1AC- OCOs 1NC- XO CP PTX DA Afghanistan DA Death Cult K 2NR- Death Cult
Kentucky
3
Opponent: GMU DM | Judge: Cole Bender
1AC- Baudrillard Drones Preformance 1NC- Framework Heg K 2NR- Heg K
Kentucky
1
Opponent: Idaho State DI | Judge: Ben Hagwood
1AC- Women in Debate 1NC- Framework Chow K
Kentucky
5
Opponent: Indiana FH | Judge: Kevin Bertram
1AC- Drone Courts 1NC- Courts CP PTX- Debt Ceiling Death Cult K 2NR- Death Cult K
Kentucky
8
Opponent: Missouri State PR | Judge: Joe Bellon
1AC- Courts rule against circumstantial evidence (indefinite detention) 1NC- XO CP PTX- Debt Ceiling Death Cult K T 2NR- Death Cult K
Navy
2
Opponent: Army OS | Judge: Erika Jensen
1AC- Declare War before enter USAF 1NC- Death Cult K and Iran Sanctions 2NR- Death Cult
Navy
3
Opponent: GMU KM | Judge: Nick Donlan
1AC- bare life ban indefinite detention aff 1NC- Independent Revolution CP Ableism Rhetoric K PTX-Iran Sanctions 2NR- Independent Revolution CP
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11/17/13
1 - Framework
Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 1 | Opponent: Idaho State DI | Judge: Ben Hagwood “Resolved” before a colon introduces a formal resolution Army Officer School 04 (5-12, “# 12, Punctuation – The Colon and Semicolon”, http://usawocc.army.mil/IMI/wg12.htm) The colon introduces … petition the mayor.
“The United States federal government should” means the debate is solely about hypothetical policy action Ericson et al. 03 (Jon M., Dean Emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts at California Polytechnic State University, 2003, “The Debater’s Guide,” Third Edition,” p. 7, accessed via Google Books on 3-29-12 Bosley) The Proposition of … that you propose.
“The United States federal government” is the legislative, judicial, and executive branches USA.gov 12 (Official US. Government Web Portal, “U.S. Federal Government, last updated 3-27-12, http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/federal.shtml, accessed 3-29-12 Bosley) U.S. Federal Government … governmental power and functions.
“War powers authority of the President” refers to Commander in Chief power to deploy military force Bejesky 2012 (Robert, M.A. Political Science (Michigan), M.A. Applied Economics (Michigan), LL.M. International Law (Georgetown). The author has taught international law courses for Cooley Law School and the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan, American government and constitutional law courses for Alma College, and business law courses at Central Michigan University and the University of Miami, WAR POWERS PURSUANT TO FALSE PERCEPTIONS AND ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION IN THE "ZONE OF TWILIGHT,” St. Mary's Law Journal, 44 St. Mary's L. J. 1, lexis) V. CONCLUSION¶ The … nearly two centuries.
Skills development – discussion of specific policy-questions overcomes preconceived ideological notions and breaks out of traditional pedagogical frameworks by positing 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 … act on information.14
Specifically empowering students through academic debates of presidential war powers are necessary to check excessive executive war-making Young 13 – Associate Professor of Communication and Director of Forensics at Wayne State (Kelly, “Why Should We Debate About Restriction of Presidential War Powers,” 9-4-13, http://public.cedadebate.org/node/13, accessed 9-4-13 Bosley) Beyond its obviously … on the presidency.
Stasis – even if it is possible to debate the aff, a focus on a specific policy action is more productive by providing a limited topic of discussion and equitable ground Steinberg and Freeley 08 (David L. – Lecturer of Communication Studies at the University of Miami, and Austin – Criminal, Personal Injury, and Civil Rights Law Attorney, “Argumentation and Debate: Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making,” 12th Edition, http://www.scribd.com/doc/54200547/Argumentation, p43-45, accessed 7-18-12 Bosley) Debate is a … the following discussion.
11/17/13
2 - DA - Afghanistan
Tournament: JMU | Round: 1 | Opponent: GMU MT | Judge: Sean Ridley The plan causes backlash from Obama that makes him overrule restrictions—turns the case Lobel, 08 Professor of Law @ University of Pittsburgh Jules Lobel, “Conflicts Between the Commander in Chief and Congress: Concurrent Power over the Conduct of War,” Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 69, 2008, pg. 391 The critical difficulty … War Powers Resolution. Pg. 407-409
That guts our commitment to Afghanistan Lieberman, 10 Independent Democratic senator from Connecticut Joseph I. Leiberman, “Back to a Bipartisan Foreign Policy,” Wall Street Journal, November 16, 2010, pg. http://tinyurl.com/m5z623w This year's midterm … security at home.
Botched withdrawal is the fastest way to trigger every impact Miller, 12 Professor of International Security Affairs and Director for the Afghanistan-Pakistan program @ National Defense University Paul D. Miller (Former Director for Afghanistan on the National Security Council staff under Presidents Bush and Obama), “It’s Not Just Al-Qaeda: Stability in the Most Dangerous Region,” World Affairs Journal, March-April 2012, pg. http://tinyurl.com/lnplsb7 In fact, the … and religious minorities.
12/5/13
2 - DA - PTX Debt Ceiling
Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 5 | Opponent: Indiana FH | Judge: Kevin Bertram Obama’s pressuring the GOP with a strong display of Presidential strength and staying on message – the GOP will blink Dovere, 10/1 (Edward, "Government shutdown: President Obama holds the line." Politico. Politico LLC, 01 Oct 2013. Web. 3 Oct 2013. http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/government-shutdown-president-obama-holds-the-line-97646.html?hp=f3.) President Barack Obama … people rethink this.”
Obama’s hardline on is key—any negotiations ruin the deal and his PC Yglesias 8/28 (Matthew is the Slates business and economics correspondent and author of The Rent is Too Damn High. "Is Obama Poised to Botch the Next Round of Fiscal Negotiations?." The Slate. The Slate Group, 28 Aug 2013. Web. 20 Sep 2013. http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/08/28/obama_debt_ceiling_negotiations_is_he_poised_to_botch_them.html.SLP) Under the circumstances … a definitive strategy.
Fighting to defend his war power will drain Obama’s PC-- trading off with rest of agenda—empirics prove Kriner, 10 (Douglas L. Kriner is assistant professor of political science at Boston University “After the Rubicon: Congress, Presidents, and the Politics of Waging War”, University of Chicago Press, Dec 1, 2010, page 68-69) While congressional support … the international arena.
Political capital is finite -~-- the plan would tradeoff with domestic economic priorities Moore, 9/10 (Heidi is Guardian's US finance and economics editor. 9/10/2013, “Syria: the great distraction; Obama is focused on a conflict abroad, but the fight he should be gearing up for is with Congress on America's economic security,” http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/10/obama-syria-what-about-sequester) Before President Obama … his actions better.
This will destroy the U.S. and global economy Davidson, 9/10 (Adam is the co-founder of NPR’s “Planet Money”. 9/10/2013, “Our Debt to Society,”http:www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/magazine/our-debt-to-society.html?pagewanted=alland_r=0)) This is the … riskier and costlier.
Economic Decline causes war Friedberg and Schoenfeld 8 Aaron, Prof. Politics. And IR @ Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School and Visiting Scholar @ Witherspoon Institute, and Gabriel, Senior Editor of Commentary and Wall Street Journal, “The Dangers of a Diminished America”, 10-28,http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122455074012352571.html Then there are … with external adventures.
12/5/13
2 - DA - PTX Iran Sanctions
Tournament: Navy | Round: 2 | Opponent: Army OS | Judge: Erika Jensen Obama is pushing against new Iranian sanctions now but his focus and PC are key—new sanctions derail the Iranian nuclear deal and guarantee war Landler and Weisman, 1/13 (Mark Landler, White House correspondent for The New York Times and graduate of Georgetown University, and was a Reuter Fellow at Oxford University, and Jonathan Weisman, writer for New York Times, "Obama Fights a Push to Add Iran Sanctions", 1/13/14, www.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/world/middleeast/obama-fights-a-push-to-add-iran-sanctions.html NL) WASHINGTON — With the United States … public and say so.”
The plan resparks Congressional fights over war powers that steals focus and drains political capital Cohen, 11 (Tom, CNN Wire News editor. “Debate over war powers re-emerges in Congress, courts” 7-16-11 http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/17/war.powers.libya/index.html//wyoccd) Washington (CNN) -- An endless Washington … on the process.
Sanctions lead to structural violence- banking regulations, import control, inflation, and medicine Iran Human Rights 4/29 (citing a new, peer-reviewed cross-sectional study conducted by International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, “Sanctions and Regime Policies Cause Growing Crisis in Iran” http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2013/04/growing_crisis/ retrieved 11/15/13 R.C.) According to a new … humanitarian goods to Iran.
1/19/14
2 - DA - PTX Iran Sanctions Version 2
Tournament: Navy | Round: 3 | Opponent: GMU KM | Judge: Nick Donlan Obama is pushing against new Iranian sanctions now but his focus and PC are key—new sanctions derail the Iranian nuclear deal and guarantee war Landler and Weisman, 1/13 (Mark Landler, White House correspondent for The New York Times and graduate of Georgetown University, and was a Reuter Fellow at Oxford University, and Jonathan Weisman, writer for New York Times, "Obama Fights a Push to Add Iran Sanctions", 1/13/14, www.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/world/middleeast/obama-fights-a-push-to-add-iran-sanctions.html NL) WASHINGTON — With the United States … and say so.”
The plan resparks Congressional fights over war powers that steals focus and drains political capital Cohen, 11 (Tom, CNN Wire News editor. “Debate over war powers re-emerges in Congress, courts” 7-16-11 http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/17/war.powers.libya/index.html//wyoccd) Washington (CNN) -- An endless Washington … on the process.
Causes Israeli strikes Perr, 12/24 (Jon, B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University; technology marketing consultant based in Portland, Oregon. Jon has long been active in Democratic politics and public policy as an organizer and advisor in California and Massachusetts. His past roles include field staffer for Gary Hart for President (1984), organizer of Silicon Valley tech executives backing President Clinton's call for national education standards (1997), recruiter of tech executives for Al Gore's and John Kerry's presidential campaigns, and co-coordinator of MassTech for Robert Reich (2002). “Senate sanctions bill could let Israel take U.S. to war against Iran” Daily Kos, http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/24/1265184/-Senate-sanctions-bill-could-let-Israel-take-U-S-to-war-against-Iran# As 2013 draws to close, the …, to all-out regional war.
Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 5 | Opponent: Indiana FH | Judge: Kevin Bertram Text: The United States Supreme Court should rule targeted killing is unconstitutional in that it fails to meet the imminence standard for constitutional use of defensive force.
Judicial review solves the case – allows the Court to strike down targeting killing McKelvy, Executive Development Editor on the Editorial Board of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 11 (Benjamin, “NOTE: Due Process Rights and the Targeted Killing of Suspected Terrorists: The Unconstitutional Scope of Executive Killing Power,” November 2011, 44 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 1353, accessed via LexisNexis 8-7-13 Bosley) In the alternative … of defensive force. n118
12/5/13
3 - CP - Independent Revolution
Tournament: Navy | Round: 3 | Opponent: GMU KM | Judge: Nick Donlan CP Text: JMU CP declare the 1NC the beginning of a revolution against technologies of control
Affirmation of the State-form in the context of the 1AC interiorizes the war-machine—sanitizes micro fascism Deleuze and Guattari '87 (Gilles and Felix, Philosopher-Kings par excellence, general bad asses and gifted with foresight but choose not to use it – “A thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia Micropolitics and Segmentarity”) It is not … personal and collective.
Makes violent oppression inevitable and turns case Hardt and Negri '00 (Philosophers and professors at the University of Paris VIII and the European Graduate School In Saas-Fee “Empire Generation and Corruption” retrieved 8/25/12 R.C.) In Empire corruption … imperial lack ofbeing.
1/19/14
3 - CP - XO - Indefinite Detention
Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 8 | Opponent: Missouri State PR | Judge: Joe Bellon Text: President Obama should declare the end of hostilities with al-Qaida and affiliated groups.
Tournament: JMU | Round: 1 | Opponent: GMU MT | Judge: Sean Ridley Text: President Obama should issue an executive order clarifying that offensive cyber operations must be conducted in accordance with the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991’s definitions and regulations of covert action.
CP comparatively solves the case best while preserving presidential flexibility Brecher, J.D. Candidate at U. Mich Law, 12 (Aaron P., “Cyberattacks and the Covert Action Statute: Toward a Domestic Legal Framework for Offensive Cyber Operations,” December 2012, Michigan Law Review 111:423-452, accessed 7-30-13 Bosley) Cyberattacks present a … the president alone.156
12/5/13
4 - K - Ableist Rhetoric
Tournament: Navy | Round: 3 | Opponent: GMU KM | Judge: Nick Donlan Reject the team for their use of oppressive ableist metaphors including paralysis and psychosis – this is a prior concern to their content Schalk 13 – Department of Gender Studies at Indiana University (Sami, “Metaphorically Speaking: Ableist Metaphors in Feminist Writing,” Disability Studies Quarterly 33(4), http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/3874/3410http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/3874/3410, accessed 12-23-13 Bosley) I've had the … representations of disability (see, for instance, Titchkosky 2007, 175).
1/19/14
4 - K - Death Cult
Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 5 | Opponent: Indiana FH | Judge: Kevin Bertram Simulating images of hyper-violence anesthetizes us to real death and produces a culture of structural violence that makes infinite destruction appear desirable—vote neg to embrace a pedagogy outside of violent spectacles. Giroux 12 (Henry A Giroux, Frequent author on pedagogy in the public sphere, Truthout, “Youth in Revolt: The Plague of State-Sponsored Violence,” March 14, 2012, http://truth-out.org/index.php?option=com_k2andview=itemandid=7249:youth-in-revolt-the-plague-of-statesponsored-violence) One consequence is … for seeking pleasure.
Our alt is to vote neg to embrace a pedagogy outside of violent spectacles. Without it, continuously violence becomes desirable and militarizes the public sphere—we are a pre-requisite to solve their offense. Giroux 12 (Henry A Giroux, Frequent author on pedagogy in the public sphere, Truthout, “Youth in Revolt: The Plague of State-Sponsored Violence,” March 14, 2012, http://truth-out.org/index.php?option=com_k2andview=itemandid=7249:youth-in-revolt-the-plague-of-statesponsored-violence) As the social … and act on.
12/5/13
4 - K - Death Cult 2NC
Tournament: Navy | Round: 2 | Opponent: Army OS | Judge: Erika Jensen We control the internal link to education—The aff should have to justify their introduction of death impacts into the debate—It’s an independent reason to vote neg—otherwise collapse of collective justice is inevitable Giroux 12 (Henry A Giroux, Truthout, 29 February 2012, “Dangerous Pedagogy in the Age of Casino Capitalism and Religious Fundamentalism,” http://truth-out.org/index.php?option=com_k2andview=itemandid=6954:dangerous-pedagogy-in-the-age-of-casino-capitalism-and-religious-fundamentalism) All over the … relations and politics.
And, this is the most portable impact in the debate- all of their portable skills arguments are useless if we only use them to produce a cultural that is obsessed with pain and suffering- this is a foundational question that we must address Giroux 12 (Henry A Giroux, Frequent author on pedagogy in the public sphere, Truthout, “Youth in Revolt: The Plague of State-Sponsored Violence,” March 14, 2012, http://truth-out.org/index.php?option=com_k2andview=itemandid=7249:youth-in-revolt-the-plague-of-statesponsored-violence) Meanwhile, exaggerated violence …. in dehumanizing itself.
Using terrorism as a spectacle creates a culture of fear that only causes worse violence Giroux, 07 (Henry Giroux, Frequent author on pedagogy in the public sphere, “Beyond the Spectacle of Terrorism”, 2007, pdf NL) The pedagogical force of culture...legitimates social relations.
The affirmative’s claim to “control” American military expansion relies on an understanding of armed forces as police expanding the domain of US rule to the global periphery as subject of escalating liberal violence Neocleous 11 – Professor of the Critique of Political Economy Politics and History at Brunel University (Mark, “The Police of Civilization: The War on Terror as Civilizing Offensive” International Political Sociology, Vol. 5, 144-159, accessed 12-15-13 Bosley)) Civilization is back. … be supremely apt.
Legal regulation of armed forces and warfare ultimately fails and legitimizes interventionary violence Smith 02 – Professor of Government and International Affairs at South Florida (Thomas, “The New Law of War: Legitimizing Hi-Tech and Infrastructural Violence” Int’l Studies Quarterly, 46, p. 355-356, accessed 12-3-13 Bosley) As Adam Roberts (1993–94:134) has noted, … kind of humanitarian ground” (Kritsiotis, 1998:1021).
Death debating causes mass violence and genocide – over 80 studies prove. Solomon et al 2K (Solomon, Psych – Brooklyn Clg, Greenberg, Psych – U Ariz, and Pyszczynski, Psych – U Colorado, 2K, Current Directions in Psychological Science 9.6, Sheldon, Jeff, and Tom, “Fear of Death and Social Behavior”) Terror management theory … known as self-esteem.
It only benefits the majority and results in the same violence upon minorities that we kritik Odell, 04 (University of Illinois is an Associate Professor of Philosophy (Jack, Ph.D., “On Consequentialist Ethics,” Wadsworth, Thomson Learning, Inc., pp. 98-103) A classic objection … welfare of the group.
Extinction focus causes policy failure Kurasawa, 04 (Fuyuki, Professor of Sociology at York University of Toronto, “Cautionary Tales: The Global Culture of Prevention and the Work of Foresight”, Constellations 11:4, http://www.yorku.ca/kurasawa/Kurasawa20Articles/Constellations20Article.pdfBosley) Up to this point, … principle and global justice.
The negative convenes pre-emption and perception; they attempt to preempt the impact, while the speech act itself shapes our perception of the threat—this has led to a permanent state of “low-boil” war that (a) leads to infinite threat repetition and (b) destroys the possibility for agential action Massumi 10 (Brian, professor of Philosophy at European Graduate School, “Perception Attack: Brief on War Time” http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theory_and_event/v013/13.3.massumi.html retrieved 11/7/13 R.C.) The network is … force of life.¶
1/19/14
4 - K - Death Cult Update
Tournament: Navy | Round: 2 | Opponent: Army OS | Judge: Erika Jensen Simulating images of hyper-violence anesthetizes us to real death and produces a culture of structural violence that makes infinite destruction appear desirable Giroux 12 (Henry A Giroux, Frequent author on pedagogy in the public sphere, Truthout, “Youth in Revolt: The Plague of State-Sponsored Violence,” March 14, 2012, http://truth-out.org/index.php?option=com_k2andview=itemandid=7249:youth-in-revolt-the-plague-of-statesponsored-violence) One consequence is … for seeking pleasure.
Our alt is to vote neg to embrace a pedagogy outside of violent spectacles. Without it, continuously violence becomes desirable and militarizes the public sphere—we are a pre-requisite to solve their offense. Giroux 12 (Henry A Giroux, Frequent author on pedagogy in the public sphere, Truthout, “Youth in Revolt: The Plague of State-Sponsored Violence,” March 14, 2012, http://truth-out.org/index.php?option=com_k2andview=itemandid=7249:youth-in-revolt-the-plague-of-statesponsored-violence) As the social … and act on. ? And the affirmative is specifically guilty—the preemptive arrangement primes the debate space and transforms the terrain into a battlefield to be mobilized against looming threat Massumi and Rice 10 (Brian, professor of philosophy at EGS and communications at the University of Montreal, and Charles, “The Space-Time of Pre-Emption: An Interview with Brian Massumi” retrieved 11/10/13 R.C.) Massumi suggests that … more menacingly looming.’
1/19/14
4 - K - Hegemony
Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 3 | Opponent: GMU DM | Judge: Cole Bender The 1AC’s is a K of American policy and dangerous—it contributes to the collapse of US primacy Kagan 98 (Robert, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and PhD in American History from American U, “The Benevolent Empire,” Foreign Policy. Summer, http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=viewandid=275shree) Those contributing to … next American humbling.
Ignore their hipster politics—the whining needs to end so we can face real threats Hanson 3 (Victor Davis, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Professor Emeritus at California University, Fresno, Ph.D. from Stanford, “We Could Still Lose.” National Review Online. August 11. http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/3050721.htmlshree) If one were … they pass away.
The idea that security is bad is code for wishful-thinking—their politics may be good in the abstract but suicidal in real life. Sowell 6 (Thomas, senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, “Serious or Suicidal”, Jewish World Review, http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell010306.aspshree) Just last year… serious or suicidal.
Results in wars around globe Rosen 3 (Stephen Peter Rosen, Beton Michael Kaneb Professor of National Security and Military Affairs at Harvard University, The National Interest. “An Empire, if You Can Keep It.” March 22. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-99377575.htmlshree) Rather than wrestle … much more attractive.
Vote negative to align yourself with American dominance—the unwavering rhetoric of support is critical to preserving international stability. Kristol and Kagan 96 (William Kristol – visiting professor in government at Harvard University and Robert Kagan – senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and PhD in American History, “Toward a Neo-Reganite Foreign Policy,” Foreign Affairs. July/August, http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=viewandid=276shree) TWENTY YEARS later… and moral confidence.
11/17/13
4 - K - The Maoist
Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 1 | Opponent: Idaho State DI | Judge: Ben Hagwood The affirmative takes the position of the Maoist – their engagement the Otherness is parasitic and consumptive, naturalizing academic colonialism and oppression Chow, Anne Firor Scott Professor of Literature at Duke, 93 (Rey, Writing Diaspora, Indiana University of Press, 1993, p.10-13, accessed via Google Books on 5-29-12, JDB) *Note – under erasure The Orientalist has … our consciousnesses “raised.” ? Reject the affirmative – our first obligation as intellectuals is to struggle against becoming the objects and instruments of power Chow, Anne Firor Scott Professor of Literature at Duke, 93 (Rey, Writing Diaspora, Indiana University of Press, 1993, p.10-13, accessed via Google Books on 5-29-12, JDB) Because "borders" have … the academic sense?
11/17/13
5 - Case - ADV - China - OCO
Tournament: JMU | Round: 1 | Opponent: GMU MT | Judge: Sean Ridley Decline causes retrenchment – solves great power conflict, long term influence, and interventionism MacDonald and Parent 11 (Paul K. MacDonald is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Williams College. Joseph M. Parent is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, “Graceful Decline? The Surprising Success of Great Power Retrenchment,” International Security 35:4, Spring 2011, accessed 1-9-12Bosley) First, we challenge … their relative position.
No hegemonic transition wars MacDonald and Parent 11 (Paul K. MacDonald is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Williams College. Joseph M. Parent is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, Graceful Decline? The Surprising Success of Great Power Retrenchment,” International Security 35:4, Spring 2011, accessed 1-9-12Bosley) Some observers might …. foreign policy adventurism.94
They don’t solve Brzezinski – he thinks a bunch of other things are key to heg Zbigniew Brzezinski 12, was U.S. National Security Adviser, “Balancing the East, Upgrading the West”, Foreign Affairs, January/February The United States' central … connection with China.
Cyber-attacks don’t escalate – only espionage Rid, Reader in War Studies at King’s College London, 7-24-13 (Thomas, “Cyber-warfare: Is the risk of cyber-warfare overrated?” The Economist, 7-24-13, http://www.economist.com/debate/days/view/997, accessed 7-24-13 Bosley) Three things: an … is not cyberwar.
12/5/13
5 - Case - ADV - Grid
Tournament: JMU | Round: 1 | Opponent: GMU MT | Judge: Sean Ridley No blackouts—grid’s resilient Avila 12 (Jim Avila, Senior National Correspondent at ABC News, “A U.S. Blackout as Large as India’s? ‘Very Unlikely,” 7-31-12, http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/07/a-u-s-blackout-as-large-as-indias-very-unlikely/, accessed 5/14/13, EGM) As India recovers … were very low.
The grid is air-gapped Tanji 10 (Michael Tanji 10, spent 20 years in the US intelligence community; veteran of the US Army; served in strategic and tactical assignments worldwide; participated in national and international analysis and policy efforts for the NIC, NSC and NATO; Claremont Institute Lincoln Fellow and Senior Fellow at the Center of Threat Awareness; lectures on intelligence issues at The George Washington University, “Hacking the Electric Grid? You and What Army?,” 7/13/10, http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/hacking-the-electric-grid-you-and-what-army/, accessed 5/25/13, EGM) Grid-hacking is back … in other words.
12/5/13
5 - Case - ADV - Hegemony - Generic
Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 8 | Opponent: Missouri State PR | Judge: Joe Bellon Data disproves hegemony impacts Fettweis, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tulane, 11 (Christopher J., “Free Riding or Restraint? Examining European Grand Strategy,” 9-26-11, Comparative Strategy 30:4, p316-332) It is perhaps … on faith alone.
Decline causes retrenchment – solves great power conflict, long term influence, and interventionism MacDonald and Parent 11 (Paul K. MacDonald is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Williams College. Joseph M. Parent is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, “Graceful Decline? The Surprising Success of Great Power Retrenchment,” International Security 35:4, Spring 2011, accessed 1-9-12Bosley) First, we challenge …their relative position.
12/5/13
5 - Case - ADV - Norms - Drones
Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 5 | Opponent: Indiana FH | Judge: Kevin Bertram US action irrelevant to international norms on drones – other tech proves Etzioni 13 – Professor of IR at George Washington (Amitai, “The Great Drone Debate”, March/April, http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/MilitaryReview/Archives/English/MilitaryReview_20130430_art004.pdf, accessed 9-14-13 Bosley) Other critics contend … much more limited.
China won’t use drones—international pressure against it Erickson and Strange, 13 (Andrew Erickson is an associate professor at the Naval War College and an Associate in Research at Harvard University's Fairbank Centre, Austin Strange is a researcher at the Naval War College's China Maritime Studies Institute and a graduate student at Zhejiang University, "China has drones. Now how will it use them?", May 29, www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/China-has-drones-Now-how-will-it-use-them-30207095.html NL) Those worried about …. own drone programme.
No Senkaku war—4 reasons Kuchikomi, 13 (Kuchikomi, "Former ASDF general: 'China won't initiate war over Senkakus'", Feb 28, www.japantoday.com/category/kuchikomi/view/former-asdf-general-china-wont-initiate-war-over-senkakus NL) TOKYO —¶ In what appeared to … alarm,” he concludes.
No US-China war – economic interdependence checks Doctoroff, JWT North Asia Area Director, 10 (Tom, MBA from the University of Chicago, “Standing Up to China, the Obama Way”, 11-28-10, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-doctoroff/standing-up-to-china-the_b_788704.html, accessed 5-24-12Bosley) Third, and fortunately, … forces of progress.
12/5/13
5 - Case - ADV - Soft Power
Tournament: JMU | Round: 1 | Opponent: GMU MT | Judge: Sean Ridley Soft power causes war – empirically proven Matalin, 09 John Matalin (CNN Commentator) “Matalin: Obama’s ’soft power’ makes us weak”, 2009 American Morning CNN's CNN Contributor Mary Matalin … seven or eight years.
Soft power is useless – Nye oversimplifies its utility Fan 2007 (Ying, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Brunel Business School, Brunel University in London, “Soft power: Power of attraction or confusion?”, November 14) Despite its popularity…policies on Taiwan.
Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 5 | Opponent: Indiana FH | Judge: Kevin Bertram There’s no blowback—their evidence is just bad media hype Anderson, 13 (Kenneth, law professor at Washington College of Law, American University, a research fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a Non-Resident Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, "The Case for Drones", May 24, www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/24/the_case_for_drones_118548-full.html NL) It is sharply … the blowback scenario.
No nuclear terrorism Gavin, Professor of International Affairs at UTA, 10 (Francis J., also Director of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, “Same As It Ever Was: Nuclear Alarmism, Proliferation, and the Cold War,” International Security 34:3, Winter 09/10, pp.7-37, accessed 5-24-12Bosley) Coherent policies to … is significantly flawed.”59
No AQAP threat – no support, tactile failure, local concerns Koehler-Derrick, Instructor at West Point and Associate at the Combating Terrorism Center, 10-3-11 (Gabriel, "A False Foundation? AQAP, Tribes and Ungoverned Spaces in Yemen," www.ctc.usma.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/CTC_False_Foundation2.pdf, accessed 1-7-12Bosley) Yet there is … pressing local concerns
Middle East war won’t escalate – precedent Steven A. Cook (fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations) Ray Takeyh (fellows at the Council on Foreign Relations) and Suzanne Maloney (senior fellow at Saban Center) June 28 2007 “Why the Iraq war won't engulf the Mideast”, International Herald Tribune Finally, there is no … the entire Middle East.
12/5/13
5 - Case - Solvency - Drone Courts
Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 5 | Opponent: Indiana FH | Judge: Kevin Bertram Drone courts destroy SOP, ILaw, and are just a rubber stamp Rona, 13 (Gabor, international legal director at Human Rights First, "The pro-rule of law argument against a 'drone court'", 2/27, thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/judicial/285041-the-pro-rule-of-law-argument-against-a-drone-court NL) The instinct to … reality, of justice.
Drone courts cause terrorism and don’t solve assurance issues Rona, 13 (Gabor, international legal director at Human Rights First, "The pro-rule of law argument against a 'drone court'", 2/27, thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/judicial/285041-the-pro-rule-of-law-argument-against-a-drone-court NL) In wartime, the … international public ones.
Drone strikes destabilize Pakistan and Yemen, cause increased terrorism, and create an arms race that destabilizes the entire international system Ramachandran, 13 (Jaya, writer for the Palestine Chronicle, "Drone War ‘Will Trigger New Arms Race’", Jan 22, www.palestinechronicle.com/drone-war-will-trigger-new-arms-race/ NL) The increasing resort … victims of them.
12/5/13
5 - Case - Solvency - SCOTUS
Tournament: Kentucky | Round: 8 | Opponent: Missouri State PR | Judge: Joe Bellon Courts won’t rule on war powers issues Turley 2011 (Jonathan Turley, American lawyer, legal scholar, writer, commentator, and legal analyst in broadcast and print journalism, Professor of law at The George Washington University Law School, Jonathan Turley res ipsa loquitur, Federal Judge Dismisses War Powers Challenge By Members of Congress, October 20, 2011, http://jonathanturley.org/2011/10/20/federal-judge-dismisses-war-powers-challenge-by-members-of-congress/) Soon after the … that next step.
Justice Scalia ruled that the courts don’t have the authority to rule on war powers On the Issues 2012 (On the Issues, Every Political Leader on Every Issue, Supreme Court rulings, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 2012, http://www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_04-HAMDI.htm) Justice Scalia wrote … to examine it.
Obama will circumvent the Court Pyle 12 – Professor of Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties at Mount Holyoke College (Christopher H., “The Law: Barack Obama and Civil Liberties,” December 2012, Presidential Studies Quarterly 42:4, Pg. 867–880) But this is … enhanced interrogation techniques” (Editorial 2011b).
Congress will backlash – makes the courts useless Vladeck 11 – Professor of Law at American University (Stephen, “Why Klein (Still) Matters: Congressional Deception and the War on Terrorism,” 6-16-11, Journal of National Security Law Vol 5.) Six weeks later … they deem appropriate.”56 pg. 257-259
