Tournament: College Prep | Round: 2 | Opponent: Marlborough WR | Judge: Danielle Dosch
Supreme court is resisting climate action at every turn – Biden overcomes its limited
influence now, but a more powerful judiciary directly trades off with green policies
Worland 20 Justin Worland, 9-28-2020, andquot;How Amy Coney Barrett Could Alter the Future of the U.S.and#39;s
Climate Change Policy,andquot; Time, https:time.com/5893929/amy-coney-barrett-climate-change-supreme-
court/ mvp
OST bans private mining now – US exploration laws directly contravene
TIMOTHY 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
That applies Charming Betsy to private sector space laws that unambiguously
contravene the OST – that expands the scope of the doctrine and creates judicial
overreach – courts can abrogate participation in any international agreement
Bean 15 Andrew H. Bean, Constraining Charming Betsy: Textual Ambiguity as a Predicate to Applying
the Charming Betsy Doctrine, 2015 BYU L. Rev. 1801 (2016). Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/lawreview/vol2015/iss6/13 mvp
A robust web of international commitments and treaties with US participation is
necessary for global climate action – abrogation would be devastating
Newburger 20 Emma Newburger, 11-19-2020, “Biden will rejoin the Paris Climate Accord. Here’s what happens next ,”
CNBC, https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/20/biden-to-rejoin-paris-climate-accord-heres-what-happens-next-.html
Try or die – warming makes extinction inevitable –
Henderson, ‘6. Bill, Environmental Scientist, Aug 19, “Runaway Global Warming – Denial,”
http://www.countercurrents.org/cc-henderson190806.htm.
Turns the case in less than 3 years –
Harris, ‘4. Paul, The Observer, Feb 22,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2004/feb/22/usnews.theobserver.