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1AC

Blowback

US legitimacy has been severely damaged by detention—plan is key to reverse negative perceptions
David Welsh 11, J.D. from the University of Utah, “Procedural Justice Post-9/11: The Effects of Procedurally Unfair Treatment of Detainees on Perceptions of Global Legitimacy”, http://law.unh.edu/assets/images/uploads/publications/unh-law-review-vol-09-no2-welsh.pdf 

The Global War on Terror 1 has been ideologically framed as a struggle between the
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this article offers a psychological perspective of legitimacy in the context of detention.

Legitimacy is crucial to sustainable and effective US hegemony—judicial review is key
Knowles 9 Spring, 2009, Robert Knowles is a Acting Assistant Professor, New York University School of Law, “American Hegemony and the Foreign Affairs Constitution”, ARIZONA STATE LAW JOURNAL, 41 Ariz. St. L.J. 87

American unipolarity has created a challenge for realists. Unipolarity was thought to be inherently
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the same project that the courts constantly grapple with in adjudicating domestic disputes.

U.S. leadership is key to global stability and preventing great power wars
Yuhan Zhang, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Lin Shi, Columbia University, “America’s Decline: A Harbinger of Conflcit and Rivalry,” EAST ASIA FORUM, 1—22—11, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/01/22/americas-decline-a-harbinger-of-conflict-and-rivalry/

This does not necessarily mean that the US is in systemic decline, but it
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forecast in a future that will inevitably be devoid of unrivalled US primacy.

Hegemony solves conflicts that cause extinction
Thomas P.M. Barnett, chief analyst, Wikistrat, “The New Rules: Leadership Fatigue Puts U.S. and Globalization, at Crossroads,” WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, 3—7—11, www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/8099/the-new-rules-leadership-fatigue-puts-u-s-and-globalization-at-crossroads

Events in Libya are a further reminder for Americans that we stand at a crossroads
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the 20th century, setting the stage for the Pacific Century now unfolding. 

Indefinite detention increases terrorism—multiple mechanisms
Martin Scheinin, Professor, International Law, “Should Human Rights Take a Back Seat in Wartime?” REAL CLEAR WORLD, interviewed by Casey L. Coombs, 1—11—12, www.realclearworld.com/articles/2012/01/11/national_defense_authorization_act_scheinin_interview-full.html, accessed 8-21-13.

CLC: As a world leader and active promoter of universal human rights, the
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copying by repressive governments that will use them for their own political purposes.

Detention is a major terrorist recruitment tool
Postel 13 (Therese, policy associate in international affairs at The Century Foundation, 5-12-13, "How Guantanamo Bay's Existence Helps Al-Qaeda Recruit More Terrorists" The Atlantic) www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/04/how-guantanamo-bays-existence-helps-al-qaeda-recruit-more-terrorists/274956/

While these human rights issues are egregious in their own right, and a vigilant
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not enough to end this intractable problem, maybe national security will be. 

Al Qaeda is still a major threat—predictions of decline are premature and false
Sinai 13 (Joshua, JINSA Fellow, Washington, DC-based consultant on national security studies, focusing primarily on terrorism, counterterrorism, and homeland security, 3-11-13, “Al Qaeda Threat to U.S. Not Diminished, Data Indicates” The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs) http://www.jinsa.org/fellowship-program/joshua-sinai/al-qaeda-threat-us-not-diminished-data-indicates#.UbaiWvmsiSo

Conventional wisdom holds that the threat to America posed by al Qaeda and its affiliates
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moment, but with further surprise attacks of a catastrophic nature still ahead. 

Terrorists will obtain nuclear weapons—multiple potential sources
Neely 13 (Meggaen, research intern for the Project on Nuclear Issues, 3-21-13, "Doubting Deterrence of Nuclear Terrorism" Center for Strategic and International Studies) csis.org/blog/doubting-deterrence-nuclear-terrorism

The risk that terrorists will set off a nuclear weapon on U.S.
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about a “dirty bomb,” which mixes radioactive material with conventional explosives. 

Nuke terror causes extinction—equals a full-scale nuclear war
Owen B. Toon 7, chair of the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at CU-Boulder, et al., April 19, 2007, “Atmospheric effects and societal consequences of regional scale nuclear conflicts and acts of individual nuclear terrorism,” online: http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pdf/acp-7-1973-2007.pdf

To an increasing extent, people are congregating in the world’s great urban centers,
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should be carried out as well for the present scenarios and physical outcomes.

Russia’s rule of law deficit undermines cooperation and internal stability—plan is key to restoring our credibility to deal with this issue
Sarah E. Mendelson, Director, Human Rights and Security Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies, “U.S.-Russian Relations and the Democracy and Rule of Law Deficit,” CENTURY FOUNDATION REPORT, 2009, p. 3-4.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, every U.S.
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values and undercutting (yet again) U.S. soft power.

Continued human rights violations risk a Russian revolution
Harlan Ullman, senior advisor, Atlantic Council, “The Third Russian Revolution,” UPI, 6—12—13, www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Outside-View/2013/06/12/Outside-View-The-third-Russian-Revolution/UPI-84461371009900/, accessed 8-7-13.

Make no mistake: On the current trajectory, Russia won't be immune to many
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Syria and Iran are two major crises where Russian support could be important. 

That causes miscalc and nuclear war
Pry 99 (Peter Vincent, Former US Intelligence Operative, War Scare:  U.S.-Russia on the Nuclear Brink, netlibrary)

Russian internal troubles—such as a leadership crisis, coup, or civil war
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Russian affairs, with the West ignorant that it was in grave peril.

Leaves earth uninhabitable
Starr 10—Director of Clinical Laboratory Science Program @ University of Missouri Steven Starr (Senior scientist @ Physicians for Social Responsibility.), “The climatic consequences of nuclear war,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 12 March 2010, Pg. http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/op-eds/the-climatic-consequences-of-nuclear-war

This isn't a question to be avoided. Recent scientific studies have found that a
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nuclear war would cause a global famine that could kill one billion people.

Deference

Contention 2 is Deference

Boumediene upheld the deference doctrine—by failing to specify a remedy, the courts have cemented executive power
Scheppele 12 (Kim, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School, Director of the Program in Law and Public Affairs, Princeton University, January 2012, "The New Judicial Deference" Boston University Law Review, Lexis)

The majority in Boumediene had indeed found that the political branches had designed a system
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, which would in turn allow the executive to detain the petitioners longer. 

Scenario 1 is CMR
Problems in civil-military relations are likely to reach crisis proportions in 2014—now is key to reverse the trend
Munson 12 (Peter, Marine officer, author, and Middle East specialist, 11-12-12, "A Caution on Civil-Military Relations" Small Wars Journal) smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/a-caution-on-civil-military-relations

This brief post represents only a few quickly dashed thoughts in the hope of getting
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this dynamic now before they reach crisis proportions in the years to come.

Judicial deference is responsible for the split—a less deferential role for the courts is necessary to restore balance in civil-military relations
Mazur 10 (Diane, Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, "A More Perfect Military: How the Constitution Can Make Our Military Stronger" Oxford University Press, Print)

One of the ways the doctrine of judicial deference has left a scar on civil
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judicial deference—so we can all feel better about making military decisions.

Civilian control key to military effectiveness—solves array of existential threats
Dr. Mackubin Thomas Owens, Professor, National Security Affairs, “What Military Officers Need to Know About Civil-Military Relations,” NAVAL WAR COLLEGE REVIEW v. 65 n. 2, Spring 2012, p. 81-82.

The combination of civil-military relations patterns and service doctrines affect military effectiveness.
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... are likely to persist for a very long time." (56)

Scenario 2 is Bioweapons
Judicial deference justifies military medical and bioweapons research
Parasidis 12 (Efthimios, Assistant Professor of Law, Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of Law, 2012, "Justice and Beneficence in Military Medicine and Research" Ohio State Law School, Lexis)

The military has long nurtured a culture and identity that is fundamentally distinct from civil
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of military accountability than from the lack of military discipline or aggressiveness." n531

That risks bioweapons use—theft, arms racing, tradeoff
H. Patricia Hynes, retired Professor, Environmental Health, Boston University, “Biological Weapons: Bargaining with the Devil,” TRUTHOUT, 8—18—11, http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/2693:biological-weapons-bargaining-with-the-devil

The bullish climate of the "war on terrorism" set off a massive flow
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up means a huge number of people has access to extremely lethal material.

Bioweapons cause extinction
Anders Sandberg et al., James Martin Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University, "How Can We Reduce the Risk of Human Extinction?" BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS, 9-9-08, http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/how-can-we-reduce-the-risk-of-human-extinction, accessed 5-2-10.

The risks from anthropogenic hazards appear at present larger than those from natural ones.
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may increase as biotechnologies continue to improve at a rate rivaling Moore's Law.

Solvency

Contention 3 is Solvency:
Plan: The United States federal judiciary should order that all habeas corpus hearings of persons detained under the War Powers Authority of the President of the United States be subject to due process guarantees and that such individuals who have won their habeas corpus hearing be released.

Boumediene failed provide detainees legal recourse—Court clarification is key
Reprieve 12 (Anti-detention advocacy group based in London, 7-10-12, "Why can't cleared prisoners leave Guantánamo Bay? Reprieve) www.reprieve.org.uk/publiceducation/2012_07_10_Guantanamo_public_education/

Guantánamo detainees can appeal to federal judges to compel the Department of Defense to release
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the Supreme Court does not seem interested in delivering justice at Guantanamo Bay.

Granting detainees immediate court access for prosecution solves
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, "Why the Current Approach to Fighting Terrorism is Making Us Less Safe," CREIGHTON LAW REVIEW v. 41, 6--08, p. 592.

Let me conclude just by saying what concretely should the next President do, and
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them from the criminal justice system and simply detain them as a combatant.

Prosecution in federal courts solves best—multiple reasons, experts agree
Oona Hathaway, Professor, International Law, Yale Law School, Samuel Adelsberg, Spencer Amdur, Philip Levitz, Freya Pitts and Sirine Shebaya, “The Power to Detain: Detention of Terrorism Suspects after 9/11,” YALE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW v. 38, Winter 2013, p. 161-167.

The United States is still actively engaged in hostilities with global terrorist organizations, but
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intelligence-gathering, producing more intelligence over the course of prosecution. n262

Plan is key to domestic and international rule of law—modeling
Michael P. Scharf et al., Counsel of Record, Brief of the Public International Law and Policy Group as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Petitioners, Jamal Kiyemba, et. Al., v. Barack H. Obama, et al., SCOTUS, No. 08-1234, 12—09, p. 3-8.

The precedent of this Court has a significant impact on rule of law in foreign
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promote respect for rule of law in foreign states during times of conflict.

Obama will comply—the Court has the final word
Joe Meacham, executive editor, Random House, “Why Obama Shouldn’t Declare War on Supreme Court,” TIME, 4—2—12, http://ideas.time.com/2012/04/02/why-obama-shouldnt-declare-war-on-the-supreme-court/

With the Supreme Court weighing the constitutionality of a central element of President Obama’s comprehensive
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got wrong. Obama may well have a chance to get it right.

Remedy mandate is key to overall judicial power
Alex Young K. Oh et al., Counsel of Record, Brief for the
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1234, 12—11—09, p. 11-12.

The "judicial Power" granted by the Constitution includes the power to effectuate remedies
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when its judgment on the law is not merely advisory, but effective.

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Minnesota 1AC

1AC: Blowback

Contention 1 is Blowback:

US legitimacy has been severely damaged by detention—plan is key to reverse negative perceptions

David Welsh 11, J.D. from the University of Utah, and#34;Procedural Justice Post-9/11: The Effects of Procedurally Unfair Treatment of Detainees on Perceptions of Global Legitimacyand#34;, http://law.unh.edu/assets/images/uploads/publications/unh-law-review-vol-09-no2-welsh.pdf
The Global War on Terror 1 has
U.S. detention procedures, 6 this article offers a psychological perspective of legitimacy in the context of detention.

Legitimacy is crucial to sustainable and effective US hegemony—judicial review is key

Knowles 9 ~Spring, 2009, Robert Knowles is a Acting Assistant Professor, New York University School of Law, and#34;American Hegemony and the Foreign Affairs Constitutionand#34;, ARIZONA STATE LAW JOURNAL, 41 Ariz. St. L.J. 87~
American unipolarity has
with in adjudicating domestic disputes.

U.S. leadership is key to global stability and preventing great power wars

Yuhan Zhang, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Lin Shi, Columbia University, and#34;America’s Decline: A Harbinger of Conflcit and Rivalry,and#34; EAST ASIA FORUM, 1—22—11, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/01/22/americas-decline-a-harbinger-of-conflict-and-rivalry/
This does not necessarily mean that the
unrivalled US primacy.

Hegemony solves conflicts that cause extinction

Thomas P.M. Barnett, chief analyst, Wikistrat, and#34;The New Rules: Leadership Fatigue Puts U.S. and Globalization, at Crossroads,and#34; WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, 3—7—11, www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/8099/the-new-rules-leadership-fatigue-puts-u-s-and-globalization-at-crossroads
Events in Libya are a further reminder for
Pacific Century now unfolding. 

Indefinite detention increases terrorism—multiple mechanisms

Martin Scheinin, Professor, International Law, and#34;Should Human Rights Take a Back Seat in Wartime?and#34; REAL CLEAR WORLD, interviewed by Casey L. Coombs, 1—11—12, www.realclearworld.com/articles/2012/01/11/national_defense_authorization_act_scheinin_interview-full.html, accessed 8-21-13.
CLC: As a world leader and active promoter of universal
own political purposes.

Detention is a major terrorist recruitment tool

Postel 13 (Therese, policy associate in international affairs at The Century Foundation, 5-12-13, and#34;How Guantanamo Bay’s Existence Helps Al-Qaeda Recruit More Terroristsand#34; The Atlantic) www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/04/how-guantanamo-bays-existence-helps-al-qaeda-recruit-more-terrorists/274956/
While these human rights issues are
 national security will be. 

Al Qaeda is still a major threat—predictions of decline are premature and false

Sinai 13 (Joshua, JINSA Fellow, Washington, DC-based consultant on national security studies, focusing primarily on terrorism, counterterrorism, and homeland security, 3-11-13, and#34;Al Qaeda Threat to U.S. Not Diminished, Data Indicatesand#34; The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs) http://www.jinsa.org/fellowship-program/joshua-sinai/al-qaeda-threat-us-not-diminished-data-indicates~~23.UbaiWvmsiSo
Conventional wisdom holds that the
 catastrophic nature still ahead. 

Terrorists will obtain nuclear weapons—multiple potential sources

Neely 13 (Meggaen, research intern for the Project on Nuclear Issues, 3-21-13, and#34;Doubting Deterrence of Nuclear Terrorismand#34; Center for Strategic and International Studies) csis.org/blog/doubting-deterrence-nuclear-terrorism
The risk that terrorists
material with conventional explosives. 

Nuke terror causes extinction—equals a full-scale nuclear war

Owen B. Toon 7, chair of the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at CU-Boulder, et al., April 19, 2007, and#34;Atmospheric effects and societal consequences of regional scale nuclear conflicts and acts of individual nuclear terrorism,and#34; online: http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pdf/acp-7-1973-2007.pdf
To

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Heg: A2 “Alt Cause—Topshelf”

Russia deal helped Obama dodge the Silver Syria Bullet – saved legitimacy
American Thinker “Lavrov Helped Obama Dodge the Syrian Bullet” 9/10/13
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/09/lavrov_helped_obama_dodge_the_syrian_bullet.html

Any diplomatic initiative on Syria coming from Russia, whose UN votes have perpetuated Assad's
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conflict on terms dictated by Assad, Hezbollah, and/or Iran.

China Heg

U.S. engagement is key to global stability, peacefully managing China's rise
Jim Lacey, Professor, Strategic Studies, Marine Corps War College, "America Does Not Pivot," NATIONAL REVIEW, 11--23--11, www.nationalreview.com/articles/283676/america-does-not-pivot-jim-lacey, accessed 6-4-13.

One should keep in mind that a transfer of power in the Pacific from America
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past, the result has always cost us dearly in blood and treasure.

T-Restrict 

Restriction means a limit and includes conditions on action
CAA 8,COURT OF APPEALS OF ARIZONA, DIVISION ONE, DEPARTMENT A, STATE OF ARIZONA, Appellee, v. JEREMY RAY WAGNER, Appellant., 2008 Ariz. App. Unpub. LEXIS 613

P10 The term "restriction" is not defined by the Legislature for the purposes
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dictate that the term "restriction" includes the ignition interlock device limitation.

EU Soft Power DA: 2AC

US military power and leadership is key to solve climate change.
Maybee 08 (Sean C, US Navy commander, p. 98, http://www.ndu.edu/inss/Press/jfq_pages/i49.htm)

For the purpose of this essay, national security is defined as the need to
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policymakers to consider how environmental security will play a role in the future. 

EU soft power fails
Dirk Messner 07 “EU as Protagonist of Multilateralism,” March, www.fes.de/ipg/arc_07_d/01_07_d/pdf/03_A_Messner_GB.pdf

Four Weaknesses on the Way to Becoming a Cooperative World Power However, a number
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its global-gover-nance potential into an effective capacity to act.

Defer Add-On: Chemical Soldiers 2AC

Military is developing chemical soldiers
Parasidis 12 (Efthimios, Assistant Professor of Law, Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of Law, 2012, "Justice and Beneficence in Military Medicine and Research" Ohio State Law School, Lexis)

The United States military has a long and checkered history of experimental research involving human
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from the Internet, or communicate with other humans via thought alone. n12

Chemical soldiers cause extinction and destroy value to life
Deubel 13 (Paula, Professor Gabriel has held positions at the Brookings Institution, the Army Intelligence School, the Center for the Study of Intelligence at the CIA, and at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Department of Combat Psychiatry, in Washington. 3-25-13, "The Psychopath Wars: Soldiers of the Future?" Suite 101) suite101.com/article/the-psychopath-wars-soldiers-of-the-future-a366977 evidence is gender modified

According to Dr. Richard A. Gabriel in his fascinating book, No More
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a nightmare arsenal of terrible weapons advanced beyond the evolution of our morality.

Drone Shift DA: 2AC

Drone shift now, but plan still solves legitimacy
David Ignatius 10, Washington Post, "Our default is killing terrorists by drone attack. Do you care?", December 2, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/01/AR2010120104458.html

Every war brings its own deformations, but consider this disturbing fact about America's war
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seems so clean and antiseptic, but the moral issues are the same." 

There’s no tradeoff
Robert Chesney 11, Charles I. Francis Professor in Law at the UT School of Law as well as a non-resident Senior Fellow at Brookings, "Examining the Evidence of a Detention-Drone Strike Tradeoff", October 17, www.lawfareblog.com/2011/10/examining-the-evidence-of-a-detention-drone-strike-tradeoff/

Yesterday Jack linked to this piece by Noah Feldman, which among other things advances
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detention versus targeting, but something much more complex and difficult to measure.

Prosecuting terrorists solves drone shift
Craig Whitlock 13, Washington Post, "Renditions continue under Obama, despite due-process concerns", January 1, articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-01-01/world/36323571_1_obama-administration-interrogation-drone-strikes

The three European men with Somali roots were arrested on a murky pretext in August
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Renditions, though controversial and complex, represent one of the few alternatives.

End to strikes inevitable—backlash
Benjamin 13 (Medea, Co-Founder, CODEPINK: Women for Peace, 3-25-13, "Finally, the Backlash Against Drones Takes Flight" Huffington Post) www.huffingtonpost.com/medea-benjamin/finally-the-backlash-against-drones_b_2950601.html

Rand Paul's marathon 13-hour filibuster was not the end of the conversation on
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begin a process of taking drones out of the hands of the CIA.

Fem IR K: 2AC

Method doesn’t come first
Friedrich Kratochwil, Professor of International Relations, European University Institute, “Ten points to ponder about pragmatism: some critical reflections to knowledge generation in the social sciences,” PRAGMATISM IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, eds. Harry Bauer and Elisabetta Brighi, 2009, p. 12-13.

To that extent, the argument for a pluralism of methods and approaches follows from
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while being fully attentive lo their moorings in different descriptions of the world.

No gender bias in international relations actually exists—feminist criticism is based upon exaggerated mischaracterizations of realism and is riddled with contradictions
Murray, professor of politics at the University of Wales, 1997 (Alistair, Reconstructing Realism: Between Power Politics and Cosmopolitan Ethics, netlibrary)

Consequently, Tickner claims that feminist perspectives on national security take us beyond realism’s statist
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flawed critique, collapses in the face of the revelation of its inadequacy. 

IR feminism isn’t needed to address “the root cause” of global problems—realism achieves the same goals
Alastair J. H. Murray, Professor of Politics @ U of Wales, 1997 (Reconstructing Realism: Between Power Politics and Cosmopolitan Ethics) p. 192-193

Consequently, it is not surprising that the third strut of this new feminist epistemology
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a unified human standpoint which, with modifications, serves us reasonably well.

Turn—equating militarism and patriarchy assumes traditional gender roles and reinforces domination
Hooks 95 (Bell, English professor and senior lecturer in Ethnic Studies at the University of Southern California “Feminism and Militarism: A Comment” Women's Studies Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 3/4, Rethinking Women's Peace Studies (Fall - Winter, 1995), pp. 58-64) 

By equaling militarism and patriarchy, these feminists often structure their arguments in such a
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have been quite violent and militaristic in their support and maintenance of racism.                 

The feminist alternative inevitably results in the same practices it hopes to prevent, and fails to secure knowledge claims which could cause real change.
Aria Stern, researcher, department of peace and development research @ Gotberg University and Marysia Zalewski, director of centre for gender studies @ University of Aberdeen, 2009, “Feminist fatigue(s): Reflections on feminism and familiar fables of militarization”

n this section we clarify what we mean by the problem of sex/gender
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and preventing) conflict, or simply into hopeful scenarios for our students. 

Alt doesn’t solve – can’t destabilize existing hierarchies
Saloom JD UGA, 6Rachel, JD Univ of Georgia School of Law and M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from U of Chicago, Fall 2006, A Feminist Inquiry into International Law and International Relations, 12 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 159, Lexis

Because patriarchy is embedded within society, it is no surprise that the theory and
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question women's ability to speak up, challenge, and change the system.

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Solvency

Courts Solve: A2 “Congress Blocks Transfer”

Court order trumps Congress
Rosenberg 12 (Carol, 1-9-12, "Congress, rules keep Obama from closing Guantanamo Bay" The Miami Herald) www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/01/09/135179/congress-rule-keep-obama-from.html#.UjXQNcasiSo

But Congress has made it nearly impossible to transfer captives anywhere. Legislation passed since Obama took office has created a series of roadblocks that mean that only a federal court order or a national security waiver issued by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta could trump Congress and permit the release of a detainee to another country.

Court decisions are enforced

Heg

Hegemony prevents US-Russia war.
Robert Kagan, senior associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, "End of Dreams, Return of History," POLICY REVIEW, 7--17--07, www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/8552512.html

In Europe, too, the departure of the United States from the scene —
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which could in turn draw the United States back in under unfavorable circumstances. 

Drone da

China

Drones increasing – China
Wong 9/20 (Edward, 9/20/13, “Hacking U.S. Secrets, China Pushes for Drones”, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/21/world/asia/hacking-us-secrets-china-pushes-for-drones.html?pagewanted=all#h, zzx)

“I believe this is the largest campaign we’ve seen that has been focused on
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a 2012 report by the Defense Science Board, a Pentagon advisory committee.

Drones increasing

Drones increasing and inevitable
Chow 10/3 (Eugene, Former Executive Editor, Homeland Security NewsWire, 10/3/13, “The Next Generation of Drone Warfare Is Here”, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eugene-k-chow/the-next-generation-of-dr_b_4030384.html, zzx)

While the Air Force may insist that it has no plans to use these drones
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a matter of time before these advanced fighter jet drones dominate the skies.

Drones increasing – shutdown didn’t stop
Mackey 10/1 (Robert, NYT, 10/1/13, “Drones Are Flying, Despite U.S. Shutdown”, http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/drones-are-flying-despite-u-s-shutdown/, zzx)

As the United States government ground to a halt on Tuesday, there were plenty
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“Ongoing military operations — like our efforts in Afghanistan — will continue.”