Tournament: Peninsula | Round: 2 | Opponent: marlborough zg | Judge: sam gustavson
Interp – Unjust refers to a negative action – it means contrary.
Black Laws No Date "What is Unjust?" https://thelawdictionary.org/unjust/ Elmer
Contrary to right and justice, or to the enjoyment of his rights by another, or to the standards of conduct furnished by the laws.
Violation – The Aff is a positive action – it creates a new concept for Space i.e. the treating of Space as a “Global Commons”.
Standards –
- Limits – making the topic bi-directional explodes predictability – it means that Aff’s can both increase non-exist property regimes in space AND decrease appropriation by private actors – makes the topic untenable.
2. Ground – wrecks Neg Generics – we can’t say appropriation good since the 1AC can create new views on Outer Space Property Rights that circumvent our Links since they can say “Global Commons” approach solves.
Independently - the Plan is both Extra-T - since it establishes a new property rights regime AND Effects-T - since the Global Commons ISNT INTRINSICALLY a reduction on Private Property in Space, it involves actions like creating a governance system AND redistribution/cooperation which is the I/L to their Colonialism Advantage - both of which are voters for Limits and Predictability
TVA – just defend this as an advantage to the whole res or say that space appropriation is bad.
No RVIs: a. Chills theory – If people know they might lose for reading theory, it will disincentivize them. b. You don’t get to win by being fair. c. Theory Baiting – good theory debaters will bait people into reading theory against certain cases. T link turns 1AR theory – proves the aff forced me to be abusive
Use competing interpretations: a. Reasonability causes a race to the bottom with testing the limit of it b. Judge intervention shouldn’t be allowed bc it produces bias c. Uniquely, use competing interps on T – you can’t be reasonably topical
Drop the debater: for being abusive – we can’t restart the round from the 1AC and I’m skewed for the rest of the debate.