8/29/2013 DMW 1001-02
Should these statutes be adjusted (or new ones created) that give Congress additional AND in these areas—provide input would be useful in developing this understanding.
Ip theft ruins relations Lewis 7/9/2013 James A. Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Policy Program Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Statement before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations¶ “CYBER ESPIONAGE AND THE THEFT OF U.S. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND¶ TECHNOLOGY”
Chinese leaders realize that they face conflicting domestic goals as well as a serious bilateral AND to the larger U.S. strategy for making cyberspace more secure.
How can the U.S. and its allies cope with these threats? AND to best exploit the bureaucratic errors detailed in the Mandiant and McAfee reports.
China’s cyber threat is exaggerated Hjortdal 11 Magnus is a researcher associated with CHINA-SEC, Centre for AND in Article 2 the Cyber Age Accessed 8/28/2013 DMW
Who actually attacks whom? China's own network appears to be unprotected, and other AND dynamics of the balance of power that we knew during the Cold War. Powers will work together to stabilize the region—security and economic incentives Gresh 12 (Dr. Geoffrey F., Assistant Professor of International Security Studies at National Defense University, “Russia, China, and stabilizing South Asia”, 3/12, http://afpak.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/03/12/russia_china_and_stabilizing_south_asia) As the U.S. begins to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, Russia and AND United States should embrace the transformation of a new era in Eurasia's heartland.
Unipolarity doesn’t create peace Fettweis 10 Christopher Fettweis, Professor of Political Science at Tulane University, 2010, Dangerous Times? The International Politics of Great Power Peace, p. 172-174
The primary attack on restraint, or justification for internationalism, posits that if the AND worth noting for our purposes that the United States was no less safe.
No Asia war Eskildsen 9 Robert, Assistant Professor of Japanese History – Smith College “Whither East Asia? Reflections on Japan’s Colonial Experience in Taiwan”, The Asia-Pacific Journal, 3-22, http://japanfocus.org/-Robert-Eskildsen/2058
The Meiji Restoration gave Japan the flexibility to pursue changes in the diplomatic status quo AND this geopolitical backdrop, three contemporary strategic conflicts stand out as particularly troublesome.
No China/Taiwan war Rosenberg 9 David, Professor of Political Science – Middlebury College and Research Fellow at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies – Australian National University, “Dire Straits: Competing Security Priorities in the South China Sea”, The Asia-Pacific Journal, 3-20, http://japanfocus.org/-David-Rosenberg/1773
There is a curious pattern of accommodation in PRC-Taiwan relations. On AND its most important creditors, suppliers, and markets -- rather than confrontation.
No U.S./China relations collapse China Daily 3 2-13, Lexis
During President Jiang Zemin's visit to the United States last year, he and Bush AND and turns, common interests have overweighed differences in Sino-US relations.
A recent report released by the RAND Corporation, a US think tank specializing in AND that diplomats will be able to work out the major issues without war.
2/28/14
OCO ADV- Norms
Tournament: Georgia | Round: 1 | Opponent: Liberty AB | Judge: Oliver Brass Prolif inevitable- market access LEWIS 13 JAMES ANDREW is a senior fellow and director of the Technology and AND the University of Chicago. a report of the technology and public policy program Conflict and Negotiation in Cyberspace, Accessed 9/2/2013 DMW
Nor is the idea of preventing the “proliferation” of cyber weapons a useful AND in legitimate markets around the globe that any ban could be easily circumvented.
Historically, arms control has always gone hand in hand with deter- rence and AND g., against cor- ruption). Such a world does not exist.
No impact to cyber attack Birch 12 (Douglas Birth is the former foreign correspondent for the Associated Press and the Baltimore Sun who has written extensively on technology and public policy, “Forget Revolution.” 10/1/12 http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/10/01/forget_revolution?page=full DATE ACCESSED: 11/4/12) TM
"That's a good example of what some kind of attacks would be like," AND even terror groups have to factor in potential retaliation when planning their operations.
It’s not key- US tech and military is miles ahead of everyone else Hjortdal 11 Magnus is a researcher associated with CHINA-SEC, Centre for AND in Article 2 the Cyber Age Accessed 8/28/2013 DMW
The West and the United States, for example, may also be expected to AND levels in the United States are among the most advanced in the world.
US deters cyber attacks- conventional forces Weiner 12 Sarah is a research intern for the Project on Nuclear Issues Searching for Cyber-Deterrence http://csis.org/blog/searching-cyber-deterrence Accessed 9/1/2013 DMW
If defense strategists develop an understanding of cyber-security that differentiates between cyber- AND technology. On the whole, that seems like a bargain worth accepting.
plan fails- too difficult Libicki 13 Martin C. research described in this report was prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). The research was conducted within the RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by OSD, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence Community under Contract W74V8H-06-C-0002. Brandishing Cyberattack Capabilities http://www.rand.org Accessed 8/29/2013 DMW
A bigger challenge is how to demonstrate cyberwar capabilities. The most obvious way to AND system but not to the point of harming it, a fine line.
2/28/14
PTX Housing Reform
Tournament: Districts | Round: 8 | Opponent: JMU LM | Judge: Heather Barnes, Andy Landrum, Jeffy Kurrrrr Will Pass Chadbourn, Reuters, 2-12-14 (Margaret, “Obama administration says housing finance reform to advance in Senate soon,” 2-12-14, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-usa-housing-donovan-idUSBREA1B19T20140212, accessed 2-18-14) PM
(Reuters) - The Senate Banking Committee is expected to move forward within " AND Freddie Mac and allows for a federal backstop for lending in a crisis. The plan cost capital- restrictions force Obama to defend his policies Kriner, Boston University Assistant Political Science Professor, 2010, (Douglas, “After the Rubicon: Congress, Presidents, and the Politics of Waging War”, 12-1, Pg. 68, PAS) Accessed on Google Books 8-12-13
While congressional support leaves the president’s reserve of political capital intact, congressional criticism saps AND -guard action against congressional critics of the war in Iraq.61 ¶ Top of the agenda---PC key Finkle, National Mortgage News, ‘14 (Victoria, “Housing Reform Dominates Legislative Agenda in 2014,” 1-13-14, accessed 2-20-14, Lexis) PM
The new year is less than two weeks old, but lawmakers are already rapidly AND vice president of congressional relations and political affairs at the American Bankers Association. K2 Economy Stevens, The Hill, 2-4-14, (David, “Wither housing reform?,” 2-4-14, http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/197281-wither-housing-reform, accessed 2-18-14) PM
Last Tuesday, the president once again addressed Congress and the American people in his AND ¶ Restoring a vibrant housing system is a critical path to that prosperity. Nuclear war Burrows and Harris 9 Mathew J. Burrows is a counselor in the National Intelligence Council (NIC), the principal drafter of Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World, Jennifer Harris is a member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit, “Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis”, The Washington Quarterly, April, http://www.ciaonet.org/journals/twq/v32i2/f_0016178_13952.pdf
Increased Potential for Global Conflict Of course, the report encompasses more than economics and AND frustrated and the current benefits they derive from a globalizing world turn negative.
2/27/14
PTX- Iran Sanctions
Tournament: Georgia | Round: 1 | Opponent: Liberty AB | Judge: Oliver Brass Obama PC is key to avoid sanctions- collapses the deal and causes nuclearization Johnson and Bendery 1/29 Senate Democrats Back Off Iran Sanctions Vote, 01/29/2014, Luke Johnson and Jennifer Bendery, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/29/senate-democrats-iran-vote_n_4688110.html
WASHINGTON -- A controversial Iran sanctions bill is losing steam in the Senate, where AND -N.D.) also said Obama's veto threat should be challenged. Fights over war powers devastate Obama’s Iran strategy Lawrence J. Haas 13 is former communications director for Vice President Gore, writes widely on foreign affairs and is author of “Sound the Trumpet: The United States and Human Rights Promotion.” “President-Congress Clash Over Iran Sanctions Won’t Serve U.S. Interests,” 12-12-13, http://www.ibtimes.com/president-congress-clash-over-iran-sanctions-wont-serve-us-interests-1507102, DOA: 1-30-14, y2k
A congressional push for more sanctions against Iran raises a difficult question related to the AND . That won’t do his successor, or the nation, any good. Nuclear war Edelman et al 11 The Dangers of a Nuclear Iran, The Limits of Containment, Eric S. Edelman, Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr, and Evan Braden Montgomery JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011, ERIC S. EDELMAN is a Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; he was U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy in 2005-9. ANDREW F. KREPINEVICH is President of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. EVAN BRADEN MONTGOMERY is a Research Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67162/eric-s-edelman-andrew-f-krepinevich-jr-and-evan-braden-montgomer/the-dangers-of-a-nuclear-iran
Yet this view is far too sanguine. Above all, it rests on the AND capabilities, raising the possibility of a highly unstable regional nuclear arms race
2/28/14
PTX- Iran Sanctions Districts
Tournament: Districts | Round: 4 | Opponent: Pitt KC | Judge: Sean Lowryyyy Pressure to put Iran sanction is coming Agence France Press, 2-19, 2014, ("Obama, Khamanei voice doubts any#124nuclear agreement will be reachedhardliners in the us and iran will be #124difficult to convince", The Nation (Thailand), PAS) Accessed on LexisNexis 2-20-14
The senior diplomats in Vienna will be well aware that whatever they agree will need AND sanctions come to a vote before a final agreement is negotiated with Iran. BUT-PC is key to prevent sanctions Raju and Everett 2/6 Bill Clinton, AIPAC urge delay on Iran sanctions, MANU RAJU and BURGESS EVERETT, 2/6/14, http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/bill-clinton-iran-sanctions-103219.html
The White House’s push to delay an Iran sanctions vote got a big boost this AND war, equally unacceptable. We have to give these negotiations a chance.” Pushing for indefinite detention restrictions kill Obama’s PC---directly trades-off Josh Rogin 1/28 is senior correspondent for national security and politics for The Daily Beast., “Long Odds for Obama’s New Guantanamo Deadline: In his State of the Union Speech, President Obama announced he wants to close Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by the end of the year. But that’s a deadline he's unlikely to meet.” 1-28-14, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/28/obama-s-new-guantanamo-deadline-unlikely.html, DOA: 2-17-14, y2k
In Tuesday’s State of the Union, President Obama again called for the closing of AND has had over the last five years. And it’s a damn shame.” Plan is highly politicized and a death blow to Obama’s PC---litigating KSM causes massive PC David H. Schanzer 13 is an associate professor of the practice of public policy at the Sanford School and director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism. This commentary was originally published in The Huffington Post. “Guantanamo's Collapse,” 5-8-13, http://news.sanford.duke.edu/news-type/commentary/2013/guantanamos-collapse, DOA: 2-22-14, y2k
First, the detainee issue became hyper-politicized when Attorney General Holder announced in AND 2011, the administration was unwilling to take any chances on this issue. Nuclear war Edelman et al 11 The Dangers of a Nuclear Iran, The Limits of Containment, Eric S. Edelman, Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr, and Evan Braden Montgomery JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011, ERIC S. EDELMAN is a Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; he was U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy in 2005-9. ANDREW F. KREPINEVICH is President of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. EVAN BRADEN MONTGOMERY is a Research Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/67162/eric-s-edelman-andrew-f-krepinevich-jr-and-evan-braden-montgomer/the-dangers-of-a-nuclear-iran
Yet this view is far too sanguine. Above all, it rests on the AND capabilities, raising the possibility of a highly unstable regional nuclear arms race.
2/27/14
T- Against Pitt
Tournament: Districts | Round: 4 | Opponent: Pitt KC | Judge: Sean Lowryyyy Interpretation: the affirmative must restrict indefinite detention
Indefinite detention is the practice of detaining an arrested person by a national government or AND indefinite detention is permitted pursuant to section 412 of the USA Patriot Act.
3. The ordinary definition of the term "restrictions" also does not include AND some supervision conditions, but he did not agree to restrict his license.
Resolved means firm in purpose Random House Dictionary, 2009 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, "resolved," http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Resolved, re?solved ri-zolvd
–adjective firm in purpose or intent; determined.
‘Should’ means policy action Ericson 3 Jon M., Dean Emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts – California Polytechnic U., et al., The Debater’s Guide, Third Edition, p. 4
The Proposition of Policy: Urging Future Action In policy propositions, each topic contains AND compelling reasons for an audience to perform the future action that you propose.
Restricting types of indefinite detentiion is not substantial – must be over all Substantial is without material qualifications Blacks Law Dictionary 1990 6th Edition
Essentially; without material qualifications; in the main; in substance; materially, in a substantial manner. About, actually, competently, and essentially.
Judicial restrictions are done by the supreme court Peterson 91 (Todd D. Peterson, Associate Professor of Law, The George Washington University, National Law Center; B.A. 1973, Brown University; J.D. 1976, University of Michigan, Book Review: The Law And Politics Of Shared National Security Power -- A Review Of The National Security Constitution: Sharing Power After The Iran-Contra Affair by Harold Hongju Koh, New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. 1990. Pp. x, 330, March, 1991 59 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 747)
Based on both case law and custom, it is hard to argue that Congress AND . n91 The problem is that Congress has refused to take effective action.
Legal challenges are critical acts of resistance---even if it fails, resistance is life-affirming Muneer I. Ahmad 9, is a Clinical Professor of Law, Yale Law School, 2009, “RESISTING GUANTÁNAMO: RIGHTS AT THE BRINK OF DEHUMANIZATION”, Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 103, p. 1683, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 08-65 I argue that while we might hope for rights to obtain transformative effect—to AND , state violence is so extreme as to attempt to extinguish the human.
The concept of simulations as an aspect of higher education, or in the law AND undoubtedly necessary, it suggests one potential direction for the years to come.
2/27/14
T- Restrict
Tournament: Georgia | Round: 1 | Opponent: Liberty AB | Judge: Oliver Brass Restrictions are prohibitions Jean Schiedler-Brown 12, Attorney, Jean Schiedler-Brown and Associates, Appellant Brief of Randall Kinchloe v. States Dept of Health, Washington, The Court of Appeals of the State of Washington, Division 1, http://www.courts.wa.gov/content/Briefs/A01/68642920Appellant20Randall20Kincheloe27s.pdf
3. The ordinary definition of the term "restrictions" also does not include AND some supervision conditions, but he did not agree to restrict his license.
Affirmative doesn’t restrict the authority to OCO, but rather what we can do and HOW the OCO’s conducted – that’s a distinction Plan limits commander-in-chief authority-~--explodes the topic and destroys key topic precision Heidt 2013 Stephen, PhD candidate Georgia State University, A Memorandum on the Topic Area, http://www.cedadebate.org/forum/index.php?topic=4846.0
To summarize: War powers are enumerated in Article 1 of the Constitution. Commander AND the topic. That is the power presidents enjoy for running an army. Voting issue for ground and education-~--commander and chief powers are about HOW wars are fought whereas war powers are IF they are fought. The aff avoids the central clash of the topic where da and cp ground stems from-~--they allow tiny unpredictable aff.
2/28/14
T-Consult
Tournament: Georgia | Round: 3 | Opponent: Emory CS | Judge: Andy Montee Restrictions are prohibitions---this is the most precise interpretation Jean Schiedler-Brown 12, Attorney, Jean Schiedler-Brown and Associates, Appellant Brief of Randall Kinchloe v. States Dept of Health, Washington, The Court of Appeals of the State of Washington, Division 1, http://www.courts.wa.gov/content/Briefs/A01/68642920Appellant20Randall20Kincheloe27s.pdf
3. The ordinary definition of the term "restrictions" also does not include AND some supervision conditions, but he did not agree to restrict his license. Consultation doesn’t prohibit the war powers authority Fisher 02 Senior Specialist in Separation of Powers, US Congressional Research Service (Louis, Applying the War Powers Resolution to the War on Terrorism, Senate Judiciary Comm, April 17, 2002, S. HRG. 107–892 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-107shrg85888/pdf/CHRG-107shrg85888.pdf, pp. 22-23)
Policymaking by the Federal Government works better when the President and executive officials consult regularly AND authority incorporated in a public law is the act that satisfies the Constitution.
2/1/14
WOT DA
Tournament: Districts | Round: 2 | Opponent: JMU BM | Judge: Pauly Hayes The plan destroys the war on terror—undermines intel gathering and crisis response Carafano, 7 (PhD and Assistant Director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, “The War on Terrorism: Habeas Corpus On and Off the Battlefield,” 7/5, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2007/07/the-war-on-terrorism-habeas-corpus-on-and-off-the-battlefield)
Impeding the Effectiveness of Military Operations Soldiers have a number of equally compelling responsibilities in war: accomplishing the mission, AND legal framework can continue to do so in a prolonged war against terrorism. Detainees offer essential intelligence for the WOT Hardy 7 Colleen E. Bachelor of Science, Juris Doctor George Mason University, The War on Terror and the Detention of Unlawful Enemy Combatants: An Examination of Rights and Processes Granted to United States Citizen Unlawful Enemy Combatants and Guantanamo Bay Detainees A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at George Mason University, Online, Accessed 8/14/2013 DMW
A report released by the Department of Defense in July, 2006 stated they have AND from Subway restaurant on the base and watch movies or sporting events.1901
Extinction Hellman 8 (Martin E. Hellman, emeritus prof of engineering @ Stanford, “Risk Analysis of Nuclear Deterrence” SPRING 2008 THE BENT OF TAU BETA PI, http://www.nuclearrisk.org/paper.pdf)
The threat of nuclear terrorism looms much larger in the public’s mind than the threat AND assume that preventing World War III is a necessity—not an option. Terrorist threats are real Exum 12 Andrew Exum is a Senior Fellow with the Center for a New American Security. A native of East Tennessee, Exum was educated in Philadelphia, Beirut and London. From 2000 until 2004, Exum served on active duty in the U.S. Army. He led a platoon of light infantry in Kuwait and Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002 and later led a platoon of Army Rangers in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003 and 2004, respectively. Exum returned to Afghanistan in 2009 to serve as an advisor to Gen. Stanley McChrystal and subsequently participated in an assessment conducted for Gen. David Petraeus in 2010. Exum served as a subject matter expert on Egypt and the Levant for the 2008-2009 CENTCOM Assessment Team. Exum earned a B.A. in classics and English literature from the University of Pennsylvania in 2000 and received the Cane Award upon graduation. He later earned an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from the American University of Beirut and a Ph.D. in War Studies from the University of London. Exum has also formally studied in Cairo, Paris and Tangier. Exum aims to engage in conversations with his readers through social media. While on a one-year fellowship at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Exum started a blog on small wars and insurgencies, Abu Muqawama, that he continues to edit at CNAS. Exum was also named by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the top 100 voices in foreign policy on Twitter. Exum is a member of the American Political Science Association, the Middle East Studies Association, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. “On Terrorism Experts,” 3-27-12, http://www.cnas.org/blogs/abumuqawama/2012/03/terrorism-experts.html, DOA: 8-29-13, y2k
As those of you who follow my Twitter feed know, I have been drawn AND Glenn Greenwald what's what about due process or Constitutional law, do you?
Terrorism studies are epistemologically and methodologically valid---our authors are self-reflexive Michael J. Boyle '8, School of International Relations, University of St. Andrews, and John Horgan, International Center for the Study of Terrorism, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, April 2008, “A Case Against Critical Terrorism Studies,” Critical Studies On Terrorism, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 51-64 Jackson (2007c) calls for the development of an explicitly CTS on the AND community of scholars does not produce such scathing indictments of its own work.
Critical terror studies are wrong – no evidence to substantiate their claims and no viable alternative Jones and Smith, 9 - * University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia AND King's College, University of London, London, UK (David and M.L.R.,“We're All Terrorists Now: Critical—or Hypocritical—Studies “on” Terrorism?,” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Volume 32, Issue 4 April 2009 , pages 292 – 302, Taylor and Francis) The journal, in other words, is not intended, as one might assume AND pages of the journal of Critical Studies on Terrorism are its natural home.
Terrorist threat could be objective---their focus on language and ontology is flawed Jones and Smith 9 David Martin Jones is Associate Professor @ University of Queensland—AND—M.L.R.Smith is Professor of Strategic Theory in the Department of War Studies, King's College. “We're All Terrorists Now: Critical—or Hypocritical—Studies “on” Terrorism?” 3-28-9, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 32:292–302, 2009, DOA: 8-29-13, y2k
Firstly, to challenge dominant knowledge and understanding and retain sensitivity to labels leads inevitably AND critical theory more generally. From this confused seed no coherent method grows.
