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| California Invitational Berkeley Debate | 4 | Westwood AP | LINDSAY VAN LUVANEE |
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| California Invitational Berkeley Debate | 6 | Marlborough MS | Tyler, Calvin |
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| Emory | 6 | Strath Haven AM | Girouard, Mike |
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| Golden Desert Debate | 2 | Strake Jesuit JS | Vanessa Nguyen |
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| California Invitational Berkeley Debate | 2 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake JH | Judge: GERARD GRIGSBY 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| California Invitational Berkeley Debate | 4 | Opponent: Westwood AP | Judge: LINDSAY VAN LUVANEE 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| California Invitational Berkeley Debate | 6 | Opponent: Marlborough MS | Judge: Tyler, Calvin 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Emory | 6 | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Girouard, Mike 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Emory | 2 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JS | Judge: Alex Berry 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Golden Desert Debate | 2 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JS | Judge: Vanessa Nguyen 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Greenhill | 2 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit ZD | Judge: Andres Rosero 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Greenhill | 4 | Opponent: Dougherty Valley AR | Judge: Andre Halverson 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Greenhill | 6 | Opponent: Harker DV | Judge: Tej Gedela 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Loyola | 2 | Opponent: LNU PD | Judge: Ben Cortez 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Loyola | 3 | Opponent: Scripps Ranch AS | Judge: Sreyaash Das 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Loyola | 5 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart RR | Judge: Tej Gedela 1AC CRISPR 1NC 2NR |
| Mineapple | 2 | Opponent: Northview MS | Judge: Jacob Nails 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Mineapple | 3 | Opponent: Prospect ST | Judge: Lukas Krause 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Newark | 4 | Opponent: Lexington JB | Judge: Nathan Frenkel 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Newark | 4 | Opponent: Scarsdale OL | Judge: Smith, Elijah 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Newark | 5 | Opponent: Ridge MS | Judge: Ajayi, Victoria 1AC 1NC 2NR |
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CP -- BWCTournament: Loyola | Round: 2 | Opponent: LNU PD | Judge: Ben Cortez CP – States should comply with the biological weapons convention | 9/4/21 |
CP -- ChinaTournament: Loyola | Round: 5 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart RR | Judge: Tej Gedela CP: The People's Republic of China should cede all patent rights over genomic medicines. | 9/18/21 |
CP -- CleanupTournament: Emory | Round: 6 | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Girouard, Mike 1nc – CPStates should:Remove the most volatile and largest Debris pieces from the most congested orbitsMandate UN guidelines on space debris mitigationCollaborate on techniques to track and display the location of objects in real time and AI to automate debris-avoidance maneuversIndefinitely stall deployment of low earth orbit ASAT's.That solves satellites, miscalc, Kessler, and debris collisionsNature 8/11 ~(Nature Editorial Board, peer-reviewed, comprises experimental scientists and data-standards experts from across different fields of science) "The world must cooperate to avoid a catastrophic space collision," Nature, 8/11/2021~ JL Removing the largest debris and implementing UN mandates solves – lack of clarity is the problemKhlystov 18 Nikolai Khlystov Lead, Space, and lead, Global Future Council on Space, World Economic Forum. 3 April, 2018 "We have a space debris problem Here's how to solve it" We have a space debris problem. Here's how to solve it | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) Accessed 12-19 gord0 | 1/29/22 |
CP -- NATOTournament: Emory | Round: 6 | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Girouard, Mike NC – CPStates should enter into a prior and binding consultation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization over a proposal to ban the appropriation of outer space by private entities for private space tourism. States will support the proposal and adopt the results of consultation.NATO says yes – appropriation is bad, and NATO is uniquely defensive and cooperative with I-Law.Peace In Space 21 Peace In Space. March 25, 2021. "NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg: no weapons In space" NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg: no weapons In space – Peace In Space Accessed 12-9 gord0 Consultation over space strengthens NATO legitimacy and operations – communication, positioning, missile warning and counter space opsLouisa Remuss 10 Nina-Louisa Remuss holds a M. Litt, in International Security Studies from the University of St. Andrews and a B.A. in European Studies from the University of Maastricht. October, 2010. "NATO and Space: Why is Space Relevant for NATO?" NATO and Space: Why is Space Relevant for NATO? (ethz.ch) Page 2-3 Accessed 12-9 gord0 NATO is a force multiplier – solves a slew of existential threatsBurns 18 Nicholas Burns 7-11-2018 "What America Gets Out of NATO" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/opinion/what-america-gets-out-of-nato.html (former under-secretary of state and ambassador to NATO and teaches diplomacy and international relations at Harvard)Elmer | 1/29/22 |
CP -- Open LicensingTournament: Loyola | Round: 5 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart RR | Judge: Tej Gedela CP: States except the United States and Saudi Arabia should adopt open licensing policy for genomic medicines. | 9/18/21 |
CP -- Orphan DrugsTournament: Loyola | Round: 5 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart RR | Judge: Tej Gedela Text: the member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce IP protections for genomic medicines except provide incentives for orphan drugs.Only exclusive patent protection rights paired with incentives can solve malaria, leprosy, and initially rare diseases. Grabowski 02Henry Grabowski, Patents, Innovation and Access to New Pharmaceuticals, Journal of International Economic Law, Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2002, Pages 849–860, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/5.4.849 Orphan drug targeting has prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths and is k2 combating HIV mortality. Lichtenberg 01Lichtenberg, Frank R. "The effect of new drugs on mortality from rare diseases and HIV." (2001). https://www.nber.org/papers/w8677 | 9/18/21 |
CP -- P3Tournament: California Invitational Berkeley Debate | Round: 4 | Opponent: Westwood AP | Judge: LINDSAY VAN LUVANEE CP: For States should all space commercial space stations that replace the International Space Station, States should establish regulatory regimes that mandateinternational cooperation and intergovernmental agreementsfour memoranda of understanding between other cooperating space agenciesbilateral implementing arrangements between space agencies | 2/20/22 |
CP -- RegulationTournament: Newark | Round: 5 | Opponent: Ridge MS | Judge: Ajayi, Victoria 1NC – CPPlan: States ought toban the use of systems that redirect near-earth objectsdeploy a debris removal system removing small and large objects and the debris of other nations upon their requestestablish a 25 year maximum lifetime limit after which space objects should be re-entered in the atmosphereSolves debris and avoids miscalcprevents encroachment – all states remove their own things AND | 1/28/22 |
CP -- RegulationTournament: California Invitational Berkeley Debate | Round: 6 | Opponent: Marlborough MS | Judge: Tyler, Calvin States should:Provide a legal framework to distribute space resources democraticallyRemove the most volatile and largest Debris pieces from the most congested orbitsMandate UN guidelines on space debris mitigation====First plank establishes a legal framework for a global commons which the last card in Advantage 2 says is necessary for solvency.==== 2'nd and 3'rd planks solve DebrisKhlystov 18 Nikolai Khlystov Lead, Space, and lead, Global Future Council on Space, World Economic Forum. 3 April, 2018 "We have a space debris problem Here's how to solve it" We have a space debris problem. Here's how to solve it | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) Accessed 12-19 gord0 | 2/20/22 |
CP -- Royalty RatesTournament: Loyola | Round: 2 | Opponent: LNU PD | Judge: Ben Cortez CP Text: Vaccine developers should enter into binding contractual agreements with generic producers to ensure the quality of generic products and establish royalty rates on generic sales. The member nations of the WTO should publicly declare their support of legitimate compulsory licensees in the cases where voluntary requests have been ignored.SolvesSilverman 3/15 ~Rachel Silverman is a policy fellow at the Center for Global Development where she leads policy-oriented research on global health financing and incentive structures. Silverman's current research focuses on the practical application of results-based financing; global health transitions; efficient global health procurement; innovation models for global health; priority-setting for UHC; alignment and impact in international funding for family planning; and strategies to strengthen evidence and accountability. BA with distinction in international relations and economics from Stanford University.) "Waiving vaccine patents won't help inoculate poorer nations" Washington Post, PostEverything Perspective, https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/03/15/vaccine-coronavirus-patents-waive-global-equity/~~ RM | 9/4/21 |
CP -- Vaccine DiplomacyTournament: Greenhill | Round: 4 | Opponent: Dougherty Valley AR | Judge: Andre Halverson Text: The People's Republic of China should offer Chinese developed vaccines and medical technology related to COVID-19 to the world for freeThe CP massively ramps up Chinese "vaccine diplomacy" which solves the caseJuecheng and Yuwei 8-13-21 Successful vaccine diplomacy is key to overall Chinese Soft PowerHuang, PhD, 3-11-21 Chinese leadership stops global secessionist conflictGriffiths 16 - Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney (Ryan, States, Nations, and Territorial Stability: Why Chinese Hegemony Would Be Better for International Order, Security Studies, 25:3, 519-545, DOI: 10.1080/09636412.2016.1195628) | 9/18/21 |
CP -- Workplace diversityTournament: Loyola | Round: 3 | Opponent: Scripps Ranch AS | Judge: Sreyaash Das CP: States should mandate companies substantially increase workplace diversity | 9/4/21 |
DA -- BioterrorTournament: Loyola | Round: 2 | Opponent: LNU PD | Judge: Ben Cortez Biotech is the new frontier; America is ahead but China is dangerously closeGupta 6/11 ~Gaurav Gupta, Biotech Investor, Founder of Ascendant BioCapital, a life science investment firm based in New York. Previously, Gaurav worked at OrbiMed Advisors, and served as a resident in neurological surgery at Columbia University Medical Center. He has co-authored over a dozen articles in peer-reviewed journals, filed a patent on a device for use in spine surgery, and edited a book on the technical and ethical implications of using tissue engineered products in the operating room. Dr. Gupta obtained his M.D. from the Stanford University School of Medicine, where he was a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow, and B.S. and M.S.E. in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University, where he was a Charles R. Westgate Scholar.) "As Washington Ties Pharma's Hands, China Is Leaping Ahead" Barron's Magazine: Commentary, China., 6/11/2021~ RM The plan recapitulates IP to China, destroying competitive advantagesWSJ 5/6 ~Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, WSJ Opinion Philosophy: "We speak for free markets and free people, the principles, if you will, marked in the watershed year of 1776 by Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence and Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations." So over the past century and into the next, the Journal stands for free trade and sound money; against confiscatory taxation and the ukases of kings and other collectivists; and for individual autonomy against dictators, bullies and even the tempers of momentary majorities." Edited by Paul A. Gigot and Daniel Henninger, "Biden's Vaccine IP Debacle: His patent heist is a blow to the Covid fight and U.S. biotech." The WSJ Opinion: Review and Outlook, May 6, 2021~ RM China will leapfrog the US through biotech primacyCumbers 20 ~John Cumbers, "I am the founder and CEO of SynBioBeta, the leading community of innovators, investors, engineers, and thinkers who share a passion for using synthetic biology to build a better, more sustainable universe. I publish the weekly SynBioBeta Digest, host the SynBioBeta Podcast, and wrote "What's Your Biostrategy?", the first book to anticipate how synthetic biology is going to disrupt virtually every industry in the world. I also founded BetaSpace, a space settlement innovation network and community of visionaries, technologists, and investors accelerating the industries needed to sustain human life here and off-planet. I've been involved with multiple startups, I am an operating partner and investor at the hard tech investment fund Data Collective, and I'm a former bioengineer at NASA. I earned my PhD in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry from Brown University and am originally from the UK.") "China's Plan To Beat The U.S. In The Trillion-Dollar Global Bioeconomy" Forbes, 2/3/2020~ RM Heg solves arms races, land grabs, rogue states, and great power warBrands 18 ~Hal, Henry Kissinger Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments." American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump." Page 129-133~ Independently, biotech heg key to prevent bioterror, Chinese biostrikes, disease prevention, biodiversity, and climate change – IP theft is the core concernMoore 20 Scott Moore, Director of the Penn Global China Program at the University of Pennsylvania, Young Professional and Water Resources Management Specialist at the World Bank Group, and Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Officer for China at the U.S. Department of State, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, Truman, Fulbright, and Rhodes Scholar., The Brookings Institution - Global China - Assessing China's Growing Role in the World, "CHINA'S ROLE IN THE GLOBAL BIOTECHNOLOGY SECTOR AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY", APRIL 2020, https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/FP_20200427_china_biotechnology_moore.pdf - BD China uses biotech offensivelyKania and Vonrndick 19 ~Elsa Kania is an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. She is also a Ph.D. candidate in Harvard University's Department of Government. Her views are her own. Wilson VornDick consults on national security, emerging technologies, and China for Duco and Rane.) "Weaponizing Biotech: How China's Military Is Preparing for a 'New Domain of Warfare'" Defense One, Commentary, China, Biowarfare, 8/14/2019~ RM | 9/4/21 |
DA -- CapTournament: California Invitational Berkeley Debate | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake JH | Judge: GERARD GRIGSBY Capitalism solves extinction through environmental collapse – reject evidence that ignores synergistic deployment of adaptative tech – the public won't transition to Maoism but WILL channel political energies into innovative solutions that turn case.Bailey '18 ~Ronald; March 12; B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia, member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, citing a compilation of interdisciplinary research; Reason, "Climate Change Problems Will Be Solved Through Economic Growth," https://reason.com/2018/03/12/climate-change-problems-will-be-solved-t; RP~ Uniqueness goes neg – growth is sustainable, physical limits aren't absolute or are chronically underestimated, AND resource use is declining now – BUT – degrowth unleashes disaster that slips into Malthusian population crunches.Bailey '18 ~Ronald; February 16; B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia, member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, citing a compilation of interdisciplinary research; Reason, "Is Degrowth the Only Way to Save the World?" https://reason.com/2018/02/16/is-degrowth-the-only-way-to-save-the-wor; RP~ Elites react with war – if goods don't cross borders, then soldiers will.Liu '18 ~Qian; November 2; Economist, Managing Director at Greater China, citing the economist Thomas Piketty and political scientist Samuel Huntington; Project Syndicate, "From economic crisis to World War III," p. 1-2; RP~ It's key to CCS – link-turns every impact.Graciela '16 (/16 – Professor of Economics and of Statistics at Columbia University and Visiting Professor at Stanford University, and was the architect of the Kyoto Protocol carbon market (being interviewed by Marcus Rolle, freelance journalist specializing in environmental issues and global affairs, "Reversing Climate Change: Interview with Graciela Chichilnisky," http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/01/09/2016/reversing-climate-change-interview-graciela-chichilnisky)//cmr Growth solves war AND root causes their impacts – throw out non-empirical analyses.Cortright '16 (David; 5/18/16; Ph.D. in Political Science from the Union Graduate School, M.A. in History from New York University, B.A. in History from the University of Notre Dame, Director of Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, former research associate at the Center for National Security Studies; Kroc Institute, "Linking Development and Peace: The Empirical Evidence," https://peacepolicy.nd.edu/2016/05/18/linking-development-and-peace-the-empirical-evidence/) Growth is sustainable and inevitable – unparalleled data proves tech solves, but transition doesn't.Bailey '16 (Ronald; 12/16/16; B.A. in Philosophy and B.A. Economics from the University of Virginia, member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, citing a compilation of interdisciplinary research; Reason, "Is Economic Growth Environmentally Sustainable?" http://reason.com/archives/2016/12/16/is-economic-growth-environmentally-sust1) Decoupling now.Newman '17 (Peter; 7/27/17; Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, conducting a twenty-year statistical analysis based on third-party meta studies; EDP Sciences, "The rise and rise of renewable cities," https://www.rees-journal.org/articles/rees/pdf/2017/01/rees170008s.pdf) | 2/19/22 |
DA -- China ModernizationTournament: Newark | Round: 4 | Opponent: Lexington JB | Judge: Nathan Frenkel 1NC - DAXi's regime is stable now, but its success depends on strong growth and private sector development.Mitter and Johnson 21 ~Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson, Rana Mitter is a professor of the history and politics of modern China at Oxford. Elsbeth Johnson, formerly the strategy director for Prudential PLC's Asian business, is a senior lecturer at MIT's Sloan School of Management and the founder of SystemShift, a consulting firm. May-June 2021, "What the West Gets Wrong About China," Harvard Business Review, https://hbr.org/2021/05/what-the-west-gets-wrong-about-china accessed 12/14/21~ Adam Xi has committed to the commercial space industry as the linchpin of China's rise – the plan is seen as a complete 180Patel 21 ~Neel V. Patel, Neel is a space reporter for MIT Technology Review. 1-21-2021, "China's surging private space industry is out to challenge the US," MIT Technology Review, https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/21/1016513/china-private-commercial-space-industry-dominance/ accessed 12/14/21~ Adam Shifts in regime perception threatens CCP's legitimacy from nationalist hardlinersWeiss 19 Jessica Weiss 1-29-2019 "Authoritarian Audiences, Rhetoric, and Propaganda in International Crises: Evidence from China" http://www.jessicachenweiss.com/uploads/3/0/6/3/30636001/19-01-24-elite-statements-isq-ca.pdf (Associate Professor of Government at Cornell University)Elmer Xi will launch diversionary war to domestic backlash – escalates in multiple hotspotsNorris 17, William J. Geostrategic Implications of China's Twin Economic Challenges. CFR Discussion Paper, 2017. (Associate professor of Chinese foreign and security policy at Texas AandM University's Bush School of Government and Public Service)Elmer ====US–China war goes nuclear – crisis mismanagement ensures conventional escalation - extinction==== | 1/8/22 |
DA -- DIBTournament: California Invitational Berkeley Debate | Round: 6 | Opponent: Marlborough MS | Judge: Tyler, Calvin 1NC – OFFSpace tech advancements and control have produced a qualitative military advantage. US space privatization maintains a shaky but tenable US lead.Sergeant Duke 20 served as a US Army intelligence analyst, holds a BA in intelligence studies with a concentration in counterintelligence from American Military University and research national security autonomous weaponry armed conflict, and the space domain, , 9-25-2020, "Conflict and Controversy in the Space Domain: Legalities, Lethalities, and Celestial Secur," Air University (AU), https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Wild-Blue-Yonder/Article-Display/Article/2362296/conflict-and-controversy-in-the-space-domain-legalities-lethalities-and-celesti/ Maintaining US space dominance requires a homegrown commercial space industry – private companies offshoring gives China the advantage they needCahan and Sadat 1/6 ~(Bruce Cahan, J.D) (Dr. Mir Sadat, ) "US Space Policies for the New Space Age: Competing on the Final Economic Frontier," based on Proceedings from State of the Space Industrial Base 2020 Sponsored by United States Space Force, Defense Innovation Unit, United States Air Force Research Laboratory, 1/6/21, https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000177-9349-d713-a777-d7cfce4b0000~~ TDI Space dominance solves nuclear war. Hegemony de-escalates all conflict scenarios – specifically miscalc.Yoo 18 ~(Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, and a visiting scholar at AEI since 2003. He served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of the Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice from 2001 to 2003, where he worked on constitutional and national security matters, as General Counsel of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary from 1995-96, and as a law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas of the U.S. Supreme Court (John, Winning the Space Race, October 15th, http://www.aei.org/publication/winning-the-space-race/)~~ *edited for offensive language | 2/20/22 |
DA -- EuroTournament: Loyola | Round: 3 | Opponent: Scripps Ranch AS | Judge: Sreyaash Das The Euro is on the brink – its collapse is not inevitable, but likely if trends continueKern 20 ~Soeren Kern is a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Gatestone Institute, and the Senior Analyst for Transatlantic Relations at the Madrid-based Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos / Strategic Studies Group. A political scientist by training, Soeren specializes in European politics as well as US and European defense- and security-related issues. April, 2020. "Coronavirus: The Looming Collapse of Europe's Single Currency" https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15856/coronavirus-euro-collapse Accessed 8/23/21 gord0~ IPR is critical in influencing the EU's economic outputEUIPO 20 ~European Union Intellectual Property Office. June, 2020. "2020 status report on IPR infringement" ask me for the pdf. Accessed 8/23/21 gord0~ Euro collapse ensures Eurozone destruction and a ripple effect globally.Phillips 10 ~Julian Phillips is the Founding Partner of Gold Forecaster - Global Watch and Silver Forecaster ~incorporating Platinum~. Mr. Phillips analyzes the gold, silver, and platinum market alongside the macro economic currency aspects of these precious metals. April 30, 2010. "What will Happen to Currencies if the Euro Collapses?" https://www.gold-eagle.com/article/what-will-happen-currencies-if-euro-collapses Accessed 8/23/21 gord0~ Interdependence generates tension and goes nuclearTønnesson 15 ~(Stein, Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo; Leader of East Asia Peace program, Uppsala University) "Deterrence, interdependence and Sino–US peace," International Area Studies Review, Vol. 18, No. 3, p. 297-311, 2015~ SJDI | 9/4/21 |
DA -- SaudiTournament: Loyola | Round: 5 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart RR | Judge: Tej Gedela The US is concerned about Saudi IPR but trade relations are fine nowUS Gov 21 ~United States Government, Office of the US Trade Representative "2021 Special 301 Report" Published: 2021~ ~https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/reports/2021/202120Special2030120Report20(final).pdf~~ || SM Wavering Saudi IPR sends investors scrambling and guts US-Saudi coop. Recent missteps in pharma IPR prove it's uniquely key to perception.Stevens 17 ~Philip Stevens "Saudi missteps on intellectual property will hold back its economy" Published: The Hill, September 17, 2017~ ~https://thehill.com/opinion/international/351074-saudis-missteps-on-intellectual-property-will-hold-back-its-economy~~ ~Stevens: Director of Geneva Network, a UK-based research organization focusing on trade and innovation issues.~ || SM US Saudi Coop key to prevent nuclear proliferationEmily B. Landau and Shimon Stein 18 ~Landau is senior research associate at the Institute for National Security Studies, where she is also director of the Arms Control and Regional Security Project. Stein was Israel's ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2007. Previously, he participated in the Arms Control and Regional Security working group, as well as negotiations of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and served as head of the Regional Security, Arms Control, and Nonproliferation Department at the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.~, 12-4-2018, "Can the United States Prevent Saudi Arabia from Getting Nuclear Weapons?," National Interest, https://nationalinterest.org/feature/can-united-states-prevent-saudi-arabia-getting-nuclear-weapons-37812 ~{OS~} Saudi prolif draws in India and Pakistan – goes nuclearEdelman 11—Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Former Undersecretary for Defense—AND—Andrew Krepinevich—President of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments—AND—Evan Montgomery—Research Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (Eric, The dangers of a nuclear Iran, FA 90;1, http://www.csbaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2010.12.27-The-Dangers-of-a-Nuclear-Iran.pdf) Even a limited nuclear war would cause extinction – best science.Cribb 17 (Julian, BA Classics@WesternAusstralia, FoundingEditor@ScienceAlert, Surviving the 21st Century, Springer) | 9/18/21 |
DA -- XiTournament: Newark | Round: 4 | Opponent: Lexington JB | Judge: Nathan Frenkel 1NCThe Peoples Republic of China ought to prohibit appropriation of space by private entities. 1NC – DAChina's space strategies strengthen deterrence now. PLA deterrence is key to joint operations, which ensure Chinese modernization beyond space. This card is beautiful.AT: Old – Doesn't matter its about space deterrence strategies leading to joint operations, they need ev that those strategies don't exist or are unsuccessful AND Chinese military modernization functions as a deterrent for nuclear war with the USAT: Not About Space – the internal link argument is in Cheng. "space capabilities strengthen conventional deterrence". It also says space is the only way to "establish a common situational awareness framework" | 1/8/22 |
K -- NeolibTournament: Loyola | Round: 2 | Opponent: LNU PD | Judge: Ben Cortez Apocalyptic pandemic reps lock in a neoliberal risk society of anxiety and health inequality that spreads disease. Independently, the aff masks health neoliberalism by spreading vaccine arms races horizontally instead of vertically.Mannathukkaren 14 The alternative is to adopt a social medicine approach to health.Mohan J. DUTTA 15, Professor and Head of the Department of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore, Adjunct Professor of Communication at the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University ~Neoliberal Health Organizing, 2015, p. 231-234~ | 9/4/21 |
K -- Racial CapTournament: Greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit ZD | Judge: Andres Rosero OFFRacial capitalism is an organizing force that produces vast social inequality and environmental destruction. Any theory of power that does not begin with an analysis of the concomitance of capitalism and antiblackness as mobilized by slavery is antithetical to effective praxisJohnson 18 – Walter Johnson is Winthrop Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, where he is also director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History. ("To Remake the World: Slavery, Racial Capitalism, and Justice," 2-20-2018, http://bostonreview.net/forum/walter-johnson-to-remake-the-world)//juji The 1AC's engagement in infrapolitics conflates "political" with "politics," which eschews organizing a broad base of constituents to make demands in order to transform power relationsReed 16 (Adolph, Splendors and Miseries of the Antiracist "Left", Political Science Professor @ University of Pennsylvania, http://nonsite.org/editorial/splendors-and-miseries-of-the-antiracist-left-2, dan banister original) Capitalism causes war, violence, environmental destruction and extinctionRobinson 14 (William I., Prof. of Sociology, Global and International Studies, and Latin American Studies, @ UC-Santa Barbara, "Global Capitalism: Crisis of Humanity and the Specter of 21st Century Fascism" The World Financial Review) The alternative is to theorize through Marxist Materialism, which contests the political efficacy and descriptive accuracy of the 1AC by returning to the conceptual tools long central to the American black radical traditionFerguson '15 (Stephen C., Assoc. Prof. in Liberal Studies @ North Carolina A and T State U., Philosophy of African American Studies: Nothing Left of Blackness, p. 7-14) | 9/18/21 |
ND -- CP -- US PICTournament: Mineapple | Round: 2 | Opponent: Northview MS | Judge: Jacob Nails A just government, except for the United States, ought to recognize an unconditional right of workers to strike. | 11/5/21 |
ND -- CP -- WagesTournament: Mineapple | Round: 2 | Opponent: Northview MS | Judge: Jacob Nails CP – Governments should mandate companiesraise wages for minority workers substantiallyraise wages for female workers to equal to that of male workers | 11/5/21 |
ND -- DA -- InfrastructureTournament: Mineapple | Round: 2 | Opponent: Northview MS | Judge: Jacob Nails Infrastructure passes soon and solves climateCollinson 10/25 ~Stephen Collinson is a reporter for CNN Politics covering the White House, and politics across the United States and around the world. October 25, 2021. "A week that could transform Joe Biden's presidency" https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/25/politics/joe-biden-presidency-this-week-social-spending-and-infrastructure/index.html Accessed 10/25 gord0~ Strengthening unions requires Biden's political capital – PRO act provesBirenbaum 21 ~Charles S. Birenbaum serves as the firm's Chair of Northern California and Co-Chair of the firm's Labor and Employment Practice's Labor-Management Relations group. Chuck is an experienced labor and employment attorney who focuses his practice on traditional labor and employment law matters, and has wide-ranging experience litigating in state and federal courts as well as various administrative agencies. March 12, 2021. "The New New Deal? U.S. House Of Representatives Passes Sweeping Labor Reform With Significant but Uncertain Future" https://www.natlawreview.com/article/new-new-deal-us-house-representatives-passes-sweeping-labor-reform-significant Accessed 10/27 gord0~ Bidens PC is what got infrastructure through the senate, and its key now.Smith and Gambino 10/1 ~David Smith is the Guardian's Washington DC bureau chief. Lauren Gambino is political correspondent for Guardian US, based in Washington DC. October 1, 2021. "Biden upbeat on rare Capitol Hill visit but domestic agenda hangs in jeopardy" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/01/democrats-congress-biden-infrastructure-talks Accessed 10/25 gord0~ Infrastructure reform solves Climate Change, extinction!USA Today 7-20 7-20-2021 "Climate change is at 'code red' status for the planet, and inaction is no longer an option" https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2021/07/20/climate-change-biden-infrastructure-bill-good-start/7877118002/ Elmer | 11/5/21 |
ND -- K -- CapTournament: Mineapple | Round: 2 | Opponent: Northview MS | Judge: Jacob Nails The "right to strike" is a tactic of neoliberal legalism and gets circumvented. The state is thus able to decide legitimate parameters for violence and insulate itself from anticapitalist action.Crépon 19 – Marc Crépon is a professor of philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris. ("The Right to Strike and Legal War in Walter Benjamin's "Toward the Critique of Violence"," August 2019, pg. 252-253) Neoliberalism is unsustainable and causes extinction.von Weizsäcker and Wijkman 17 – Ernest Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Professor and Director of the United Nation Centre for Science and Technology for Development, Founder and President of the Wuppertal Institute, Member of the German Bundestag, chairing the Committees on Globalization and the Environment, Dean of the graduate School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, appointed Co-Chair of UNEP's International Resource Panel, Anders Wijkman, chairman of the Swedish Association of Recycling Industries, member of the Board of the Swedish Development Authority (SIDA), appointed chair of the Swedish Cross-Party Committee on Environmental Objectives, member of the European Parliament, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Policy Director of UNDP, Secretary General of the Swedish Red Cross and Director General of the Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries, Member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, the World Future Council and the International Resource Panel, 2017 ("Come On! Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet – A Report to the Club", November 11th, Available Online via Subscription to Springer, Accessed 03-20-2018) It turns the case. The current juridical-political order makes strikes ineffective.White 18 – Ahmed White is Nicholas Rosenbaum Professor of Law, University of Colorado-Boulder. ("ITS OWN DUBIOUS BATTLE: THE IMPOSSIBLE DEFENSE OF AN EFFECTIVE RIGHT TO STRIKE," 2018, pg. 1127–1129) julian Vote neg to refuse the aff's neoliberal legalism and endorse a democratic approach to law. This is a prerequisite to effective reform.Grewal and Purdy 17 – David Grewal, Associate Professor at Yale Law School, Jedediah Purdy, Robinson O. Everett Professor at Duke Law School, November 6th ("Law and Neoliberalism," Law and Political Economy, Available online at https://lpeblog.org/2017/11/06/law-neoliberalism/, Accessed 04-20-2019) | 11/5/21 |
T -- FrameworkTournament: Greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit ZD | Judge: Andres Rosero The aff should be topical."Resolved:" refers to a legislative debate.Louisiana State Legislature 16, "Glossary of Legislative Terms," http://www.legis.state.la.us/glossary2.htm The World Trade Organization is an international body that governs trade.Tarver 21 (Evan Tarver has 6+ years of experience in financial analysis and 5+ years as an author, editor, and copywriter, "World Trade Organization", Mar 1, 2021, https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wto.asp) Reduce means to make smaller.Cambridge Dictionary ND (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/reduce) Intellectual property protection means protection for creative inventions.UpCounsel 20 (Law journal, June 23, 2020, https://www.upcounsel.com/intellectual-property-protection) ====Medicines are a treatment for illness of injury==== Failing to defend topical action decimates the quality of debate for two reasons—1. Competitive equity—any alternative to our model of the topic as a baseline for discussion wrecks it—it's impossible to negate alternative frameworks with the ground allocated to us by the parameters of the resolution—all 2AC defense to this claim will rely on concessionary ground which isn't a stable basis for a year of debate.2. Truth testing—they moot the role of the negative which is to force the aff to defend their core assumptions—allowing affs to reframe the debate around their terms makes engagement impossible—outweighs and turns the aff because clash is the only way to translate anything debate gives us outside of the activity. | 9/18/21 |
T -- ImplementTournament: California Invitational Berkeley Debate | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake JH | Judge: GERARD GRIGSBY Interpretation: Topical affirmatives may only garner offense from the hypothetical implementation by governments that The appropriation of outer space by private entities is unjustResolved requires policy actionLouisiana State Legislature (https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Glossary.aspx) Ngong AppropriationTIMOTHY JUSTIN TRAPP, JD Candidate @ UIUC Law, '13, TAKING UP SPACE BY ANY OTHER MEANS: COMING TO TERMS WITH THE NONAPPROPRIATION ARTICLE OF THE OUTER SPACE TREATY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LAW REVIEW ~Vol. 2013 No. 4~ Topicality is key to limits and ground—-redefining portions of the resolution permits endless reclarification AND creates incentives for avoidance—-only aligning research with agent and mechanism solves.Two impacts:1—-Fairness—-an unlimited, unpredictable topic disparately raises the research burden for the negative — treat this is a sufficient win condition because fairness is the logical structure that undergirds all impacts AND controls any benefit to debate.Dascal and Knoll '11 ~Marcelo and Amnon; May 18th; former Professor of Philosophy at Tel Aviv University, B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Sao Paulo; former Professor of Philosophy at Tel Aviv University; Argumentation: Cognition and Community, "'Cognitive systemic dichotomization' in public argumentation and controversies," p. 20-25~ 2—-Clash—-forfeiting government action sanctions retreat from controversy and forces the negative to concede solvency before winning a link — clash is the necessary condition for distinguishing debate from discussion, but negation exists on a sliding scale — that jumpstarts the process of critical thinking, reflexivity, and argument refinement. | 2/19/22 |
T -- NebelTournament: Greenhill | Round: 6 | Opponent: Harker DV | Judge: Tej Gedela Interpretation: The aff must defend that member nations reduce intellectual property protections for all medicinesThe upward entailment test and adverb test determine the genericity of a bare pluralLeslie and Lerner 16 ~Sarah-Jane Leslie, Ph.D., Princeton, 2007. Dean of the Graduate School and Class of 1943 Professor of Philosophy. Served as the vice dean for faculty development in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, director of the Program in Linguistics, and founding director of the Program in Cognitive Science at Princeton University. Adam Lerner, PhD Philosophy, Postgraduate Research Associate, Princeton 2018. From 2018, Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow in the Center for Bioethics at New York University. Member of the Princeton Social Neuroscience Lab.~ "Generic Generalizations." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. April 24, 2016. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/generics/ TG
It applies to "Medicines" – adding "generally" to the res doesn't substantially change its meaning because the res never specified furtherVote negative:1~ Precision – they justify arbitrarily mooting words in the resolution at their own whim in order to justify some potentially good interp.2~ Limits and ground – their model allows affs to defend any medicine which explodes neg prep bc theres an infinite amount I can't prepare for, like covid-19 vaccines, influenza, common colds, Marijuana, etc. and they all bracket out different DA's3~ TVA: Read a whole res aff with the same advantage | 9/19/21 |
T -- ReduceTournament: Greenhill | Round: 6 | Opponent: Harker DV | Judge: Tej Gedela "Reduce" means net decrease—merely conditioning reductions isn't topical.Waxman 82—(Speaker of the House). Harry Waxman. Public Law 87-253, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982, 97th US Congress, Sept 8, 1982, Lexis When authorized to 'reduce' the affirmative gets to decrease or eliminate —- changing the terms is not a reductionNebraska AG 73 (Office of the Attorney General of the State of Nebraska, 1973 Neb. AG LEXIS 25)BB 2~ Violation – They don't remove the IP, the Trade Secret still has the same protection under law, it cannot be disclosed unless disclosure is in the public interest – the Aff only shifts who has to prove that NOT the actual protection.3~ Standards –a~ Limits – Allowing the Aff's to deal with the enforcement of IP rather than the actual protection explodes the Topic – Affs can modify court proceedings, specify which courts hear the cases, how long those proceedings last, which agencies pursue legal action, etc. – it eviscerates a predictable stasis by shifting it away from IPP good/bad.b~ Neg Ground – Shifting the topic to enforcement means DAs like Innovation, Biotech Heg, Politics no longer apply since the Aff doesn't have to reduce anything related to the IPP itself – proven by the fact we can't read Trade Secrets Good vs this Aff since the 1AR will shift to the IP itself doesn't change and if they were good, the Aff wouldn't be enforced proving modifications are infinitely abusive.4~ TVA – eliminate Trade Secret protection of Pharma to eliminate deterrent litigation against whistle-blowers since there's no longer a legal basis for enforcement.5~ Paradigm Issues –a~ Topicality is Drop the Debater – it's a fundamental baseline for debate-ability.b~ Use Competing Interps – 1~ Topicality is a yes/no question, you can't be reasonably topical and 2~ Reasonability invites arbitrary judge intervention and a race to the bottom of questionable argumentation.c~ No RVI's - 1~ Forces the 1NC to go all-in on Theory which kills substance education, 2~ Encourages Baiting since the 1AC will purposely be abusive, and 3~ Illogical – you shouldn't win for not being abusive.d~ Topicality outweighs 1AR Theory – 1~ Outweighs on scope cause 1AC abuse effects every speech – we had to be abusive since the 1AC was abusive first and 2~ Better for norming since we have more speeches to discuss what's the best norm for debate. | 9/19/21 |
T -- appropriationTournament: Emory | Round: 6 | Opponent: Strath Haven AM | Judge: Girouard, Mike 1NC – TInterp – Appropriation of outer space means permanent control over a region of space.Trapp 13, Timothy Justin. "Taking up Space by Any Other Means: Coming to Terms with Nonappropriation Article of the Outer Space Treaty." U. Ill. L. Rev. (2013): 1681. (JD Candidate at UIUC Law School)Re-cut by Elmer Violation – Space Tourism is travel over a short duration – the events are neither permanent nor limit other uses by other actors of a particular region of space – even if they win singular examples of tourism that could be appropriation, they explicitly include travel that is temporary which makes the Aff Extra-Topical at best.Henderson and Tsui 19 Henderson, I. L., and W. H. K. Tsui. "The role of niche aviation operations as tourist attractions." Air transport: A tourism perspective (2019): 233-244. (Massey University School of Aviation, Palmerston North, New Zealand)Elmer Merely entering outer space is not appropriation – legal precedent proves.Freeland ND ~Stephen Freeland teaches commercial space law . "FLY ME TO THE MOON: HOW WILL INTERNATIONAL LAW COPE WITH COMMERCIAL SPACE TOURISM?" University of Melbourne. https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/1686276/Freeland.pdf. Accessed 1-13-2022~ Vote negative –1~ Limits – temporary actions explodes the topic – Aff's can affect temporary docking of private actors on the ISS, using lunar bases in a temporary manner for broader space exploration efforts, and temporary satellites which devastates neg prep burdens.2~ Ground – temporary actions means the neg can't say private appropriation good since it assumes permanence – we lose any link magnitude since the plan only effects a small amount of time. | 1/29/22 |
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