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| Alta Silver and Black Invitational | 1 | Denver East MB | Joshua Weingarten |
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| Alta Silver and Black Invitational | 4 | Dougherty Valley KZ | Heaven Montague |
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| Alta Silver and Black Invitational | 6 | Denver East LF | Ausha Curry |
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| CSU Long Beach | 2 | Diamond Bar NC | Gabriela Gonzalez |
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| CSU Long Beach | 3 | South Eugene KS | Sam Larson |
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| CSU Long Beach | 6 | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley Independent SK | Lena Ho |
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| Damus Hollywood Invitational | 2 | Harker RA | Anish Ramireddy |
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| Damus Hollywood Invitational | 3 | Immaculate Heart RR | Rebecca Steiner |
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| Damus Hollywood Invitational | 6 | Harker SS | David Dosch |
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| Emory Barkley Forum | 1 | La Salle TP | Yoyo Lei |
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| Emory Barkley Forum | 4 | Isidore Newman EE | Alex Berry |
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| Emory Barkley Forum | 6 | Valley SJ | William Thornton |
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| Golden Desert UNLV | 2 | Village RB | Malachi Ambrose |
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| Golden Desert UNLV | 6 | Peninsula IY | Ashley Nguyen |
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| Harvard-Westlake | 2 | Westwood PM | Joshua Michael |
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| Harvard-Westlake | 4 | WyoVir JC | Joel Lemuel |
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| Harvard-Westlake | 5 | Harker GS | David Dosch |
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| Nano Nagle | 2 | Lynbrook SY | David Salazar |
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| Nano Nagle | 4 | Brookfield East DJ | Joseph Barquin |
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| Nano Nagle | 6 | Immaculate Heart BC | Ben Cortez |
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| Palm Classic | 1 | Harker NA | Sruthi Ilangovan |
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| Palm Classic | 1 | Harker NA | Sruthi Ilangovan |
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| St Marks | 1 | Greenhill KD | Ari Davidson |
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| St Marks | 4 | Harvard-Westlake CR | Aaron Timmons |
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| St Marks | 5 | Aragon ZA | Josh Martin |
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| USC | 1 | Harvard-Westlake MT | Jared Burke |
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| USC | 3 | Mission San Jose AA | David Dosch |
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| 0 - Information | 1 | Opponent: NA | Judge: NA Hello! I'm Violet (sheherhers) |
| Alta Silver and Black Invitational | 1 | Opponent: Denver East MB | Judge: Joshua Weingarten 1AC - unionization democracy |
| Alta Silver and Black Invitational | 4 | Opponent: Dougherty Valley KZ | Judge: Heaven Montague 1AC - teachers |
| Alta Silver and Black Invitational | 6 | Opponent: Denver East LF | Judge: Ausha Curry 1AC - non topical AC about trans people in debate |
| CSU Long Beach | 2 | Opponent: Diamond Bar NC | Judge: Gabriela Gonzalez 1AC - evergreening |
| CSU Long Beach | 3 | Opponent: South Eugene KS | Judge: Sam Larson 1AC - (pandemics) (Chinese vaccine diplomacy) |
| CSU Long Beach | 6 | Opponent: BASIS Independent Silicon Valley Independent SK | Judge: Lena Ho 1AC - (tricks - paradoxes theory arguments) (theory) (moral pluralism and pragmatism) (truth testing) |
| Damus Hollywood Invitational | 2 | Opponent: Harker RA | Judge: Anish Ramireddy 1AC - EU democracy |
| Damus Hollywood Invitational | 3 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart RR | Judge: Rebecca Steiner 1AC - labor |
| Damus Hollywood Invitational | 6 | Opponent: Harker SS | Judge: David Dosch 1AC - democracy |
| Emory Barkley Forum | 1 | Opponent: La Salle TP | Judge: Yoyo Lei 1AC - setcol |
| Emory Barkley Forum | 4 | Opponent: Isidore Newman EE | Judge: Alex Berry 1AC - PTD |
| Emory Barkley Forum | 6 | Opponent: Valley SJ | Judge: William Thornton 1AC - alienation |
| Golden Desert UNLV | 2 | Opponent: Village RB | Judge: Malachi Ambrose 1AC - Sky Country (Everything But The Sun) |
| Golden Desert UNLV | 6 | Opponent: Peninsula IY | Judge: Ashley Nguyen 1AC - asteroid mining |
| Harvard-Westlake | 2 | Opponent: Westwood PM | Judge: Joshua Michael 1AC - India |
| Harvard-Westlake | 4 | Opponent: WyoVir JC | Judge: Joel Lemuel 1AC - PTD |
| Harvard-Westlake | 5 | Opponent: Harker GS | Judge: David Dosch 1AC - restrict (not ban) asteroid mining |
| Nano Nagle | 2 | Opponent: Lynbrook SY | Judge: David Salazar 1AC - pharmacopornography (biocap) |
| Nano Nagle | 4 | Opponent: Brookfield East DJ | Judge: Joseph Barquin 1AC - Korsgaard |
| Nano Nagle | 6 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart BC | Judge: Ben Cortez 1AC - CRISPR |
| Palm Classic | 1 | Opponent: Harker NA | Judge: Sruthi Ilangovan 1AC - China |
| Palm Classic | 1 | Opponent: Harker NA | Judge: Sruthi Ilangovan 1AC - China |
| St Marks | 1 | Opponent: Greenhill KD | Judge: Ari Davidson 1AC - Data Exclusivity |
| St Marks | 4 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake CR | Judge: Aaron Timmons 1AC - COVID great power war |
| St Marks | 5 | Opponent: Aragon ZA | Judge: Josh Martin 1AC - evergreening |
| USC | 1 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake MT | Judge: Jared Burke 1AC - Brazil |
| USC | 3 | Opponent: Mission San Jose AA | Judge: David Dosch 1AC - monopsonies |
| USC | 5 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake EJ | Judge: Nae Edwards 1AC - climate |
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Cites
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0 - InformationTournament: 0 - Information | Round: 1 | Opponent: NA | Judge: NA | 9/18/21 |
AT CondoTournament: Nano Nagle | Round: 6 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart BC | Judge: Ben Cortez
B. Info Processing – deciding how to effectively respond to large amounts of information is a critical portable skill to confront information overload – only condo solves C. Friction Good – resolving ideologically diverse arguments are uniquely key to education by allowing new forms of thought and forming defense of contingent views instead political dichotomies – if we double turn ourselves they should straight turn arguments Our CI is 1 Conditional Advocacy - solves our offense and avoids theirs 2. Defense | 10/9/21 |
AT Truth Testing v1Tournament: Emory Barkley Forum | Round: 1 | Opponent: La Salle TP | Judge: Yoyo Lei Interp: The Aff must read comparative worldsStandardsIncreases NIBS: There’s an infinite number of assumptions that the neg can win on, but the aff can’t win on them since they would only be defensive. Means it’s impossible to win on the affirmative because the aff can never prove they’re all trueDestroys topic education: When the aff doesn’t have to defend a course of action, then they don’t have to research any of the topic literature. All of the blippy tricks they read proves this more – they’re exempt from having to research the topic and to think deeply about a subject that affects a ton of people because they’re on this path of argumentation. Education o/w fairness because the only thing we take away from rounds is what we learned regardless of if we won or lostAny time the negative makes an argument, the aff will just say that’s an exception to the general rule, making it impossible to generate offense that the neg can win on. Bad for fairness and decidability because it’s not clear how many counterwarrants justify a neg ballot. | 1/28/22 |
FW - UtilTournament: Nano Nagle | Round: 4 | Opponent: Brookfield East DJ | Judge: Joseph Barquin The standard is consistency with utilitarianism1~ Preventing extinction is the most ethical outcomeBostrom 13 (Nick, Professor at Oxford University, Faculty of Philosophy and Oxford Martin School, Director, Future of Humanity Institute, Director, Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology University of Oxford, "Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority", Global Policy Volume 4, Issue 1, February 2013 AKONG) AND stronger moral reason to prevent catastrophes that would kill the entire human population. 2~ Actor specificity – Util is the only moral system available to policymakers. Goodin 95Robert E. Goodin 95 ~professor of government at the University of Essex, and professor of philosophy and social and political theory at Australian National University~, "Utilitarianism as a Public Philosophy", Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy, May 1995, BE AND , aggregates and averages is just not sufficiently fine-grained for that. A~ No intent-foresight distinction – If we foresee a consequence, then it becomes part of our deliberation which makes it intrinsic to our action since we intend it to happen.3~ Pleasure and pain are intrinsically valuable.Moen 16 ~Ole Martin Moen, Research Fellow in Philosophy at University of Oslo "An Argument for Hedonism" Journal of Value Inquiry (Springer), 50 (2) 2016: 267–281~ SJDI, brackets in original AND places where we reach the end of the line in matters of value. 4~ No act-omission distinction –A~ Psychology – choosing to omit is an act itself – governments decide not to act which means being presented with the aff creates a choice between two actions, neither of which is an omission.B~ Actor specificity – governments are culpable for omissions because their purpose is to protect the constituency – otherwise they would have no obligation to make murder illegal. Only util can escape culpability in the instance of tradeoffs – i.e. it resolves the trolley problem because a deontological theory would hold you responsible for killing regardless. Actor spec o/w – different agents have different ethical standings that affect their obligations and considerations. | 10/9/21 |
JF - Climate DA w SetCol-Specific ImpactTournament: Emory Barkley Forum | Round: 1 | Opponent: La Salle TP | Judge: Yoyo Lei Climate DAThe private sector is essential for space exploration – competition is key and government development is not effective, efficient, or cheap enough. Thiessen 21:Marc Thiessen, 6-1, 21, Washington Post, Opinion: SpaceX’s success is one small step for man, one giant leap for capitalism, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/01/spacexs-success-is-one-small-step-man-one-giant-leap-capitalism/ AND our solar system, Americans decided to embrace socialism back here on Earth? Continued private space development is the only way to make sustainable energy feasible – empirics prove. Autry 19:Greg Autry ~{the director of the Southern California Commercial Spaceflight Initiative at the University of Southern California, vice president at the National Space Society, and chair of the International Space Development Conference, ~}, 19 - ("Space Research Can Save the Planet—Again," Foreign Policy, 7-20-2019, https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/20/space-research-can-save-the-planet-again-climate-change-environment/)//marlborough-wr/ AND migrate to cities for economic reasons, often ending up in urban slums. | 1/28/22 |
JF - Debris DATournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 5 | Opponent: Harker GS | Judge: David Dosch Debris DAIt’s now or never to clean up debris- only private companies are actually making an effort.Nitin Sreedhar, 21 - ("The race to clean up outer space," Mintlounge, 16-01-2021, 10-10-2021https:lifestyle.livemint.com/news/big-story/the-race-to-clean-up-outer-space-111610719274127.html)AW AND clean up space for future exploration will have to be a sustained one. Under I-L, it is appropriation for private entities to remove space junk, means the aff severely limits private junk capture ability.Ramin Skibba, 21 - ("The US Space Force Wants to Clean Up Junk in Orbit," Wired11-17-2021, 1-2-2022https:www.wired.com/story/the-us-space-force-wants-to-clean-up-junk-in-orbit/)AW AND see if the private sector can deal with the problem on its own. | 1/16/22 |
JF - Maritime Law of Salvage CPTournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 2 | Opponent: Westwood PM | Judge: Joshua Michael CP: Apply the maritime law of salvage to space debris.Salter ’16 - Alexander William Salter ~Assistant Professor of Economics, Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University~, "SPACE DEBRIS: A LAW AND ECONOMICS ANALYSIS OF THE ORBITAL COMMONS," 19 STAN. TECH. L. REV. 221 (2016). https://www-cdn.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/19-2-2-salter-final'0.pdf AT AND for any accidents caused by removal operations that damage other nations’ space objects. Increasing space debris levels inevitably set off a chain of collisions.Chelsea MuñOz-Patchen, 19 - ("Regulating the Space Commons: Treating Space Debris as Abandoned Property in Violation of the Outer Space Treaty," University of Chicago, 2019, 12-6-2021, https://cjil.uchicago.edu/publication/regulating-space-commons-treating-space-debris-abandoned-property-violation-outer-space)//AW AND away, meaning that there is still time to develop a solution.52 The cp solves the aff WAY better and avoids the NB.David Giordano, 21- ("Space Debris: Another Frontier in the Commercialization of Space," Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 11-31-2021, 1-1-2022https:www.jtl.columbia.edu/bulletin-blog/space-debris-another-frontier-in-the-commercialization-of-space)AW AND frontier in the abdication of space from the public concern to the private. | 1/15/22 |
JF - Mining DATournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 4 | Opponent: WyoVir JC | Judge: Joel Lemuel 2The private sector is essential for asteroid mining – competition is key and government development is not effective, efficient, or cheap enough. Thiessen 21:Marc Thiessen, 6-1, 21, Washington Post, Opinion: SpaceX’s success is one small step for man, one giant leap for capitalism, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/01/spacexs-success-is-one-small-step-man-one-giant-leap-capitalism/ AND our solar system, Americans decided to embrace socialism back here on Earth? Propety rights are key for space expansion. Freeland 05Steven Freeland (BCom, LLB, LLM, University of New South Wales; Senior Lecturer in International Law, University of Western Sydney, Australia; and a member of the Paris-based International Institute of Space Law). "Up, Up and … Back: The Emergence of Space Tourism and Its Impact on the International Law of Outer Space." Chicago Journal of International Law: Vol. 6: No. 1, Article 4. 2005. JDN. https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1269andcontext=cjil AND the experiments undertaken by Mark Shuttleworth when he was onboard the ISS.46 Asteroid mining can happen with private sector innovation and is key to solve a laundry list of impacts—climate change, economic decline and asteroid collisions. Taylor 19Chris Taylor ~journalist~, 19 - ("How asteroid mining will save the Earth — and mint trillionaires," Mashable, 2019, accessed 12-13-2021, https://mashable.com/feature/asteroid-mining-space-economy)//ML AND , Mark Watney from The Martian, those potatoes would probably kill you.) Warming causes extinction – that’s THEIR EVIDENCEAn asteroid collision would ensure extinction – would fundamentally alter the biosphere, don’t underestimate its risk. Hudson 19Wesley Hudson ’19, news reporter for Express, "Asteroid alert: NASA warning as kilometre long space rock set to skim Earth at 25,000mph", 8/28/19, Express, https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1170826/asteroid-news-NASA-latest-space-rock-asteroid-1998-HL1-earth-danger-apocalypse AND rock will hit Earth eventually and we currently have no defence." Don’t write our impacts off as low probability – asteroid collision is complex and the existence of space keyholes exponentially increases the risk of collision. Vereš ’19Peter Vereš ’19, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, "Chapter 6 Vision of Perfect Observation Capabilities", 2019, Planetary Defense, Space and Society, https://dl1.cuni.cz/pluginfile.php/634091/mod'resource/content/1/Planetary20Defence.pdf AND several surveys (CSS, LCOGT) and agencies (ESA, MPC). | 1/16/22 |
JF - Orbital Use Fees CPTournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 4 | Opponent: WyoVir JC | Judge: Joel Lemuel 4Counterplan: states ought to charge private companies orbital use fees for each satellite put into orbit.Solves the case while also boosting the economy. Vergoth 20:Karin Vergoth ~{CIRES-NOAA Science Writer~}, 20 - ("Solving the space junk problem," CU Boulder Today, 5-26-2020, https://www.colorado.edu/today/2020/05/26/solving-space-junk-problem)//marlborough-wr/ AND young space industry can avoid these costs before they escalate," Burgess said. | 1/16/22 |
JF - PTD CPTournament: Emory Barkley Forum | Round: 4 | Opponent: Isidore Newman EE | Judge: Alex Berry
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JF - Public Trust CPTournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 4 | Opponent: WyoVir JC | Judge: Joel Lemuel 1TEXT: The Outer Space Treaty ought to be amended to establish an international legal trust system governing outer space.Fino 21 ~Ivan Fino (Department of Law University of Turin), "Building a New Legal Model for Settlements on Mars," A. Froehlich (ed.), Assessing a Mars Agreement Including Human Settlements, Studies in Space Policy 30, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65013-1'7~~CT AND improve its living standard and space faring nations would rely on property rights. The legal trust would incentivize investment in space while preventing conflict and ensuring sustainable development and the equitable distributions of resources.Finoa ’20 – Ivan Finoa ~Department of Law, University of Turin~, "An international legal trust system to deal with the new space era," 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) – The CyberSpace Edition, (12-14 October 2020). https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/66728932/'IAC'20'E7.VP.8.x58518'An'international'legal'trust'system'to'deal'with'the'new'space'era'BY'IVAN'FINO-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1642044926andSignature=asvt6StaK5n9UnpXuJIlo4ziI839WzFYjDZy37bm70ObGy3vFJyHwWNGxhn2beze4QzYDPPX0pVEXAwYvDaINVNxN01Ify8YwG5loNRddlat-grf3iawic7KvwqPowxFe2GuemVvbB-KW8ZVBxigwS-gelSKIVy4KYR9UgiDrM6e6deEBnUTcULSwmsH-JdHNg13ytZ3vNVMMlxZW2MPOCRuB2WlOHdCLoC86VqafSoMwuec-d~~Aisbgyt5F2vO-GjvI60bR7h2MSp0iT6P7apIDUUpHUsDGbvcdxp22HSxXdlvr7lSqtLnL5rKxujGDYq~~R9B~~WuGiorVL2hn74UQ''andKey-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZACT AND in 2015, which address peace, climate change, inequalities and poverty. | 1/16/22 |
JF - SetCol CPTournament: Golden Desert UNLV | Round: 2 | Opponent: Village RB | Judge: Malachi Ambrose | 2/5/22 |
JF - SetCol KTournament: Emory Barkley Forum | Round: 1 | Opponent: La Salle TP | Judge: Yoyo Lei Setcol KSettler colonialism is driven by the logic of elimination –settler societies establish the structure of invasion through the will-to-possession and structural occupation of indigenous landRifkin 14 – Associate Professor of English and WGS @ UNC-Greensboro ~Mark, ‘Settler Common Sense: Queerness and Everyday Colonialism in the American Renaissance,’ pp. 7-10~ AND through which U.S. settler colonialism enacts itself " (xix). The alternative is to give back the land and go to space.Tuck and Yang 12 AND one. Decolonization is not an "and". It is an elsewhere. | 1/28/22 |
JF - Space Settlement DATournament: Emory Barkley Forum | Round: 4 | Opponent: Isidore Newman EE | Judge: Alex Berry 3 – Space Settlement====Without private appropriation space settlement will not happen – no incentives, and would result in conflict. ==== AND such as the increasing problems of satellite positioning and traffic in geostationary orbit. ====Space Settlement is coming now and prevents inevitable extinction. Settlement requires private industry and rule of law. ==== AND if we want any hope of surviving the inevitable existential global extinction event. | 1/29/22 |
JF - T-AppropriationTournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 5 | Opponent: Harker GS | Judge: David Dosch T appropriationInterpretation—the aff may not defend a subset of appropriation.Appropriation is a generic indefinite singular. Cohen 01Ariel Cohen (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), "On the Generic Use of Indefinite Singulars," Journal of Semantics 18:3, 2001 https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/188590876.pdf AND me such a room? Don’t you know a room is¶ square? Their plan violates. Rules readings are always generalized – specific instances are not consistent. Cohen 01Ariel Cohen (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), "On the Generic Use of Indefinite Singulars," Journal of Semantics 18:3, 2001 https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/188590876.pdf AND , it suddenly changes¶ direction, for example to avoid hitting something. outweighs—only our evidence speaks to how indefinite singulars are interpreted in the context of normative statements like the resolution. This means throw out aff counter-interpretations that are purely descriptiveVote neg:1~ Precision –any deviation justifies the aff arbitrarily jettisoning words in the resolution at their whim which decks negative ground and preparation because the aff is no longer bounded by the resolution.2~ Limits—specifying a type of appropriation offers huge explosion in the topic since space is, quite literally, infinite.Drop the debater to preserve fairness and education – use competing interps –reasonability invites arbitrary judge intervention and a race to the bottom of questionable argumentationHypothetical neg abuse doesn’t justify aff abuse, and theory checks cheaty CPsNo RVIs—it’s their burden to be topical. | 1/16/22 |
JF - T-RestrictTournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 5 | Opponent: Harker GS | Judge: David Dosch T- RestrictThere is no asteroid mining in space yet – means even restricting it still allows private appropriation to go forward | 1/16/22 |
JF - UNCOPOUS CPTournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 2 | Opponent: Westwood PM | Judge: Joshua Michael | 1/15/22 |
JF - US PICTournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 4 | Opponent: WyoVir JC | Judge: Joel Lemuel CP Text: The appropriation of outer space by private entities except for US private entities is unjust.Chinese investments are catching up and the US needs private companies to maintain space dominance – Chinese space dominance risks extinction. Autry and Kwast 19:Greg Autry, Steve Kwast ~{Greg Autry is a clinical professor of space leadership, policy, and business at Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management. He served on the 2016 NASA transition team and as the White House liaison at NASA in 2017. He is the chair of the Safety Working Group for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee. Steve Kwast is a Lieutenant General and commander of Recruiting, Training, Educating and Development for the Air Force. He is an astronautical engineer and Harvard Fellow in Public Policy., ~}, 19 - ("America Is Losing the Second Space Race to China," Foreign Policy, 8-22-2019, https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/22/america-is-losing-the-second-space-race-to-china/)//marlborough-wr/ AND conflict while securing a better economic future for the nation and the world. | 1/16/22 |
ND - Brazil Minimum Wage CPTournament: USC | Round: 1 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake MT | Judge: Jared Burke Counterplan text: Brazil ought to raise the minimum wage.Solves the entire aff. Their evidence says that raising the minimum wage reduces inequality. It is better to just enact this policy than to leave it to unpredictable strikes leading to a minimum wage raise. | 12/11/21 |
ND - Carbon Tax CPTournament: USC | Round: 5 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake EJ | Judge: Nae Edwards Carbon Tax CPText: The United States ought to implement a carbon tax.A carbon tax substantially decreases greenhouse gas emissions and increases revenue under every plausible implementation.Barron et. al 5/7 - Alexander R. Barron ~Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, Smith College; Alex Barron graduated from Carleton College with a B.A. in chemistry and obtained his Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from Princeton University~, Marc A. C. Hafstead ~PhD in economics, Stanford University, 2011, BA in mathematical methods in the social sciences and economics, Northwestern University, 2004~, and Adele Morris ~Adele Morris is a senior fellow and policy director for Climate and Energy Economics at the Brookings Institution~, "Policy insights from comparing carbon pricing modeling scenarios," Brookings Institute Climate And Energy Economics Discussion Paper (Web). May 7, 2019. Accessed Oct. 19, 2019. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ES'20190507'Morris'CarbonPricing.pdf AT AND useful for near-term policy design. Read the full paper here. Carbon taxes dramatically reduce emissions and save lives from air pollution – international consensus and best studies prove.Barron et. al 5/7 - Alexander R. Barron ~Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, Smith College; Alex Barron graduated from Carleton College with a B.A. in chemistry and obtained his Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from Princeton University~, Marc A. C. Hafstead ~PhD in economics, Stanford University, 2011, BA in mathematical methods in the social sciences and economics, Northwestern University, 2004~, and Adele Morris ~Adele Morris is a senior fellow and policy director for Climate and Energy Economics at the Brookings Institution~, "Policy insights from comparing carbon pricing modeling scenarios," Brookings Institute Climate And Energy Economics Discussion Paper (Web). May 7, 2019. Accessed Oct. 19, 2019. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ES'20190507'Morris'CarbonPricing.pdf AT AND Lepeule et al., 2012) and EPA tools (Abt, 2017). A carbon tax sparks US manufacturing in clean tech. James ‘13Adam James (Research Assistant at the Center for American Progress), Kate Gordon, "Clean Energy Manufacturing Fights Climate Change, Increases U.S. Competitiveness, and Creates Jobs," 6/28/2013, https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/report/2013/06/28/68401/clean-energy-manufacturing-fights-climate-change-increases-u-s-competitiveness-and-creates-jobs/ AND Congress and the administration should work to ensure the passage of all three. | 12/12/21 |
ND - Democracy CPTournament: Damus Hollywood Invitational | Round: 3 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart RR | Judge: Rebecca Steiner | 11/6/21 |
ND - Indefinite Critique KTournament: Alta Silver and Black Invitational | Round: 6 | Opponent: Denver East LF | Judge: Ausha Curry 2 – Indefinite Critique KThe affirmative calls for an indefinite questioning and breaking down of subject positionsThe infinitely regressive search for the perfectly authentic subject position, free of the influences of ideology, forces the subject to disregard the immediate responsibility created by human vulnerability and dependence on others. The methodology of the AC would have us forgo opportunities to redress the suffering of others for lack of perfect confidence that we aren’t reproducing some harmful ideology. Our responsibility to the other means that we have to gesture in two directions, both questioning our identities but also suspending that questioning to act on our obligations to others. Berstein ‘91Richard J. Bernstein ~Prof of Philosophy, New School for Social Research~, "An Allegory of Modernity/Postmodernity: Habermas and Derrida," The Derrida-Habermas Reader. Ed: Lasse Thomassen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 71-97. Orignially in The New Constellation: The Ethical-Political Horizons of Modernity/Postmodernity (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1991). AT AND not hide in bad faith from the double binds that we always confront. Thus the alternative is to embrace a politics of "I want" instead of "I am". Use identity as merely a jumping off point for demanding change and investing in the future instead of getting caught up in a continuous cycle of focusing one’s subject positions and how society has failed that position. Brown ’95Wendy Brown ~Professor of political science at Berkeley~, States of Injury: Power and Freedom in Late Modernity (Princeton University Press) (1995), pp. 75-76. AND , claims that, rather than dispensing blame for an unlivable present, s | 12/4/21 |
ND - Nebel TTournament: Alta Silver and Black Invitational | Round: 4 | Opponent: Dougherty Valley KZ | Judge: Heaven Montague 1 - TInterpretation: workers is a generic bare plural. The aff may not defend that a just government ought to recognize the unconditional right of a specific type of workers to strike.Nebel 19 Jake Nebel ~Jake Nebel is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California and executive director of Victory Briefs.~ , 8-12-2019, "Genericity on the Standardized Tests Resolution," Briefly, https://www.vbriefly.com/2019/08/12/genericity-on-the-standardized-tests-resolution/ SM AND -value meaning and standard expectations about what LD resolutions tend to mean. It applies to workers:Upward entailment test – spec fails the upward entailment test because saying that a just government ought to recognize the right of one type of workers to strike does not entail that all nations ought to recognize the right of all workers to strikeAdverb test – adding "usually" to the res doesn’t substantially change its meaningVote neg:Semantics outweigh: it’s the only stasis point we know before the round so it controls the internal link to engagement – there’s no way to use ground if debaters aren’t prepared to defend itLimits – there are countless affs accounting for thousands of different professions and any combination thereof– unlimited topics incentivize obscure affs that negs won’t have prep on – limits are key to reciprocal prep burden – potential abuse doesn’t justify foregoing the topic and 1AR theory checks PICsTVA solves – read as an advantage to whole rezDrop the debater to preserve fairness and education – use competing interps – reasonability invites arbitrary judge intervention and a race to the bottom of questionable argumentation | 12/3/21 |
ND - PRO Act CP vs ImmacTournament: Damus Hollywood Invitational | Round: 3 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart RR | Judge: Rebecca Steiner PRO Act CPCP text: the US ought to pass the PRO act.The problem with worker organization isn’t the right to strike- it’s companies taking deliberate anti-union action. Means the aff can never solve.Heidi Shierholz, 20 - ("Weakened labor movement leads to rising economic inequality," Economic Policy Institute, 1-27-2020, 11-4-2021https:www.epi.org/blog/weakened-labor-movement-leads-to-rising-economic-inequality/)AW AND the right to come together and have a real voice in their workplace. The PRO act solves way better than the aff by making it easier for workers to unionize. Celine McNicholas and Lynn Rhinehart, 19 - ("The PRO Act: Giving workers more bargaining power on the job," Economic Policy Institute, 5-2-2019, 11-4-2021https:www.epi.org/blog/the-pro-act-giving-workers-more-bargaining-power-on-the-job/)AW AND The PRO Act would take a major step forward in closing that gap. Their author says the CP solves their impacts – MB reads yellowLopezlira and Jacobs 9/3 ~(Enrique, is the director of the Low-Wage Work program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center. He is a labor economist, directing and conducting research on how policies affect working families, with a particular focus on how these policies impact racial and gender equity. Doctorate in Economics from Howard University) (Ken, the chair of the University of California, Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, where he has been a labor specialist since 2002.) "Don’t Mistake the Disappointing Jobs Numbers for a Labor Shortage," Barron’s, 9/3/21. https://www.barrons.com/articles/dont-mistake-the-disappointing-jobs-numbers-for-a-labor-shortage-51630698151~~ RR AND majority of workers continue depends on the decisions we make as a society. | 11/6/21 |
ND - Police Unions PICTournament: Damus Hollywood Invitational | Round: 3 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart RR | Judge: Rebecca Steiner CP Text: A just government should recognize the unconditional right of non-police workers to strike, abolishing police unions.The aff makes police collective bargaining worse and gives more power to police unions.Andrew Grim, 20 Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is at work on a dissertation on anti-police brutality activism in post-WWII Newark AND the police to leverage public fear of crime to extract concessions from municipalities. Police unions use collective bargaining to reinforce systems of racism and violence. Clark ‘19Paul F. Clark ~School Director and Professor of Labor and Employment Relations, Penn State~, 10-10-2019, "Why police unions are not part of the American labor movement," Conversation, https://theconversation.com/why-police-unions-are-not-part-of-the-american-labor-movement-142538 accessed 10/20/2021 marlborough jh AND self-interests, often to the detriment of the nation at large. Police backed by unions are more violent than non-unionized police. Ingraham ’20.Christopher Ingraham ~Reporter~ 20. ("Police Unions and Police Misconduct: What the Research Says About the Connection," Washington Post, 6-10-2020, 10-27-2021 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/10/police-unions-violence-research-george-floyd/)//AW AND use of force against the nonwhite population," he recently said on Twitter. | 11/6/21 |
ND - Police Unions and Firefighters PICTournament: Damus Hollywood Invitational | Round: 6 | Opponent: Harker SS | Judge: David Dosch ====There is precedent for firefighters’ unions striking, but right now there are mechanisms for government to wrangle those strikes==== AND able to make them understand that such attitude should not be repeated." ¶ US firefighters’ unions are threatening to do the sameTran Nguyen, 21 - ("San Jose firefighters, police unions oppose COVID vaccine mandate," KTVU FOX 2, 9-17-2021, https://www.ktvu.com/news/san-jose-firefighters-police-unions-oppose-covid-vaccine-mandate)//va AND to see a single firefighter walk off the job over this mandate." ¶ Firefighter labor shortages are a crisis – we can’t afford to lose any moreVanessa Paolella, 21 - ("Lack of data stymies efforts to address firefighter shortage," Maine Monitor, 8-15-2021, https://www.themainemonitor.org/lack-of-data-stymies-efforts-to-address-firefighter-shortage/)//va AND , leading to unintentionally double- or triple-counting a person. ¶ Wildfires are bad and getting worse – we need all hands on deckGuardian, 21 - ("Fires rage around the world: where are the worst blazes?," 8-1-2021, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/09/fires-rage-around-the-world-where-are-the-worst-blazes)//va AND Sunday, with tens of thousands of residents subject to evacuation alerts. ¶ The aff makes police collective bargaining worse and gives more power to police unions.Andrew Grim, 20 Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is at work on a dissertation on anti-police brutality activism in post-WWII Newark AND the police to leverage public fear of crime to extract concessions from municipalities. Police unions use collective bargaining to reinforce systems of racism and violence. Clark ‘19Paul F. Clark ~School Director and Professor of Labor and Employment Relations, Penn State~, 10-10-2019, "Why police unions are not part of the American labor movement," Conversation, https://theconversation.com/why-police-unions-are-not-part-of-the-american-labor-movement-142538 accessed 10/20/2021 marlborough jh AND self-interests, often to the detriment of the nation at large. Police backed by unions are more violent than non-unionized police. Ingraham ’20.Christopher Ingraham ~Reporter~ 20. ("Police Unions and Police Misconduct: What the Research Says About the Connection," Washington Post, 6-10-2020, 10-27-2021 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/10/police-unions-violence-research-george-floyd/)//AW AND use of force against the nonwhite population," he recently said on Twitter. Police unions are anti-labor- means the aff can never solve without getting rid of them AND turns case. Modak 20.Ria Modak ~Student Coordinator, Muslim American Studies Working Group, Harvard Student Labor Action Movement and the Harvard Graduate Students Union~ 20 - ("Police Unions Are Anti-Labor," Ria Modak, Harvard Political Review, 9-9-2020, 10-27-2021 https://harvardpolitics.com/police-unions-are-anti-labor/)//AW AND continue to protect anti-worker interests. | 11/7/21 |
ND - Postwork KTournament: Damus Hollywood Invitational | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harker RA | Judge: Anish Ramireddy The aff’s refusal to work is not a refusal of work – their endorsement of striking reinforces the belief that withholding labor puts people in a position of power and situates political resistance at the heels of work-based self-identification and -organization. This reduces humans to labor capital, which causes work-dependency and inhibits alternatives.Hoffmann, 20 (Maja, "Resolving the ‘jobs-environment-dilemma’? The case for critiques of work in sustainability research. Taylor and Francis, 4-1-2020, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23251042.2020.1790718)//usc-br/ AND present-day unsustainability and should accordingly be dealt with in sustainability research. Work necessitates material throughput and waste that destroys the environment, even when the jobs are ‘green’Hoffmann, 20 (Maja, "Resolving the ‘jobs-environment-dilemma’? The case for critiques of work in sustainability research. Taylor and Francis, 4-1-2020, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23251042.2020.1790718)//usc-br/ AND production has grown far beyond sustainable limits (Haberl et al. 2009). Unions are intrinsically invested in labor being good – they don’t strike to get rid of work; they strike to get people back to work. Lundström 14:Lundström, Ragnar; Räthzel, Nora; Uzzell, David ~{Uzell is Professor (Emeritus) of Environmental Psychology at the University of Surrey with a BA Geography from the University of Liverpool, a PhD Psychology from the University of Surrey, and a MSc in Social Psychology from London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London. Lundstrom is Associate professor at Department of Sociology at Umea University. Rathzel is an Affiliated as professor emerita at Department of Sociology at Umea University.~}, 14 - ("Disconnected spaces: introducing environmental perspectives into the trade union agenda top-down and bottom-up," Taylor and Francis, 12-11-2014, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23251042.2015.1041212?scroll=topandamp;needAccess=true)//marlborough-wr/ AND in the bush’ – even if the bird in the hand becomes elusive. The alternative is rejecting the affirmative to embrace postwork – it questions the centrality of work and ontological attachments to productivity to enable emancipatory transformation of society to an ecologically sustainable form.Your ballot symbolizes an answer to the question of whether work can be used as the solution to social ills. The plan doesn’t "happen," and you are conditioned to valorize work – vote neg to interrogate these ideological assumptions.Hoffmann, 20 (Maja, "Resolving the ‘jobs-environment-dilemma’? The case for critiques of work in sustainability research. Taylor and Francis, 4-1-2020, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23251042.2020.1790718)//usc-br/ AND productivism for their own sake is more sustainable and desirable for the future. | 11/6/21 |
ND - Salary NLRA CPTournament: Alta Silver and Black Invitational | Round: 4 | Opponent: Dougherty Valley KZ | Judge: Heaven Montague CP: A just government ought increase teacher salaries by the equivalent of $13,500 a year as per Scott ’19. A just government ought to extend the right to strike specified by the NLRA to teachers.Dylan Scott, 3-26-2019, "Kamala Harris’s plan to dramatically increase teacher salaries, explained," Vox, https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/26/18280734/kamala-harris-2020-election-policies-teachers-salaries Accessed 11/21/2021 marlborough JH AND about $60,000, though there is considerable variation across states. Solves the entirety of the aff – teachers get paid significantly more, keeping them in education. It also solves for activism – passage of the CP creates the perception that the government met teachers’ demands, encouraging more activism in students and other sectors. It also gives teachers more a greater ability to advocate for their needs – they aren’t living paycheck to paycheck.The net benefit is learning loss:Teacher strikes mean that students miss out on learning – turns case. Norton and Hernandez ‘18Hilary Norton and Tracy Hernandez, 10-10-2018, "Commentary: A teachers strike is bad for our students, families and economy ," No Publication, http://laschoolreport.com/commentary-a-teachers-strike-is-bad-for-our-students-families-and-economy/ Accessed 11/21/2021 marlborough JH AND improve our city’s education system for all. Keep our future leaders learning! Strikes harm students – numerous studies prove learning loss. Matthews ‘12Dylan Matthews, 9-10-2012, "How teacher strikes hurt student achievement," Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/09/10/how-teacher-strikes-hurt-student-achievement/ AND student scores, it could affect their lives for years into the future. The NLRA provides the right to strike if certain conditions are met.NLRB ND"Right to strike and picket," No Publication, https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/employees/right-to-strike-and-picket marlborough JH AND violence or other serious misconduct in connection with your strike or picketing activities. The CP solves 100 of the aff – nowhere in the aff does it say an unconditional right to strike is necessary, just that a right to strike is.The CP is distinct from the aff – it requires specific things to happen to allow a strike and is not unconditional.Strikes can be violent, South Africa proves. This link turns the AC by harming the affected sector and decking the economy.Tenzam ’20 - Mlungisi Tenzam LLB LLM LLD Senior Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2020, The effects of violent strikes on the economy of a developing country: a case of South Africa, http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci'arttextandpid=S1682-58532020000300004 AND negative effect on the business of the employer, the economy and employment. If teacher strikes aren’t violent, then there’s no meaningful change to the right to strike that teachers currently enjoy, so there’s no problem with doing this counterplan instead of the aff | 12/3/21 |
ND - Specific Country TTournament: USC | Round: 1 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake MT | Judge: Jared Burke TInterpretation—the aff may not specify a just governmentA is an generic indefinite singular. Cohen 01Ariel Cohen (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), "On the Generic Use of Indefinite Singulars," Journal of Semantics 18:3, 2001 https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/188590876.pdf AND me such a room? Don’t you know a room is¶ square? That outweighs—only our evidence speaks to how indefinite singulars are interpreted in the context of normative statements like the resolution. This means throw out aff counter-interpretations that are purely descriptiveViolation—they specified BrazilVote neg:1~ Precision –any deviation justifies the aff arbitrarily jettisoning words in the resolution at their whim which decks negative ground and preparation because the aff is no longer bounded by the resolution.2~ Limits—specifying a just government offers huge explosion in the topic since they get permutations of hundreds of governments in the world depending on their definition of "just government".DTD – same thing as drop the argTopicality is a voting issue that should be evaluated through competing interpretations – it tells the negative what they do and do not have to prepare forNo RVIs—it’s your burden to be topical. | 12/11/21 |
ND - T StrikesTournament: USC | Round: 5 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake EJ | Judge: Nae Edwards T StrikeInterpretation—a strike is a collective industrial action taken by laborers, "workers", that entails stopping work done in exchange for money, not communicative action. The right to strike must be a legal guarantee of a governmentStrikers are made up of a group of industrial workers advocating for material resolving disputes about working conditions—it can’t be individual action. Malebye 14Cynthia Dithato Malebye, Department of Mercantile Law, University of Pretoria, 2014, The Right to Strike in Respect of Employment Relationships and Collective Bargaining." Dissertation. University of Pretoria, April 2014. https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/43163/Malebye'Right'2014.pdf?sequence=1 AND fallen away. The moment the strike ends so does statutory protection.81 The right to strike must be a legal guarantee. Malebye 14Cynthia Dithato Malebye, Department of Mercantile Law, University of Pretoria, 2014, The Right to Strike in Respect of Employment Relationships and Collective Bargaining, Dissertation, . University of Pretoria, April 2014. https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/43163/Malebye'Right'2014.pdf?sequence=1 AND ." In other words, the right must be functional to collective bargaining. Violation: they omit workersVote neg:Semantics outweigh: it’s the only stasis point we know before the round so it controls the internal link to engagement – there’s no way to use ground if debaters aren’t prepared to defend it2.topic education—All of the literature on the topic is about industrial workers engaging in collective action for material changes to their pay or working conditions, not about protests in general. This means that none of the neg generics link such as econ disads, politics disads, PICs out of specific industries.Drop the debater to preserve fairness and education – use competing interps – reasonability invites arbitrary judge intervention and a race to the bottom of questionable argumentation | 12/12/21 |
ND - T-FWTournament: Alta Silver and Black Invitational | Round: 6 | Opponent: Denver East LF | Judge: Ausha Curry 1 – T (4 minutes)Interpretation: the affirmative must defend the hypothetical implementation of the resolution or a subset thereof –A worker is a person who worksMerriam-Webster - ("Definition of WORKER," No Publication, xx-xx-xxxx, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worker)//va AND
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ND - UBI CPTournament: USC | Round: 3 | Opponent: Mission San Jose AA | Judge: David Dosch CP Text: A just government ought to provide universal basic incomeStriking can’t solve layoffs when the employer doesn’t need their workers anymore – UBI would give workers a cushion to survive unemployment AND increase their ability to strike by providing a strike fundTascha Shahriari-Parsa, 21 ~Tascha Shahriari-Parsa is a student at Harvard Law School.~ ("Why Universal Basic Income is a Labor Issue," OnLabor, 4-30-2021, https://onlabor.org/why-universal-basic-income-is-a-labor-issue/)//va AND to save more of their bargaining leverage for everything else that matters. ¶ A Universal Basic Income solves income inequality. Wright 17Erik Olin Wright, American analytical Marxist sociologist, author, and educator 2-14-2017, "Can the universal basic income solve global inequalities?," UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab, https://en.unesco.org/inclusivepolicylab/news/can-universal-basic-income-solve-global-inequalities/ JRG AND the administrative capacity to extract taxes and the political will to do so. | 12/11/21 |
ND - Violence PICTournament: Damus Hollywood Invitational | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harker RA | Judge: Anish Ramireddy Counterplan: A just government ought to guarantee the right to strike except for violent strike tactics.Strikes can be violent, South Africa proves. This link turns the AC by harming the affected sector and decking the economy.Tenzam ’20 - Mlungisi Tenzam LLB LLM LLD Senior Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2020, The effects of violent strikes on the economy of a developing country: a case of South Africa, http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci'arttextandpid=S1682-58532020000300004 AND negative effect on the business of the employer, the economy and employment. | 11/6/21 |
ND - WSDE CPTournament: Alta Silver and Black Invitational | Round: 1 | Opponent: Denver East MB | Judge: Joshua Weingarten 1 – Worker Self-Directed Enterprise CPPlan text: Firms should be transformed into worker self-directed enterprises.Wolff ND - Richard D. Wolff ~professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a visiting professor at the New School in New York City. He has also taught economics at Yale University, the City University of New York, and the University of Paris I (Sorbonne)~, "Start with Worker Self-Directed Enterprises," The Next System Project. https://thenextsystem.org/sites/default/files/2017-08/RickWolff.pdf AT AND as now the Democrats and Republicans represent the interests of the capitalist sector. Empirics prove that self-directed firms are more democratic and successful.Jerry Ashton, 13 - ("The Worker Self-Directed Enterprise: A "Cure" for Capitalism, or a Slippery Slope to Socialism?," HuffPost, 1-2-2013, accessed 11-16-2021, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/worker-self-directed-enterprise'b'2385334)//MS AND , sharing all of the tasks, responsibilities, benefits and risks." ¶ | 12/3/21 |
ND - Work K vs HW ClimateTournament: USC | Round: 5 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake EJ | Judge: Nae Edwards Work KThe aff’s refusal to work is not a refusal of work – their endorsement of striking reinforces the belief that withholding labor puts people in a position of power AND centers political organizing and resistance to capitalism around identifying oneself first and foremost as a worker. For example, Monbiot is about political action and protest, and they label that protest a "strike" so that it has value in a work-centered society. This reduces humans to labor capital, which causes work-dependency and inhibits alternatives.Hoffmann, 20 (Maja, "Resolving the ‘jobs-environment-dilemma’? The case for critiques of work in sustainability research. Taylor and Francis, 4-1-2020, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23251042.2020.1790718)//usc-br/ AND present-day unsustainability and should accordingly be dealt with in sustainability research. Work necessitates material throughput and waste that destroys the environment, even when the jobs are ‘green’Hoffmann, 20 (Maja, "Resolving the ‘jobs-environment-dilemma’? The case for critiques of work in sustainability research. Taylor and Francis, 4-1-2020, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23251042.2020.1790718)//usc-br/ AND production has grown far beyond sustainable limits (Haberl et al. 2009). Unions are intrinsically invested in labor being good – they don’t strike to get rid of work; they strike to get people back to work. Coal miners protesting for "better conditions" empirically don’t demand a just transition – they want Trump to bring coal back – and "better conditions" in a coal mine don’t change it from being a coal mine Lundström 14:Lundström, Ragnar; Räthzel, Nora; Uzzell, David ~{Uzell is Professor (Emeritus) of Environmental Psychology at the University of Surrey with a BA Geography from the University of Liverpool, a PhD Psychology from the University of Surrey, and a MSc in Social Psychology from London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London. Lundstrom is Associate professor at Department of Sociology at Umea University. Rathzel is an Affiliated as professor emerita at Department of Sociology at Umea University.~}, 14 - ("Disconnected spaces: introducing environmental perspectives into the trade union agenda top-down and bottom-up," Taylor and Francis, 12-11-2014, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23251042.2015.1041212?scroll=topandamp;needAccess=true)//marlborough-wr/ AND in the bush’ – even if the bird in the hand becomes elusive. The alternative is rejecting the affirmative to embrace postwork – it questions the centrality of work and ontological attachments to productivity to enable emancipatory transformation of society to an ecologically sustainable form.Your ballot symbolizes an answer to the question of whether work can be used as the solution to social ills. The plan doesn’t "happen," and you are conditioned to valorize work – vote neg to interrogate these ideological assumptions.Hoffmann, 20 (Maja, "Resolving the ‘jobs-environment-dilemma’? The case for critiques of work in sustainability research. Taylor and Francis, 4-1-2020, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23251042.2020.1790718)//usc-br/ AND productivism for their own sake is more sustainable and desirable for the future. | 12/12/21 |
ND - Worker Self-Directed Schools CPTournament: Alta Silver and Black Invitational | Round: 4 | Opponent: Dougherty Valley KZ | Judge: Heaven Montague 3 – WSDE CPWSDE CPPlan text: Schools should be transformed into worker self-directed enterprises.Wolff ND - Richard D. Wolff ~professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a visiting professor at the New School in New York City. He has also taught economics at Yale University, the City University of New York, and the University of Paris I (Sorbonne)~, "Start with Worker Self-Directed Enterprises," The Next System Project. https://thenextsystem.org/sites/default/files/2017-08/RickWolff.pdf AT AND interests of the capitalist sector. | 12/3/21 |
SO - CRISPR Advantage CPTournament: Nano Nagle | Round: 6 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart BC | Judge: Ben Cortez CPCounter plan text: The World Health Organization should harmonize its approach to CRISPR patents and the member nations of the World Trade Organization should follow these guidelines. Marlborough reading yellow.Their own card—Wachowicz 19 ~(Jessica, a third-year student at the University of Washington School of Law whose primary area of study is emerging technologies and the legal issues associated therewith.) "The Patentability of Gene Editing Technologies such as CRISPR and the Harmonization of Laws Relating to Germline Editing, " Intellectual Property Brief, 2019 https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/ipbrief/vol10/iss1/2/~~ RR AND that promote progress in this area while maintaining consistency with concepts of morality. The counter plan entails that the European Union would comply with the same patent rules as the rest of the WTO which solves the second advantage | 10/9/21 |
SO - China PICTournament: CSU Long Beach | Round: 3 | Opponent: South Eugene KS | Judge: Sam Larson China CPCP: The member nations of the World Trade Organization except the People’s Republic of China should reduce intellectual property protections on COVID-19 vaccinesMakes sure that only American vaccines are spread, which solves better because Chinese vaccines are too ineffective and gives countries options other than China for vaccines which prevents their rise. Mcdonald 21.Joe Mcdonald, 21 - ("Top Chinese official admits vaccines have low effectiveness," AP NEWS, 4-10-2021, 9-5-2021https:apnews.com/article/china-gao-fu-vaccines-offer-low-protection-coronavirus-675bcb6b5710c7329823148ffbff6ef9)AW AND of Chinese vaccines and about 65 million received one, according to Gao. | 9/19/21 |
SO - Dollar Heg DATournament: CSU Long Beach | Round: 3 | Opponent: South Eugene KS | Judge: Sam Larson Dollar Heg DAIPR is key for U.S Dollar Centrality – it allows US firms near if not complete monopolies pushing dollars into international markets and stabilizing US financial influenceSchwartz ‘19 AND IMS? Why IPRs? The conclusion considers critical endogenous sources of decay. Collapse of dollar centrality decks the US economy, prevents stimulus, and undermines security spending which emboldens China aggression.Zoffer 12 - Josh Zoffer (Legal Intern at the IMF, Yale Law), "Future of Dollar Hegemony", Harvard International Review, July 7, 2012. ~http://hir.harvard.edu/article/?a=2951~~ DM AND liquidity might lead to the conflict feared on both sides of the Pacific. Economic collapse leads to oppressive populism and great power war.Liu 11/13/18 - Qian Liu ~Economist; the first Chinese analyst to join The Economist Intelligence Unit, the research arm of the group. Before becoming the managing director, she was the director of the global economics unit and director of Access China for the EIU. She also served as the chairwoman for internal review at EIU with the European Securities and Markets Authority. Ms Liu adopted econometric models to analyse economic data and produce macroeconomic forecasts.; guest lecturer at New York University, Tsinghua University, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Fudan University.; PhD in economics from Uppsala University, Sweden, and spent a year as a visiting researcher at the University of California, Berkeley.~, "The next economic crisis could cause a global conflict. Here's why," World Economic Forum (Web). Nov. 13, 2018. Accessed Feb. 16, 2019. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/11/the-next-economic-crisis-could-cause-a-global-conflict-heres-why/ AT AND sensible and respectful global dialogue. The alternative may well be global conflagration. | 9/19/21 |
SO - Global Universal Healthcare CPTournament: CSU Long Beach | Round: 3 | Opponent: South Eugene KS | Judge: Sam Larson CP Text: The member nations of the World Trade Organization should establish a global system that provides universal healthcare to all of those nations’ citizens. This system should centrally purchase medicines in accordance with all IP rights and laws and should then universally distribute that medicine, with funds from the richest and healthiest going to subsidize the care of the poorest and sickest as per recommendations made by the CP evidence.2) In order for universal healthcare to be achieved for all citizens, the system has to be global so that inequity between countries (not just within countries) may be resolved. AND profit motive from healthcare if we want efficiency and effectiveness. Jolene Skordis ¶ | 9/19/21 |
SO - Global Universal Healthcare CP v BiocapTournament: Nano Nagle | Round: 2 | Opponent: Lynbrook SY | Judge: David Salazar CP Text: The member nations of the World Trade Organization should establish a global system that provides universal healthcare to all of those nations’ citizens. This system should centrally purchase medicines in accordance with all IP rights and laws and should then universally distribute that medicine, with funds from the richest and healthiest going to subsidize the care of the poorest and sickest as per recommendations made by the CP evidence. This system should distribute hormone replacement therapy and other gender-affirming medical care to all who desire it in whatever form they desire it.2) In order for universal healthcare to be achieved for all citizens, the system has to be global so that inequity between countries (not just within countries) may be resolved. AND unavailable to most of the people in the world – we universalize gender experimentation | 10/9/21 |
SO - HIF CPTournament: CSU Long Beach | Round: 2 | Opponent: Diamond Bar NC | Judge: Gabriela Gonzalez Counterplan text: The member nations of the World Trade Organization) should implement and fund a Health Impact Fund as per the Hollis and Pogge 08 cardThe Health Impact Fund would guarantee patent rights and increase profits, while also equalizing the cost of medicinesHollis and Pogge ’08 - Aidan Hollis ~Associate Professor of Economics, the University of Calgary~ and Thomas Pogge ~Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs, Yale University~, "The Health Impact Fund Making New Medicines Accessible for All," Incentives for Global Health (2008) AT AND incentives with respect to pharmaceutical promotion apply equally to developing and developed countries. | 9/18/21 |
SO - Indigenous Medicines PICTournament: CSU Long Beach | Round: 2 | Opponent: Diamond Bar NC | Judge: Gabriela Gonzalez Indigenous Medicines PICIndigenous people need strong intellectual property rights to traditional medicines – their unique medicinal knowledge is open to appropriation and theft from larger Western pharmaceutical companies without it – Sinela and Ramcharan ‘05SINJELA, MPAZI, and ROBIN RAMCHARAN. "Protecting Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Medicines of Indigenous Peoples through Intellectual Property Rights: Issues, Challenges and Strategies." International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, vol. 12, no. 1, 2005, pp. 1–24. LK AND is taking place in the context of the Human Genome Diversity Project.28 CP Text: The member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for medicines except for those medicines created, discovered, preserved, or primarily used by Indigenous peoples. IP rights for those medicines should be expanded in a flexible and culturally appropriate context according to principles of IP law including but not limited to repression of unfair competition, recognition of rights, equity and benefit-sharing, prior informed consent, full and effective participation of knowledge holders, and an appropriate framework for access as per the Sinjela and Ramcharan card. IP rights should never prevent Indigenous people from taking advantage of their own knowledge.SINJELA, MPAZI, and ROBIN RAMCHARAN 05 "Protecting Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Medicines of Indigenous Peoples through Intellectual Property Rights: Issues, Challenges and Strategies." International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, vol. 12, no. 1, 2005, pp. 1–24. mb-va AND , related conven tions such as the CBD will have to be closely studied | 9/18/21 |
SO - Innovation DA V2Tournament: Nano Nagle | Round: 6 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart BC | Judge: Ben Cortez The pharma industry is strong now but patents are key for continued economic growth. Batell and PhRMA 14:Batell and PhRMA ~{Battelle is the world’s largest nonprofit independent research and development organization, providing innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing needs through its four global businesses: Laboratory Management, National Security, Energy, Environment and Material Sciences, and Health and Life Sciences. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country’s leading pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to inventing medicines that allow patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives.~}, 14 – "The U.S. Biopharmaceutical Industry: Perspectives on Future Growth and The Factors That Will Drive It," http://phrma-docs.phrma.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2014-economic-futures-report.pdf//marlborough-wr// AND economic growth and sustainability, and continuing to bring new medicines to patients. COVID has kept patents and innovation strong, but continued protection is key to innovation by incentivizing biomedical research – it’s also crucial to preventing counterfeit medicines, economic collapse, and fatal diseases, which turns case. Macdole and Ezell 4-29:Jaci Mcdole and Stephen Ezell ~{Jaci McDole is a senior policy analyst covering intellectual property (IP) and innovation policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). She focuses on IP and its correlations to global innovation and trade. McDole holds a double BA in Music Business and Radio-Television with a minor in Marketing, an MS in Education, and a JD with a specialization in intellectual property (Southern Illinois University Carbondale). McDole comes to ITIF from the Institute for Intellectual Property Research, an organization she co-founded to study and further robust global IP policies. Stephen Ezell is vice president, global innovation policy, at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). He comes to ITIF from Peer Insight, an innovation research and consulting firm he cofounded in 2003 to study the practice of innovation in service industries. At Peer Insight, Ezell led the Global Service Innovation Consortium, published multiple research papers on service innovation, and researched national service innovation policies being implemented by governments worldwide. Prior to forming Peer Insight, Ezell worked in the New Service Development group at the NASDAQ Stock Market, where he spearheaded the creation of the NASDAQ Market Intelligence Desk and the NASDAQ Corporate Services Network, services for NASDAQ-listed corporations. Previously, Ezell cofounded two successful innovation ventures, the high-tech services firm Brivo Systems and Lynx Capital, a boutique investment bank. Ezell holds a B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, with an honors certificate from Georgetown’s Landegger International Business Diplomacy program.~}, 21 - ("Ten Ways Ip Has Enabled Innovations That Have Helped Sustain The World Through The Pandemic," Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 4-29-2021, https://itif.org/publications/2021/04/29/ten-ways-ip-has-enabled-innovations-have-helped-sustain-world-through)//marlborough-wr/ AND enabled innovative solutions to help global society navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. CRISPR has especially high prices. Irvine 19Alison Irvine ~science writer~, 19 - ("Paying for CRISPR Cures: The Economics of Genetic Therapies," Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI), 12-16-2019, accessed 9-4-2021, https://innovativegenomics.org/blog/paying-for-crispr-cures/)//ML AND months and can cost a total of $30 million over a lifetime. Pharmaceutical innovation is key to protecting against future pandemics, bioterrorism, and antibiotic resistance.Marjanovic and Fejiao ‘20 Marjanovic, Sonja, and Carolina Feijao. Sonja Marjanovic, Ph.D., Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. Carolina Feijao, Ph.D. in biochemistry, University of Cambridge; M.Sc. in quantitive biology, Imperial College London; B.Sc. in biology, University of Lisbon. "Pharmaceutical Innovation for Infectious Disease Management: From Troubleshooting to Sustainable Models of Engagement." (2020). ~Quality Control~ AND health threats to an even greater extent under improved innova-tion conditions. Bioterror causes extinction—-early response keyFarmer 17 ("Bioterrorism could kill more people than nuclear war, Bill Gates to warn world leaders" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/17/biological-terrorism-could-kill-people-nuclear-attacks-bill/) AND could save huge numbers of lives, scientists working at his foundation believe. If gene mutation leads to extinction, we better access these arguments because we provide a way for CRISPR to be used in response to bioterror which would be a deliberate manipulation of pathogens – they concede in CX that this is the only way to solve maliciously enhanced pandemicsWachowicz says laws would be sufficient to prevent gene manipulation for the wrong purposes, but that’s not sufficient – we need to actually be able to counter that with CRISPR technology Turns the innovation advantage – funding is a prereq to innovation – and accesses a stronger link to extinction | 10/9/21 |
SO - Innovation DA v1Tournament: Nano Nagle | Round: 4 | Opponent: Brookfield East DJ | Judge: Joseph Barquin The pharma industry is strong now but patents are key for continued economic growth. Batell and PhRMA 14:Batell and PhRMA ~{Battelle is the world’s largest nonprofit independent research and development organization, providing innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing needs through its four global businesses: Laboratory Management, National Security, Energy, Environment and Material Sciences, and Health and Life Sciences. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country’s leading pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to inventing medicines that allow patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives.~}, 14 – "The U.S. Biopharmaceutical Industry: Perspectives on Future Growth and The Factors That Will Drive It," http://phrma-docs.phrma.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2014-economic-futures-report.pdf//marlborough-wr// AND economic growth and sustainability, and continuing to bring new medicines to patients. COVID has kept patents and innovation strong, but continued protection is key to innovation by incentivizing biomedical research – it’s also crucial to preventing counterfeit medicines, economic collapse, and fatal diseases, which independently turns case. Macdole and Ezell 4-29:Jaci Mcdole and Stephen Ezell ~{Jaci McDole is a senior policy analyst covering intellectual property (IP) and innovation policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). She focuses on IP and its correlations to global innovation and trade. McDole holds a double BA in Music Business and Radio-Television with a minor in Marketing, an MS in Education, and a JD with a specialization in intellectual property (Southern Illinois University Carbondale). McDole comes to ITIF from the Institute for Intellectual Property Research, an organization she co-founded to study and further robust global IP policies. Stephen Ezell is vice president, global innovation policy, at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). He comes to ITIF from Peer Insight, an innovation research and consulting firm he cofounded in 2003 to study the practice of innovation in service industries. At Peer Insight, Ezell led the Global Service Innovation Consortium, published multiple research papers on service innovation, and researched national service innovation policies being implemented by governments worldwide. Prior to forming Peer Insight, Ezell worked in the New Service Development group at the NASDAQ Stock Market, where he spearheaded the creation of the NASDAQ Market Intelligence Desk and the NASDAQ Corporate Services Network, services for NASDAQ-listed corporations. Previously, Ezell cofounded two successful innovation ventures, the high-tech services firm Brivo Systems and Lynx Capital, a boutique investment bank. Ezell holds a B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, with an honors certificate from Georgetown’s Landegger International Business Diplomacy program.~}, 21 - ("Ten Ways Ip Has Enabled Innovations That Have Helped Sustain The World Through The Pandemic," Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 4-29-2021, https://itif.org/publications/2021/04/29/ten-ways-ip-has-enabled-innovations-have-helped-sustain-world-through)//marlborough-wr/ AND enabled innovative solutions to help global society navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. This sets a precedent that spills over to all future diseases – Hopkins 21:Jared S. Hopkins ~{Jared S. Hopkins is a New York-based reporter for The Wall Street Journal covering the pharmaceutical industry, including companies such as Pfizer Inc. and Merck and Co. He previously was a health-care reporter at Bloomberg News and an investigative reporter at the Chicago Tribune. Jared started his career at The Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho covering politics. In 2014, he was a finalist for the Livingston Award For Young Journalists for an investigation into charities founded by professional athletes. In 2011, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting for a series about neglect at a residential facility for disabled kids. Jared graduated from the Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland-College Park with a bachelor's degree in journalism~}, 21 - ("U.S. Support for Patent Waiver Unlikely to Cost Covid-19 Vaccine Makers in Short Term ," WSJ, 5-7-2021, https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-support-for-patent-waiver-unlikely-to-cost-covid-19-vaccine-makers-in-short-term-11620414260)//marlborough-wr/ AND who advises drugmakers. "Other than that, this is largely symbolic." Pharmaceutical innovation is key to protecting against future pandemics, bioterrorism, and antibiotic resistance.Marjanovic and Fejiao ‘20 Marjanovic, Sonja, and Carolina Feijao. Sonja Marjanovic, Ph.D., Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. Carolina Feijao, Ph.D. in biochemistry, University of Cambridge; M.Sc. in quantitive biology, Imperial College London; B.Sc. in biology, University of Lisbon. "Pharmaceutical Innovation for Infectious Disease Management: From Troubleshooting to Sustainable Models of Engagement." (2020). ~Quality Control~ AND health threats to an even greater extent under improved innova-tion conditions. | 10/9/21 |
SO - Innovation DA v3Tournament: St Marks | Round: 4 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake CR | Judge: Aaron Timmons The pharma industry is strong now but patents are key for continued economic growth. Batell and PhRMA 14:Batell and PhRMA ~{Battelle is the world’s largest nonprofit independent research and development organization, providing innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing needs through its four global businesses: Laboratory Management, National Security, Energy, Environment and Material Sciences, and Health and Life Sciences. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country’s leading pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to inventing medicines that allow patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives.~}, 14 – "The U.S. Biopharmaceutical Industry: Perspectives on Future Growth and The Factors That Will Drive It," http://phrma-docs.phrma.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2014-economic-futures-report.pdf//marlborough-wr// AND economic growth and sustainability, and continuing to bring new medicines to patients. COVID has kept patents and innovation strong, but continued protection is key to innovation by incentivizing biomedical research – it’s also crucial to preventing counterfeit medicines, economic collapse, and fatal diseases, which independently turns case. Macdole and Ezell 4-29:Jaci Mcdole and Stephen Ezell ~{Jaci McDole is a senior policy analyst covering intellectual property (IP) and innovation policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). She focuses on IP and its correlations to global innovation and trade. McDole holds a double BA in Music Business and Radio-Television with a minor in Marketing, an MS in Education, and a JD with a specialization in intellectual property (Southern Illinois University Carbondale). McDole comes to ITIF from the Institute for Intellectual Property Research, an organization she co-founded to study and further robust global IP policies. Stephen Ezell is vice president, global innovation policy, at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). He comes to ITIF from Peer Insight, an innovation research and consulting firm he cofounded in 2003 to study the practice of innovation in service industries. At Peer Insight, Ezell led the Global Service Innovation Consortium, published multiple research papers on service innovation, and researched national service innovation policies being implemented by governments worldwide. Prior to forming Peer Insight, Ezell worked in the New Service Development group at the NASDAQ Stock Market, where he spearheaded the creation of the NASDAQ Market Intelligence Desk and the NASDAQ Corporate Services Network, services for NASDAQ-listed corporations. Previously, Ezell cofounded two successful innovation ventures, the high-tech services firm Brivo Systems and Lynx Capital, a boutique investment bank. Ezell holds a B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, with an honors certificate from Georgetown’s Landegger International Business Diplomacy program.~}, 21 - ("Ten Ways Ip Has Enabled Innovations That Have Helped Sustain The World Through The Pandemic," Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 4-29-2021, https://itif.org/publications/2021/04/29/ten-ways-ip-has-enabled-innovations-have-helped-sustain-world-through)//marlborough-wr/ AND enabled innovative solutions to help global society navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. This sets a precedent that spills over to all future diseases – Hopkins 21:Jared S. Hopkins ~{Jared S. Hopkins is a New York-based reporter for The Wall Street Journal covering the pharmaceutical industry, including companies such as Pfizer Inc. and Merck and Co. He previously was a health-care reporter at Bloomberg News and an investigative reporter at the Chicago Tribune. Jared started his career at The Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho covering politics. In 2014, he was a finalist for the Livingston Award For Young Journalists for an investigation into charities founded by professional athletes. In 2011, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting for a series about neglect at a residential facility for disabled kids. Jared graduated from the Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland-College Park with a bachelor's degree in journalism~}, 21 - ("U.S. Support for Patent Waiver Unlikely to Cost Covid-19 Vaccine Makers in Short Term ," WSJ, 5-7-2021, https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-support-for-patent-waiver-unlikely-to-cost-covid-19-vaccine-makers-in-short-term-11620414260)//marlborough-wr/ AND who advises drugmakers. "Other than that, this is largely symbolic." | 10/17/21 |
SO - Innovation DA v4 vs EvergreeningTournament: St Marks | Round: 5 | Opponent: Aragon ZA | Judge: Josh Martin The pharma industry is strong now but patents are key for continued economic growth. Batell and PhRMA 14:Batell and PhRMA ~{Battelle is the world’s largest nonprofit independent research and development organization, providing innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing needs through its four global businesses: Laboratory Management, National Security, Energy, Environment and Material Sciences, and Health and Life Sciences. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country’s leading pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to inventing medicines that allow patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives.~}, 14 – "The U.S. Biopharmaceutical Industry: Perspectives on Future Growth and The Factors That Will Drive It," http://phrma-docs.phrma.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2014-economic-futures-report.pdf//marlborough-wr// AND economic growth and sustainability, and continuing to bring new medicines to patients. Secondary patents in particular are key to generating new treatments to medicines based on existing medicines. Evergreening does not stop production of generic versions of the orginial formulationChristopher M. Holman, ~senior scholar C-IP2~ 18 - ("Why Follow-On Pharmaceutical Innovations Should Be Eligible For Patent Protection," Intellectual Property Watch, 9-21-2018, accessed 9-18-2021, https://www.ip-watch.org/2018/09/21/follow-pharmaceutical-innovations-eligible-patent-protection/)//ML AND rather than through what amounts to an attack on the patent system itself.¶ | 10/17/21 |
SO - MSF CPTournament: St Marks | Round: 5 | Opponent: Aragon ZA | Judge: Josh Martin The member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reform intellectual property protections for medicines using the mechanisms described by MSF ’17.We allow secondary patents, but only under stricter patentability requirements, which solves innovation and high drug prices. MSF 17:MSF ’17 – Médecins Sans Frontières ~Doctors Without Borders - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural or man-made disasters.~, "A Fair Shot for Vaccine Affordability: Understanding and addressing the effects of patents on access to newer vaccines," September, 2017. Accessed Aug. 12, 2021. https://msfaccess.org/sites/default/files/2018-06/VAC'report'A20Fair20Shot20for20Vaccine20Affordability'ENG'2017.pdf AT AND facilitate follow-on development and foster robust competition for new vaccines.75 | 10/17/21 |
SO - Moderna CPTournament: CSU Long Beach | Round: 3 | Opponent: South Eugene KS | Judge: Sam Larson Moderna CPText: The US should disseminate data on the Moderna Covid vaccine development and manufacturing, and use its existing IP to force Moderna to transfer its vaccine technology.The US already owns Moderna IP – it doesn’t have to waive anything. It can give away the formulas and manufacturing process, and strong arm Moderna into cooperating with the threat of patent litigation – this way the US is directly responsible for providing vaccine access to the world, which solves the first advantageSam Mellins, 9-7, 21, Jacobin, Joe Biden Should Share US Vaccine Data With the Rest of the World, https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/09/biden-vaccine-data-moderna-covid-intellectual-property AND what you need. But as prices rise, markets respond fairly fast." | 9/19/21 |
SO - Neoliberalism KTournament: St Marks | Round: 1 | Opponent: Greenhill KD | Judge: Ari Davidson Neolib KThe Aff’s portrayal of a world with reduced IP protections as an "information commons" where COVID and innovation are solved by deregulation perpetuates the neoliberal myth of increased competition ensuring a perfect market | 10/16/21 |
SO - US Funding Advantage CPTournament: St Marks | Round: 4 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake CR | Judge: Aaron Timmons CPCounterplan: High-income country governments, backed by the United States, should provide all necessary funding to purchase COVID-19 vaccines developed by drug companies at any reasonable cost and distribute them as requested world-wide.Lindsay 6/11 - Brink Lindsay, Brookings, 6-11, 2021, Why intellectual property and pandemics don’t mix, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/06/03/why-intellectual-property-and-pandemics-dont-mix/ AND patent bargain in favor of generous but well-focused direct government support. | 10/17/21 |
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