Tournament: GSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: Samford BM | Judge: Brian Delong
ASPEC
The aff fails to specify an agent of action – power in the federal government is divided
Rotunda, Professor of Law at the University of Illinois, 01
(Ronald D., “THE COMMERCE CLAUSE, THE POLITICAL QUESTION DOCTRINE, AND MORRISON,” Summer, 2001, 18 Const. Commentary 319, accessed via LexisNexis on 7-7-12 Bosley)

The Framers of...Houses of Congress.

Tournament: JMU | Round: 6 | Opponent: John Carroll MM | Judge: Tom OGorman
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.

Tournament: JMU | Round: 6 | Opponent: John Carroll MM | Judge: Tom OGorman
US-Israeli cyber operations are delaying Iran’s nuclear program and buying more time for diplomacy
BOB 2013 (YONAH JEREMY The Jerusalem Post's legal affairs correspondent. He primarily writes about major Supreme Court decisions, significant criminal trials, constitutional issues and international law matters. Prior to the Post, he worked on hasbara and international security law issues in the IDF Legal Division, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice International Law Division. Yonah has been interviewed and provided legal analysis multiple times for both the BBC and Skynews. Rule of Law: Obama, Israel and cyber warfare http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=30736722/03/2013)

In this vacuum...handle the issue.

US cyber operations are a US concession to Israel to avoid a first strike, plan reneges on the plan which causes Israel to strike
 Gross 2013 (Michael Joseph American author and journalist. He is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, where he covers topics including politics, technology, and national security Silent War
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/07/new-cyberwar-victims-american-business)

When the history...a similar kind.

Israel strikes causes war, terrorism, and economic collapse
Goldberg ‘10 (Jeffrey Goldberg, National correspondent for the Atlantic, “The Point of No Return,”http:www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/09/the-point-of-no-return/8186/, September 2010)

When the Israelis...leper among nations.

These wars escalate globally – culminate in extinction.
Moore ‘9
(Carol, BA in Polisci @ Wane State, “Six Escalation Scenarios to Nuclear World War III, 16 February,http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/six-escalation-scenarios-to-nuclear-world-war-iii/)

Israel is especially...can stop it.

Tournament: JMU | Round: 6 | Opponent: John Carroll MM | Judge: Tom OGorman
Debt Deal will pass now
Shear et al 10/11
(Michael, Jackie Calmes, and Ashley Parker. "Signs of Progress as Talks Continue on Fiscal Crisis." New York Times: Politics. The New York Times Company, 11 Oct 2013. Web. 11 Oct 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/12/us/politics/budget-and-debt-limit-debate.html?_r=1and. SLP)

President Obama and...the Boehner plan.

Political capital is key- Obama needs to preserve it to provide cover and also pressure
Douglas, 10-3
(William, Ending the shutdown: So many options, so little political will, McClatchy Newspapers, http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/10/03/204169/ending-the-shutdown-so-many-options.html, F.A.B)

Revisit a "grand...be a leader."

OCO legislation is unpopular in Congress—triggers fights against Obama—crowds out the debt ceiling
Brecher 12
(Aaron is a J.D. candidate at the University of Michigan. "NOTE: Cyberattacks and the Covert Action Statute: Toward a Domestic Legal Framework for Offensive Cyberoperations" 111 Mich. L. Rev. 423. Accessed through EbscoHost. SLP)
*takes too long to pass
*delays in committee
*Congress favors prez on issues of nat’l security

Finally, while urging...even more remote.

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.

Tournament: GSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: Samford BM | Judge: Brian Delong
Violation: substantially means to a great extent or considerably
Wordnet, 2003 Princeton University project
version 2.0, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/substantially)

substantially: adv 1: to...was substantially built.

Tournament: JMU | Round: 6 | Opponent: John Carroll MM | Judge: Tom OGorman
The 1AC is a manifestation of the ego, creating The Eeyore Effect: negativity to a degree that disillusions the individual from believing they are powerless. This creates more negativity and recreates the same impacts
Hoff 92 (Benjamin, University of Oregon, B.A. in Asian Art at The Evergreen State College, The Te of Piglet, Penguin Group Publishers, pg. 55-58,1992)

The Eeyore Effect...powerless, they are.

The Ego is the root cause of all suffering and forms of oppression, only by embracing the Te can we return to harmony that existed thousands of years ago
Hoff 92 (Benjamin, University of Oregon, B.A. in Asian Art at The Evergreen State College, The Te of Piglet, Penguin Group Publishers, pg. 13-16,1992) {gender neutral phrasing added by JMU Debate in }

Thousands of years...only partially understood.

The alternative is to become like Piglet, embracing the Very Small Animal inside us and rejecting the Ego. The Alt allows us to become closer to the Age of Perfect Virtue, solving all impacts
Hoff 92 (Benjamin, University of Oregon, B.A. in Asian Art at The Evergreen State College, The Te of Piglet, Penguin Group Publishers, pg. 19-21,1992)

Taoism is classically...harmony with Tao.

Tournament: GSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: Samford BM | Judge: Brian Delong
Text: President Obama should issue an executive order establishing an internal review board to review drone strikes and disclose reports of findings publicly

Solves the case by allowing for accountability and intervention by other branches
Epps, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Baltimore, 13
(Garrett, “'Trust Us' Won't Do: How to Hold Obama Accountable for Drone Strikes,” 2-8-13, http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/02/trust-us-wont-do-how-to-hold-obama-accountable-for-drone-strikes/272989/, accessed 8-9-13 Bosley)

Governments must sometimes...by credible evidence.

The CO solves the case—provides accountability to the drone program. There would be an internal review of any order of a killing and then a “bare-bones” report will be released, keeping any information that it pertinent to our national security out of public knowledge—that’s 1NC Epps
Presidential self-restraint solves drones and signaling
Boyle, Assistant Professor of Political Science at LaSelle, 13
(Michael J., “The costs and consequenceds of drone warfare,” 2013, International Affairs 89(1):1-29, accessed 8-18-13 Bosley)

In his second...for its behaviour.