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Democracy Drones 1ACTournament: SFSU | Round: 5 | Opponent: San Francisco State Andrade-Pricert | Judge: Moore ADV 1: Democratic DeliberationToday’s security apparatus views the public as incapable of making decisions about self-defense. This has created a legitimacy deficit that prevents public from calling for transparency or challenging executive security decisions.Rana 12 Aziz Assistant Professor of Law, Cornell University Law School; A.B., Harvard College; J.D., Yale Law School; PhD., Harvard University. Connecticut Law Review July, 2012 44 Conn. L. Rev. 1417 COMMENTARY: NATIONAL SECURITY: LEAD ARTICLE: Who Decides on Security?, lexis Despite over six decades of reform initiatives, the overwhelming drift of security arrangements in The executive’s use of the state secrets privilege assumes judges don’t have the expertise to decide issues of national security.Chehab 11 Ahmad Georgetown University Law Center Spring, 2011 Wayne Law Review 57 Wayne L. Rev. 335 THE BUSH AND OBAMA ADMINISTRATIONS' INVOCATION OF THE STATE SECRET PRIVILEGE IN NATIONAL SECURITY LITIGATION: A PROPOSAL FOR ROBUST JUDICIAL REVIEW, lexis Part IV proposes several possible methods of examining the reliability and merit of SSP usage The result is massive judicial deference to the executive, which deprives the public of the opportunity to deliberate on critical war-making questions and cedes decision-making to the political elite.Rana 12 Aziz Assistant Professor of Law, Cornell University Law School; A.B., Harvard College; J.D., Yale Law School; PhD., Harvard University. Connecticut Law Review July, 2012 44 Conn. L. Rev. 1417 COMMENTARY: NATIONAL SECURITY: LEAD ARTICLE: Who Decides on Security?, lexis At present, Frankfurter's vision of constitutional flexibility and his faith in security expertise have A vibrant public sphere is ONLY WAY to check gross forms of national security utilitarianismWilliams 8 *Daniel R, Associate Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law. The classic Frankfurt School diagnosis of American culture is grim and pessimistic. Jurgen Habermas Self-imposed exile and fear of the public sphere is pushing us to the brink of annihilationWilliams 8 *Daniel R, Associate Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law. B. The Underbelly of the Enlightenment Heritage - the Weberian Nightmare What has heretofore We need a sustained public debate about the validity of secrecy to challenge the assumptions about security decisions and expertise.Rana 12 Aziz Assistant Professor of Law, Cornell University Law School; A.B., Harvard College; J.D., Yale Law School; PhD., Harvard University. Connecticut Law Review July, 2012 44 Conn. L. Rev. 1417 COMMENTARY: NATIONAL SECURITY: LEAD ARTICLE: Who Decides on Security?, lexis If the objective sociological claims at the center of the modern security concept are themselves Public debate is key to transform political culture.Giroux 13 Henry A. | currently holds the Global TV Network Chair Professorship at McMaster University in the English and Cultural Studies Department and a Distinguished Visiting Professorship at Ryerson University. The Shooting Gallery: Obama and the Vanishing Point of Democracy, Truthout, 2-12 At a time in history when American society is overtly subject to the quasi militarization ADV 2: Targeted KillingPublic debate about drone policy is on the rise. Obama’s latest attempts at transparency are REACTIONS to the public debate. The administration is on the defensive and looking for ways to justify its policiesHerb and Sink 13 Jeremy Herb and Justin Sink 03/08/13 (The Hill, Obama Faces Turning Point on Drone Policy) The public address by Obama highlights the administration’s understanding that it needs to give a Obama proposed a drone court to Congress to increase transparency.The Guardian 13 “Obama drone oversight proposal prompts concern over 'kill courts'” May 24 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/24/obama-drone-vetting-kill-courts Proposals to vet future US drone strikes risk creating "kill courts" according to Ex Ante review would provide a veil of legitimacy while rubber-stamping the administration’s expansion of its campaign of global terrorVladeck 13 Steve Vladeck 02/10/13 (Professor of Law and the Associate Dean for Scholarship at American University Washington College of Law. His teaching and research focus on federal jurisdiction, constitutional law, national security law, and international criminal law. “Why a “Drone Court” Won’t Work–But (Nominal) Damages Might...”, LawFare, from a conference hosted by Columbia Law School on targeted killings.) That brings me to perhaps the biggest problem we should all have with a “ Drone strikes cause thousands of civilian deaths and do psychological violence to those who must constantly live with the threat of a strike.Stanford Human Rights Clinic 12 “Living Under Drones Death, Injury, and Trauma to Civilians From US Drone Practices in Pakistan” Stanford International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic (IHRCRC) and Global Justice Clinic (GJC) at NYU School of Law September http://livingunderdrones.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Stanford-NYU-LIVING-UNDER-DRONES.pdf First, while civilian casualties are rarely acknowledged by the US government, there is PlanThe United States Congress should create a statutory cause of action for damages for those unlawfully injured by targeted killing operations or their heirs that overrides the state secrets and official immunity doctrine and replaces them with carefully considered procedures for balancing the secrecy concerns.SolvencyThe plan overcomes current legal barriers to judicial review.Vladeck 13 Steve Vladeck 02/10/13 (Professor of Law and the Associate Dean for Scholarship at American University Washington College of Law. His teaching and research focus on federal jurisdiction, constitutional law, national security law, and international criminal law. “Why a “Drone Court” Won’t Work–But (Nominal) Damages Might...”, LawFare, from a conference hosted by Columbia Law School on targeted killings.) At first blush, it may seem like many of these issues would be equally Law suits are a visible platform to spur public debates about human rights and generate media attention about executive secrecy.Wexler 13 Lesley Wexler Professor of Law and Thomas A. Mengler Faculty Scholar, University of Illinois College of Law “The Role of the Judicial Branch during the Long War: Drone Courts, Damage Suits, and FOIA Requests” May 8 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2262412 This chapter suggests the judiciary may play an important role in the debate over the Mobilizing civil society organizations is the most effective way to retrain executive power.Cole 11 David, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center. Where Liberty Lies: Civil Society and Individual Rights After 9/11 Wayne Law Review, Winter, 57 Wayne L. Rev. 1203, lexis The force of ordinary electoral politics also cannot account for the shift in U. The aff advances a broader movement for more transparency and public accountability in war-making- we need to bring the debate to the publicWexler 13 Lesley Wexler Professor of Law and Thomas A. Mengler Faculty Scholar, University of Illinois College of Law “The Role of the Judicial Branch during the Long War: Drone Courts, Damage Suits, and FOIA Requests” May 8 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2262412 When the executive branch began deploying drones to engage in targeted killings, the public Courts are rallying pointCole 11 David, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center. Where Liberty Lies: Civil Society and Individual Rights After 9/11 Wayne Law Review, Winter, 57 Wayne L. Rev. 1203, lexis Learned Hand's assertion that as long as "liberty lies in the hearts of men Bivens innovations spillover – executives will try to demonstrate that they’re making improvements in other areasMargulies 10 * Peter, Professor of Law, Roger Williams University. Judging Myopia in Hindsight: Bivens Actions, National Security Decisions, and the Rule of Law, 96 IOWA L. REV. 195 A carefully crafted damages remedy restrains official myopia and thereby curbs this counterproductive cycle. Civil society organizations write the dominant narrative that influences court and executive decisionCole 11 David, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center. Where Liberty Lies: Civil Society and Individual Rights After 9/11 Wayne Law Review, Winter, 57 Wayne L. Rev. 1203, lexis Like the popular constitutionalists, Joseph Margulies and Hope Metcalf criticize post-9/ Courts are critical to de-normalize the Jack Bauer syndromeDelmas 6, Candice, Pf Philosophy, Georgia State University, "Liberalism and the Worst-Result Principle: Preventing Tyranny, Protecting Civil Liberty" Philosophy Theses. Paper 14. If Endo can be seen as typical of effective judicial review, Hirabayashi and Korematsu | 9/29/13 |
Detention 1ACTournament: SFSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: Sacramento State Garcia-McDonnell | Judge: Brownlow Plan: The United States federal government should create a domestic terror court to resolve the legal status of persons detained in an Active Theater of War and apply the Geneva Conventions to persons detained in an Active Theater of War.Advantage 1 is Terrorism –The risk of a nuclear terrorist attack high.Sturdee, AFP, 7-1 Simon, “UN atomic agency sounds warning on 'nuclear terrorism'”, Fox News, 7-1-13, That breaks the nuclear taboo – leads to nuclear war.Bin ‘9 (5-22-09 About the Authors Prof. Li ExtinctionAyson 10 (Robert, Professor of Strategic Studies, Director of Strategic Studies: New Zealand, Senior Research Associate with Oxford’s Centre for International Studies. “After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Volume 33, Issue 7, July 2010, pages 571-593) Comparative studies prove that detention only increase terrorism. We’ll isolate 3 internal links –Scenario 1 is Resentment –Current trial process breeds distrust with local populations and causes resentment – that kills effective counter-terror operationsHathaway Et. Al, 2013, (Oona Hathaway is the Gerard C. Cooperation increases legitimacy of US action and solves the root cause of terrorism – comparatively outweighs military responsesPicco et. Al, 6 – (Giandomenico Picco Chairman and Chief Executive, Graham E. Fuller Adjunct Professor of History, Simon Fraser University, Alistair Millar Director, Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, Robert Trager Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California Los Angeles, Dessislava P. Zagorcheva Ph.D. Candidate, Columbia University, Panel Discussion with Stanley Foundation, “Effective Counterterrorism in a Globalized World: Empirics prove – backlash from local populations over detention increases the threat of terrorism.Tyler, et al, ’10 Tom (Macklin Fleming Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology at Yale Law School); Stephen Schulhofer (Robert B. McKay Professor of Law at New York University School of Law); and Aziz Z. Huq (Assistant Professor of Law and Herbert and Marjorie Fried Teaching Scholar at the University of Chicago School of Law), “Legitimacy and Deterrence Effects in¶ Counterterrorism Policing: A Study of Muslim¶ Americans”, Law and Society Review, RSR Scenario 2 is Intelligence –Detention destroys intel sharing with EuropeHathaway, et al, ’13 Oona (Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith European intelligence cooperation is key to create a global framework to solve terrorism.Pleschinger, 11 – (Stefanie, graduate of the International Relations Masters program at Yale University, “Allied Against Terror: Scenario 3 is Extradition –Allies won’t extradite terror suspects to the US over due process concerns – destroys intel gathering and causes suspects to be released – plan is keyKris, 2011 (David, Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the U.S. Department of Justice from March 2009 to March 2011 “Law Enforcement as a Counter Terrorism Tool” 6/15/2011 acc at http://jnslp.com//wp-content/uploads/2011/06/01_David-Kris.pdf Advantage 2 is Credibility –Current handling of trials threatens to destroy the transatlantic alliance – specifically harms military cooperation with Germany and Britain.Parker ‘12 Tom Parker, formerly policy director for Terrorism, Counterterrorism and Human Rights at Amnesty International USA. He is also a former officer in the British Security Service, “U.S. Tactics Threaten NATO” 9-17-12, http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/us-tactics-threaten-nato-7461, 8-03-13 Lack of trials destroys US credibility the MOST – legitimacy is key because terrorism is not a conventional threatWelsh ’11 David Welsh, J.D. from the University of Utah. He is currently a doctoral student in the Eller School of Business at the University of Arizona where his research focuses on organizational fairness and ethics, “Procedural Justice Post-9/11: The Effects of Procedurally Unfair Treatment of Detainees on Perceptions of Global Legitimacy”, 9 U.N.H. L. Rev. 261, March 2011, Lexis Legislation is key to persuade allies – AUMF provesChesney et al 13 Robert Chesney, American lawyer and Professor of Law at Texas School of Law, Jack Goldsmith, Matthew Waxman, Benjamin Wittes, Real Clear Politics, 2-25, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/25/is_the_war_on_terror_lawful_117146.html Britain and Germany are critical to NATO’s success and American engagementAronsson and Keller, 2012 (Lisa is a Transatlantic Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute and Patrick is a coordinator at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, “British-German Defense Co-Operation in NATO” May 2012. Konrad Adenauer Stiftunt, RUSI Institute. Web, Acc at http://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/OP_201205_Aronsson_and_Keller.pdf First impact is soft power –Transatlantic cohesion is key to solve multiple nuclear threatsBrzezinski ‘9 former U.S. National Security Adviser, 09 (Zbigniew, “An Agenda for NATO” Toward a Global Security Web September/October 2009), Second impact is hard power –Legitimacy makes deterrence effectiveWelsh ’11 David Welsh, J.D. from the University of Utah. He is currently a doctoral student in the Eller School of Business at the University of Arizona where his research focuses on organizational fairness and ethics, “Procedural Justice Post-9/11: The Effects of Procedurally Unfair Treatment of Detainees on Perceptions of Global Legitimacy”, 9 U.N.H. L. Rev. 261, March 2011, Lexis Only leadership through legitimacy cements the right kind of US power and creates world peace- the alternative is mass chaos and apolarityKromah ’09 Lamii Moivi Kromah, Dept IR University of the Witwatersrand, February 2009, “The Institutional Nature of U.S. Hegemony: Post 9/11,” http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10539/7301/MARR2009.pdf No impact turns---hegemonic decline emboldens rising power and challengers---US intervention is inevitable, only a question of effectiveness.Stuart Gottlieb 12 is an Adjunct Professor of International Affairs and Public Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, where he is also an affiliate of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. He worked as a foreign policy adviser and speechwriter to two senior Democratic senators and has worked on presidential campaigns for both Democratic and Republican candidates. “What if U.S. stops policing the world?” September 19, 2012, http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/18/opinion/gottlieb-us-retrenchment/index.html, Accessed Date: 4-19-13 y2k Contention 2 is SolvencyThe US Court of Appeals decision in Al Maqeleh v. Gates created a legal black hole for detainees in an “active theater of war,” barring them from habeas protections under the Geneva ConventionsNikkel 12, 2012, J.D. Candidate, 2012, William S. Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas; B.A., 2009, University of Nevada, Reno. Nevada Law Journal. Spring 2012. The Author would like to thank Professor Christopher L. Blakesley, Professor Terrill Pollman, and the Nevada Law Journal staff for helping with the research and writing of this Note.) Web, Lexis Nexis. This decision left executive power open ended to detain without due processNikkel 12, 2012, J.D. Candidate, 2012, William S. Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas; B.A., 2009, University of Nevada, Reno. Nevada Law Journal. Spring 2012. The Author would like to thank Professor Christopher L. Blakesley, Professor Terrill Pollman, and the Nevada Law Journal staff for helping with the research and writing of this Note.) Web, Lexis Nexis. Obama’s speech has called on Congress to remove restrictions on detainmentJosh Rogin 13, senior correspondent for national security and politics for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, May 23, 2013, “How Obama Bungled the Guantánamo Closing” http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/23/how-obama-bungled-the-guantanamo-closing.html Revisiting Geneva is necessary – it’s modeled.De Nevers, 2006 (Renee is an assistant professor of public administration at the Maxwell School at Syracure Univeristy. “Modernizing the Geneva Conventions.” The Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.” The Washington Quarterly. http://www.supportgenevaconventions.org/library/modernizing_the_geneva_conventions.pdf) Terror courts are key – separates powers.Pariseault, 2005 (John is a JD Candidate at the university of California, Hastings College of the Law. “Applying the Rule of Law in the War on Terror: An Examination of Guantanamo Bya Through the Lens of the US Constitution and the Geneva Congentions” Spring 2005. 28 Hastings Int’l and Comp. L. Rev. 481) Incorporating procedural justice into a Domestic Terror Court is key- treatment of each individual detainee influences perception of the United States.David Welsh, J.D. from the University of Utah. He is currently a doctoral student in the Eller School of Business at the University of Arizona where his research focuses on organizational fairness and ethics, “Procedural Justice Post-9/11: The Effects of Procedurally Unfair Treatment of Detainees on Perceptions of Global Legitimacy”, 9 U.N.H. L. Rev. 261, March 2011, Lexis All branches are key – allowing one branch to dominate skews the process and destroys solvency.David Welsh, J.D. from the University of Utah. He is currently a doctoral student in the Eller School of Business at the University of Arizona where his research focuses on organizational fairness and ethics, “Procedural Justice Post-9/11: The Effects of Procedurally Unfair Treatment of Detainees on Perceptions of Global Legitimacy”, 9 U.N.H. L. Rev. 261, March 2011, Lexis The legislative process increases public awareness and debate which is key to resolving the contentious nature of Obama’s demands- even if stakeholders don’t agree with the proposal, the aff’s process ensures embrace, not backlash.Sillivana, 2009 (Assistant Professor of Law, Paul M. Herbert Law Center, Louisiana State University.“Lincoln’s Constitutionalism in Time of War: Lessons for the War on Terror?” Article: “INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DOMESTIC LEGITIMACY: REMARKS PREPARED FOR LINCOLN’S CONSTITUTIONALISM IN TIME OF WAR: LESSONS FOR THE CURRENT WAR ON TERROR? Chapman Law Review. Spring 2009. Web, Acc 8/14/2013 at http://www.chapmanlawreview.com/?p=1514) It’s a sequencing question- Congressional action to affirm international law provides the proper framework for legitimate executive action. Gitmo proves structural limitations are a prerequisite to executive action.Sillivana, 2009 (Assistant Professor of Law, Paul M. Herbert Law Center, Louisiana State University.“Lincoln’s Constitutionalism in Time of War: Lessons for the War on Terror?” Article: “INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DOMESTIC LEGITIMACY: REMARKS PREPARED FOR LINCOLN’S CONSTITUTIONALISM IN TIME OF WAR: LESSONS FOR THE CURRENT WAR ON TERROR? Chapman Law Review. Spring 2009. Web, Acc 8/14/2013 at http://www.chapmanlawreview.com/?p=1514) | 9/29/13 |
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