Apple Valley Willingham Neg
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| Berkeley | 2 | Harker AG | Diana Alvarez |
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| Berkeley | 6 | Nova 42 RS | SunHee Simon |
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| Glenbrooks | 2 | Marlborough TZ | Vishnu Vennelakanti |
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| Glenbrooks | 3 | Little Rock Central XJ | Symone Whalin |
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| Glenbrooks | 6 | Isidore Newman SW | Eva Lamberson |
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| Glenbrooks | Octas | Marlborough EW | Becca Traber, Joseph Kieklak, Jyleesa Hampton |
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| Glenbrooks | Semis | Marlborough GA | Lauren Woodall, Weronika Janczuk, Clement Agho-Otoghile |
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| Glenbrooks | Finals | Marlborough SL | Tate Weston, Peyton Reeves, Clement Agho-Otoghile |
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| Woodward | 1 | Marlborough Nakamae | Sara Sherwood |
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| Woodward | 4 | Peninsula Borgas | Ishan Rereddy |
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| Woodward | 6 | Marlborough LF | Briajia Levi |
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| Tournament | Round | Report |
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| Berkeley | 2 | Opponent: Harker AG | Judge: Diana Alvarez 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Berkeley | 6 | Opponent: Nova 42 RS | Judge: SunHee Simon 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Contact Info | 1 | Opponent: any | Judge: any Phone (612)-434-0014 |
| Glenbrooks | 2 | Opponent: Marlborough TZ | Judge: Vishnu Vennelakanti 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Glenbrooks | 3 | Opponent: Little Rock Central XJ | Judge: Symone Whalin 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Glenbrooks | 6 | Opponent: Isidore Newman SW | Judge: Eva Lamberson 1AC 1NC |
| Glenbrooks | Octas | Opponent: Marlborough EW | Judge: Becca Traber, Joseph Kieklak, Jyleesa Hampton 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Glenbrooks | Semis | Opponent: Marlborough GA | Judge: Lauren Woodall, Weronika Janczuk, Clement Agho-Otoghile 1AC 1NC 2NR |
| Glenbrooks | Finals | Opponent: Marlborough SL | Judge: Tate Weston, Peyton Reeves, Clement Agho-Otoghile 1AC 1NC |
| Woodward | 1 | Opponent: Marlborough Nakamae | Judge: Sara Sherwood AC- commons debris inequality |
| Woodward | 4 | Opponent: Peninsula Borgas | Judge: Ishan Rereddy AC- cosmic colonialism |
| Woodward | 6 | Opponent: Marlborough LF | Judge: Briajia Levi AC- commons debris col |
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JF 1 T - UnjustTournament: Berkeley | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harker AG | Judge: Diana Alvarez T—UnjustA topical affirmative must ban some subset of private appropriation, not merely regulate it
"Unjust" means the action is wrong, not 'right under certain conditions'Black's Law No Date Appropriation must be without legal basis post-planHarvard Law Review 20 Violation—Harker's plan only claims to "restrict asteroid mining done by private entities"
That's cheating and a voting issue
1. Limits—there are thousands upon thousands of possible restrictions: Tax mining. Require permits. Mandate environmental impact assessments. Only allow mining of certain resources or asteroids at a certain distance. The list is endless.
The plan doesn't even say "substantially restrict" so they open the floodgates to tiny minutia that would barely trigger any DA.
2. Ground—Allowing the aff to just say "restrict this… somehow" leaves the neg with zero viable ground. No advantage counterplan competes because the aff just gets to say "perm—that's a restriction" meaning the neg is left defending radical anarcho-capitalism in space.
3. Precision—the topic would use a term like "restrict" or "regulate" if it wanted to focus the debate on details of how private appropriation should occur.
4. TVA—they could read a plan banning private space mining. There is no reason the verb "restrict" is key to a discussion of asteroids. Under my interp, the aff even still retains the nuance of saying public sector space mining projects are good if they want to, so they have strategic flexibility and some game against DAs.
Drop the debater—T is an aff burden and restarting in the 1AR is too late. Use competing interps to avoid arbitrariness and judge intervention. | 3/18/22 |
JF 3 Relocation CPTournament: Berkeley | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harker AG | Judge: Diana Alvarez Relocation CPCounterplan: Space-faring nations should restrict asteroid relocation done by private entities.
This whole aff is a lie. Their crucial link card is not about asteroid mining in general and their cutting leaves out key context. It's about moving asteroids nearby and mining them in our orbit. It makes no sense at all to say mining distant asteroids would put debris into low earth orbit and the full card concedes that they're all only describing relocating asteroids which they distinguish from mining them on site. Here's their author: ~I read YELLOW~Sarah Scoles 15, "Dust from asteroid mining spells danger for satellites," New Scientist, 5-27-2015, https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630235-100-dust-from-asteroid-mining-spells-danger-for-satellites/ Their author also agrees asteroid mining is fundamentally good and the CP wouldn't get circumvented or rolled back as long as we do it nowSarah Scoles 15, "Dust from asteroid mining spells danger for satellites," New Scientist, 5-27-2015, https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630235-100-dust-from-asteroid-mining-spells-danger-for-satellites/ | 3/18/22 |
JF 3 Space Col CP vs LayTournament: Berkeley | Round: 6 | Opponent: Nova 42 RS | Judge: SunHee Simon I negate. The fw is maximizing expected wellbeing. Prefer:First, Only pleasure and pain are intrinsically valuable. All other values can be explained with reference to pleasure.Moen 16 And, extinction is the biggest impact under any frameworkPummer 15 CP: The appropriation of outer space by private entities through bounded first possession by landfall is just.CP is the best system to develop Mars – common ownership chills first movers and is less efficient.Collins 08 (Lecturer, The City Law School, City University, London, UK. B.A.Hon., J.D.(Toronto), M.Sc., B.C.L. (Oxford)), "EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF REAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ON THE PLANET MARS" B.U. J. SCI. and TECH. L. ~Vol.14:201, NCS, DOA 2/5/22, https://www.bu.edu/jostl/files/2015/02/Collins_142.pdf Colonization of Mars is feasible but requires investment incentive now.Martin and Saydam 21 And, private appropriation is key – fear of expropriation.Collins 08 (Lecturer, The City Law School, City University, London, UK. B.A.Hon., J.D.(Toronto), M.Sc., B.C.L. (Oxford)), "EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF REAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ON THE PLANET MARS" B.U. J. SCI. and TECH. L. ~Vol.14:201, NCS, DOA 2/5/22, https://www.bu.edu/jostl/files/2015/02/Collins_142.pdf Life on earth is doomed – countless eventualities and unforeseen dangers.Meyer 16 Space col brings infinite expected value – outweighs.Baum 16 | 3/18/22 |
JF 3 Space Col CP vs MiningTournament: Berkeley | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harker AG | Judge: Diana Alvarez CP: The appropriation of outer space for mining by private entities through bounded first possession by landfall is just.CP is the best system to develop Mars – common ownership chills first movers and is less efficient.Collins 08 (Lecturer, The City Law School, City University, London, UK. B.A.Hon., J.D.(Toronto), M.Sc., B.C.L. (Oxford)), "EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF REAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ON THE PLANET MARS" B.U. J. SCI. and TECH. L. ~Vol.14:201, NCS, DOA 2/5/22, https://www.bu.edu/jostl/files/2015/02/Collins_142.pdf Colonization of Mars is feasible but requires investment incentive now. Mining for water and resources is key to accelerating colonizationMartin and Saydam 21 And, private appropriation is key – fear of expropriation.Collins 08 (Lecturer, The City Law School, City University, London, UK. B.A.Hon., J.D.(Toronto), M.Sc., B.C.L. (Oxford)), "EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF REAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ON THE PLANET MARS" B.U. J. SCI. and TECH. L. ~Vol.14:201, NCS, DOA 2/5/22, https://www.bu.edu/jostl/files/2015/02/Collins_142.pdf Life on earth is doomed – countless eventualities and unforeseen dangers.Meyer 16 Space col brings infinite expected value – outweighs.Baum 16 | 3/18/22 |
JF22 Space Col CPTournament: Woodward | Round: 4 | Opponent: Peninsula Borgas | Judge: Ishan Rereddy | 3/19/22 |
JF22- Space Col CPTournament: Woodward | Round: 1 | Opponent: Marlborough Nakamae | Judge: Sara Sherwood | 3/18/22 |
JF22- Space Col CPTournament: Woodward | Round: 6 | Opponent: Marlborough LF | Judge: Briajia Levi | 3/19/22 |
ND 1 T - Framework vs AntiblacknessTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: Little Rock Central XJ | Judge: Symone Whalin The exclusive focus of the debate should be instrumental defense of a topical advocacy. The right to strike is a legal term that requires political action.Malebye 14 1~ Fairness – their model has no resolutional bound and creates the possibility for literally an infinite number of 1ACs. It allows someone to specialize in one area 4 years giving an huge edge over people who switch research focus ever 2 months2~ Clash – picking any grounds for debate precludes the only common point of engagement, which obviates preround research and incentivizes retreat from controversy by eliminating any effective clash. Only the process of negation distinguishes debate and discussion by necessitating iterative testing and effective engagement, but an absence of constant refinement dooms movement building and revolutionary potential3~ Real-world ed. Debate is imperfect, but only our interpretation can harness legal education to understand the law's strategic reversibility paired with intellectual survival skills.Archer 18, Deborah N. "Political Lawyering for the 21st Century." Denv. L. Rev. 96 (2018): 399. (Associate Professor of Clinical Law at NYU School of Law)Elmer | 11/24/21 |
ND 1 T - Workers vs Prison LaborTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 2 | Opponent: Marlborough TZ | Judge: Vishnu Vennelakanti T—WorkersThe topic is a general principle; worker specification violates. The aff must defend that just governments ought provide an unconditional right to strike for all workers- not a subset of them
"Workers" is a generic bare plural- that prohibits specificationNebel 20 ~Jake Nebel is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California and executive director of Victory Briefs. "Indefinite Singular Generics in Debate" Victory Briefs, 8-19-20~ It applies to this topic:
1. Workers is an existential bare plural because it has no determiner
2. The sentence "A just government ought to recognize the right of workers to strike" does not imply "a just government ought to recognize the right of people to strike" so is not upward entailing
"Unconditional" means not limited in any wayCambridge Dictionary No Date, (Cambridge Dictionary, "Unconditional"), https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/unconditional / MNHS NL Violation: They specify a subset of workers AND makes the right to strike conditional on worker type
Vote negative-
1. Limits- they can spec infinite different workers like agricultural, nurses, teachers, factory workers- that's supercharged by the ability to spec combinations of types of strikes- that eviscerates negative preparation and skirts core generics
2. No PICs offense- core topic debate is about strong worker protections- they can win precedent deficits and need win unconditional key warrants
Precision functions as a meta-standard that comes lexically prior to fairness and education standards. Even if those impacts outweigh in the abstract, treating precision as a side constraint better maximizes themNebel 18 Drop the debater1. Key to deterrence. Drop the arg means aff will run abusive cases for the time skew.2. The NC was skewed. I can't redo it after the 1AR shifts. This also means T outweighs theory and meta-theory because any NC abuse was a forced reaction to the initial AC skew.3. Jurisdiction. Can't vote for a nontopical plan.
Use competing interps because reasonability is arbitrary and invites judge intervention | 11/24/21 |
ND 2 Burdens NCTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: Octas | Opponent: Marlborough EW | Judge: Becca Traber, Joseph Kieklak, Jyleesa Hampton The burden of the affirmative is to demonstrate that the right to strike is unconditional. The affirmative must prove that an unconditional right to strike is necessary and sufficient and give a plausible reason for why the right has to be unconditional as opposed to strengthened or reformed. It is not the burden of the negative to disprove the affirmative- they must proactively justify why it has to be unconditional. This entails providing a minimally plausible theory of rights and the conditions to what could make a right count as an unconditional right
I contend the right to strike cannot be unconditional for 3 reasons.
First, forfeiture. Human rights are expressions of reciprocity which implies you can forfeit them by failing to respect others' human rights- that explains why war and punishment are just and proves why rights are not prima facie unconditionalMiller, 12 — Professor of Political Theory at the University of Oxford a
Second, rights conflicts. All rights are circumscribed by others. The right to freedom is limited to using that freedom to harm others; the right to life cannot be so absolute that it never allows for self-defense, or the sacrifice of one to save millions; and the right to free speech doesn't justify death threats. The fact that rights give way to other rights in some circumstances and not in others proves that no right is so strong as to be unconditional.
Third, positive rights. The right to strike involves making positive claims on others- demanding wages by the employers despite not working, denying other workers the right to replace them, and restricting the employers' freedom to fire their employees are just a few examples of positive claims being made against others. Those cannot be absolute since positive rights, by definition, infringe on others' negative rights.
Thus, I negate. | 11/24/21 |
ND 2 Locke NCTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 2 | Opponent: Marlborough TZ | Judge: Vishnu Vennelakanti Locke NC"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."Gandhi 62—Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi (Indian Lawyer and anti-colonial activist). "The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas." Ed. Louis Fischer. Allen and Unwin 1962. JDN. Because I agree with Mahatma Gandhi, I negate today's resolution.
The value for the round is Justice because the topic questions the duties of a just government.
The duties of government are outlined by the social contract, the tacit agreement between a state and its citizens. It is this contract that separates just government from mere dictatorial power.According to Olsthoorn and Apeldoorn in 2020, In exchange for the government having both the power and obligation to protect the rights of its citizens, the social contract requires citizens to cede some rights in exchange. First and foremost among these is the right to violence. A system of law can only begin to function when each individual agrees not to take the law into their own hands and to settle disputes not through conflict but through the court. | 11/24/21 |
ND 2 Locke NC v Prison LaborTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: Finals | Opponent: Marlborough SL | Judge: Tate Weston, Peyton Reeves, Clement Agho-Otoghile "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."Gandhi 62—Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi (Indian Lawyer and anti-colonial activist). "The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas." Ed. Louis Fischer. Allen and Unwin 1962. JDN. Because I agree with Mahatma Gandhi, I negate today's resolution.Only Locke's social contract can explain the necessary features of just governmentOlsthoorn and Apeldoorn 20 The social contract requires citizens to cede the right to unilateral violence and resolve disputes via the lawWoods 10 Therefore, the standard is maintaining the state's monopoly on violence
I contend that violent strikes subvert the monopoly on violence
At their most extreme, strikes can devolve to violence and even murder, subverting the state's interest in public orderTenza 20 It happens in prisons- Florida and Michigan proveLopez, 16 — Senior Correspondent and Cohost of The Weeds | 11/24/21 |
ND 2 Rousseau NCTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: Semis | Opponent: Marlborough GA | Judge: Lauren Woodall, Weronika Janczuk, Clement Agho-Otoghile The topic questions the nature of just government, so the aff needs a theory of government authority—the sovereign will must be democratic, or it's constitutively not a state action, just mob ruleRousseau 1762 Thus, the standard is procedural democracy—only states that represent the democratic will can have legitimate authority to make and enforce legal rules
As an observation, the "Right to strike" is more than a "freedom to strike." It implies active government regulation of labor.Malebye 14 The sole contention of the negative is that the United States is not a just government and therefore has no authority to make or enforce any laws related to prisons.
Prisoners in this country are systematically disenfranchised. The United States government does not represent them and therefore has no legal authority to determine the extent of their rights.Chung 21 | 11/24/21 |
ND 2 Util NCTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: Little Rock Central XJ | Judge: Symone Whalin I negate "Resolved: A just government ought to recognize an unconditional right of workers to strike."
As defined by Merriam Webster, unconditional means "Not conditional, or limited, absolute."
I value morality because the word ought in the resolution implies a moral question.
The standard is maximizing expected utility. Prefer this for two reasons:
First, utilitarianism is the only theory relevant to morality since consequences are the only form of value we can experience. Harris 10:Harris, Sam ~CEO of Project Reason~. "The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values," 2010. Second, the uncertainty inherent to governing necessitates utilitarianism. Goodin 90:Robert Goodin ~Fellow in philosophy, Australian National Defense University~. THE UTILITARIAN RESPONSE, 1990, p. 141-2.
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ND 4 Advantage CP vs Prison LaborTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 2 | Opponent: Marlborough TZ | Judge: Vishnu Vennelakanti Advantage CPA just government ought to prohibit prison labor, eliminate mandatory minimums, decriminalize all non-violent drug offenses, eliminate the death penalty, defund the police and reallocate significant revenue streams towards social services, and ban policing practices with a disparate impact.
That solves the majority of the aff | 11/24/21 |
ND 4 Employment CPTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: Octas | Opponent: Marlborough EW | Judge: Becca Traber, Joseph Kieklak, Jyleesa Hampton Counterplan: The United States should amend Section 26 of the US tax code to redefine labor performed in a penal institution as employment.
That is crucial to prisoner empowerment- AND reduces recidivismBozelko, 17 — Founder and writer of Prison Diaries | 11/24/21 |
ND 4 FLSA CPTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: Finals | Opponent: Marlborough SL | Judge: Tate Weston, Peyton Reeves, Clement Agho-Otoghile Counterplan: The United States ought to:apply the FLSA and OSHA protections to prisoners;implement the following basic guidelines in providing FLSA coverage including that employment should be voluntary, working inmates should be paid at least minimum wage, automatic wage deductions shall be allowed for taxes and other previous court ordered obligations only, and a forced 80 percent wage deduction will be deposited into an outside interest bearing bank account, accessible only upon release.
The first plank solves the aff- their author1AC Eisen, 20 — director of the Brennan Center's Justice Program The second plank solves recidivism- also their authorFulcher, 15 — Associate Professor at The John Marshall Law School It solves literally every AC internal link. They have zero warrant for "strikes good" independent of wages and working conditions, which the counterplan obviously captures.
Net benefit is- prisoner backlash- prisons will retaliate and strip prisoners of basic rights- AND aff can't solve- they will plant evidence and fabricate excuses to crackdownHitt, 18 — Power Trip reporter at the Daily Beast That also takes out aff solvency- prisons circumvent by punishing prisoners with false reports- AND they'll initiate lockdowns, cut communication lines, transfer strike leaders, bribe prisoners, and break up strikes without criminalizing the strikes themselvesNam-Sonenstein, 18 — Publishing Editor at Shadowproof and columnist at Prison Protest | 11/24/21 |
ND 4 Living Wage CPTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 6 | Opponent: Isidore Newman SW | Judge: Eva Lamberson Counterplan: A just government ought to require a minimum wage indexed to inflation.Indexing to inflation means it automatically adjusts to keep pace with rising cost of living. It solves the entire affirmative case because the only advantage they have is about rising wages, which the counterplan just fiats without the messy parts of strikes which the NC proves is harmful | 11/24/21 |
ND 4 Violent Strikes PICTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: Finals | Opponent: Marlborough SL | Judge: Tate Weston, Peyton Reeves, Clement Agho-Otoghile Text: A just government ought to recognize a right of incarcerated workers to strike, conditioned only on propensity for violence.
The counterplan establishes a proportional balancing test allowing courts to restrict strikes if violence reaches a level that subverts the function of collective bargaining.Tenza 20 It competes—proportional balancing tests legally constitute a conditionFabbrini 2012 | 11/24/21 |
ND 5 Prison Workers KTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: Octas | Opponent: Marlborough EW | Judge: Becca Traber, Joseph Kieklak, Jyleesa Hampton The labor that the incarcerated are forced to perform is slave labor. The entire aff proves this. Incarcerated laborers are often forced to work, receive laughable or no payment, are abused, dehumanized, and subject to deplorable working conditions. The 1AC continues the troubling legacy of using the euphemism of "worker" to describe slave labor, which is pervasive in US education and society. This trend is all too present in the US educational system. Vote neg to reject this gross mischaracterization of the labor performed by the incarcerated.Isensee 15 (Lauren Isensee Senior Reporter and Editor, I'm a reporter and editor who loves to collaborate to tell stories with a big impact. I cover education with a focus on equity and personal narrative. I'm passionate about personal growth for my team and myself and a strong believer in the power of public media.), "Why Calling Slaves 'Workers' Is More Than An Editing Error", NPR ED, NCS, 10/23/2015, https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/23/450826208/why-calling-slaves-workers-is-more-than-an-editing-error | 11/24/21 |
contact infoTournament: Contact Info | Round: 1 | Opponent: any | Judge: any | 2/19/22 |
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