Tournament: Westpoint | Round: 2 | Opponent: Binghamton Kurihara-Smith | Judge: Paqueo

Plan

The United States Federal Government should repeal section 2008 of the American Service-Members’ Protection Act.

Solvency

Section 2008 of ASPA authorizes presidential use of armed forces against the ICC

Langbroek 9 – Philip M., Managing Editor
~August, http://www.iaca.ws/files/LWB-ManagingEditor.pdf~~ ap
Section 2008 of ASPA authorizes the President to use "all means necessary and appropriate
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Scheveningen prison near The Hague to face prosecution before the International Criminal Court.

ICC has never charged US officials and has bipartisan support – Congress should modify ASPA

Bellinger 12 – John B., partner with Arnold 26 Porter LLP and an adjunct senior fellow in international and national security law at the Council on Foreign Relations
~June 21, http://www.washingtonpost.com/congress-should-review-policies-toward-war-crimes-court/2012/06/21/gJQAN9RgtV_story_1.html~~ ap
The court has proved less threatening to U.S. personnel and interests than
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in cases where justice for international atrocities cannot be achieved through other means.

US and ICC are in a lovefest – ICC ties have bipartisan support

Kaye 4/16 – David, Foreign Affairs
~April 16, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139170/david-kaye/americas-honeymoon-with-the-icc~~ ap
Earlier this month, the Brookings Institution hosted what would have been unthinkable a decade
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of congressional Democrats and Republicans, including the prominent Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.

Advantage 1 is Relations

ASPA hurts Dutch and international relations – repeal key

Ames 9 – Ashley, IDS
~October 26, http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=7135326search=states26section=search~~ ap
Moreover, the American Service-Members Protection Act still stands on the books.
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repealing the American Service-Members Protection Act and signing the Rome Statute.

Dutch leadership key to Caribbean stability – US influence key

theguardian.com 10
~December 15, http://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/38987~~ ap
- Venezuela: The Dutch have strategic interests in the Caribbean (i.e
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efforts more actively would give us a reliable European partner in the region.

Caribbean on brink of collapse

Shabazz 4/2 – Saeed, Staff Writer
~April 2, http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/World_News_3/article_9718.shtml~~ ap
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - The 15-member Community of Caribbean
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in Trinidad, in an e-mail message to The Final Call.

Caribbean instability causes global war

Griffith 2k – Ivelaw L., professor of political science and dean of the honors college at Florida International University
~Autumn, "U.S. Strategic Interests in Caribbean Security", JFQ: Joint Force Quarterly, Issue 26~
The strategic importance of the Caribbean is found in its resources, sea lanes,
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area that represents a global crossroads and an essential element for regional stability.

ASPA prevents other countries from joining ICC

CICC 6 – Coalition for the International Criminal Court
~http://www.coalitionfortheicc.org/?mod=aspa~~ ap
The first legislation adopted by the US Congress, in August 2002, is known
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world to conclude bilateral immunity agreements – or otherwise lose essential US military assistance

Divisions over ICC threaten US-EU relations

Lauria 2 – Joe, Globe Correspondent
~June 13, http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7777868.html~~ ap
UNITED NATIONS - Divisions between the United States and some of its European allies flared
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exemption from arrest or trial for US peacekeepers before the International Criminal Court.

EU relations prevent devastating bioterror attacks.

Hamilton 3 – Daniel, Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University
~June 11, Future of Transatlantic Relations, FDCH Congressional Testimony, Lexis~
It is unlikely that a successful effort to strengthen homeland security can be conducted in
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preparedness, each side of the Atlantic is at greater risk of attack.

Recent technology advances make bioweapons dangerous

Garrett 11 – Laurie Garrett is senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, recipient of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of the Ebola epidemic in what was then Zaire, and author of I Heard the Sirens Scream: How Americans Responded to the 9/11 and Anthrax Attacks
~12/15, "The Bioterrorist Next Door". http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/12/14/the_bioterrorist_next_door?page=0,0~gw
In September, an amiable Dutchman stepped up to the podium at a scientific meeting
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post-2001 anthrax-inspired proliferation of high-security biological laboratories? 

Bioweapons cause extinction

Singer 1 – Clifford, professor of nuclear engineering and director of the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security
~http://www.acdis.uiuc.edu/research/S26Ps/2001-Sp/S26P_XIII/Singer.htm~~cn
There are, however, two technologies currently under development that may pose a more
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connected human family may be in question when and if this is achieved.

Advantage 2 is International

ICC on verge of collapse – US motives suspect

Peskin 26 Stover 9/23 – Victor, associate professor at the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University 26 Eric, faculty director of the Human Rights Centre, UC Berkeley School of Law
~September 23, http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/icc-is-being-seen-as-an-anti-african-tribunal-1.1234614~~ ap
The Kenyan parliament’s recent vote to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC)
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the opportunity to question American motives at this critical juncture in Kenya’s history.

Cross-apply CICC 6 from the Relations advantage. ASPA prevents other countries from joining the ICC.

US actions violate international law and lead to planetary destruction

Robles 9/21 – John, The Voice of Russia
~September 21, http://voiceofrussia.com/2013_09_21/Morales-to-file-crimes-against-humanity-charges-at-ICC-against-US-5492/~~ ap
After watching the United States first deny visas to the Venezuelan delegation to the United
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end and the cancer has to be cut out to save the patient.

Repeal key to ICC effectiveness

Langbroek 9 – Philip M., Managing Editor
~August, http://www.iaca.ws/files/LWB-ManagingEditor.pdf~~ ap
Section 2008 of ASPA authorizes the President to use "all means necessary and appropriate
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to date, only Africans have been actively pursued by the ICC Prosecutor.

The ICC is the best solution for international crimes because it has global jurisdiction as opposed to limited.

Barrett 99 – Matthew A., J.D. 2000, University of Georgia
~Fall, Copyright (c) 1999 by The Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Inc. The Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 28 Ga. J. Int’l 26 Comp. L. 83, Ratify or Reject: Examining the United States’ Opposition to the International Criminal Court~
The ICC addresses both a need and a desire to establish an enduring forum for
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associated with setting up ad hoc tribunals only for specific geographical areas. n67

International law is key to international cooperation to manage all global problems

Damrosch 26 Mullerson 95 – Professor of Law, Columbia 26 Mullerson, Professor of International Law, King’s
~Beyond Confrontation, International Law for the Post Cold War Era, p. 2 – 3~
I. Pressures on International Law: Demands Placed on It and Obstacles to Its
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with the U.N. Charter and other norms of international law.