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| 48th Annual Harvard National Forensics Tournament | 1 | Newport BZ | Adiba Syed |
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| 48th Annual Harvard National Forensics Tournament | 3 | Hunter AI | Sam Anderson |
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| Golden Desert Debate Tournament at UNLV | 1 | West Des Moines Valley JL | Eze N |
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| Golden Desert Debate Tournament at UNLV | 3 | Southlake Carroll SD | Michelle Blanchard |
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| Golden Desert Debate Tournament at UNLV | 5 | Fairview SJ | Anshuman Mishra |
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| Holy Cross | 2 | Cary NS | Jharick Shields |
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| Holy Cross | 3 | Harrison TB | Alex Berry |
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| Holy Cross | 5 | Cary CP | Ramakoti Vaddula |
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| St Marks | 2 | Notre Dame San Jose AG | Dylan Liu |
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| The 47th Churchill Classic TOC and NIETOC Qualifier | 2 | LC Nathan Stein | Davina Le |
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| The 47th Churchill Classic TOC and NIETOC Qualifier | 3 | BSAS Amal Khan | Cale McCrary |
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| The 47th Churchill Classic TOC and NIETOC Qualifier | 5 | FloMou Saundhi Vij | Peter Olusanya |
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| The 47th Churchill Classic TOC and NIETOC Qualifier | Octas | SanDay William Walker | Cale McCrary - Blake Ochoa - Davina Le |
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| The Longhorn Classic | 1 | Trinity Prep Jacqueline Cook | Ashly James |
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| The Longhorn Classic | 4 | Dulles Raaiqa Zahid | He Huang |
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| The Longhorn Classic | 5 | Coppell Varshini Korapati | Thomas Rivera |
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| Tournament of Champions | 2 | Ardrey Kell RG | Eva Lamberson |
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| UK | 2 | Stockdale RP | Gordon Krauss |
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| UK | 4 | Vestavia Hills GJ | Trey Roark |
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| UK | 5 | St Croix Prep AD | Kiarra Broadnax |
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| University of Houston Cougar Classic | 3 | Ardsley LL | Avery Wilson |
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| 48th Annual Harvard National Forensics Tournament | 1 | Opponent: Newport BZ | Judge: Adiba Syed 1AC - Lay |
| 48th Annual Harvard National Forensics Tournament | 3 | Opponent: Hunter AI | Judge: Sam Anderson 1AC - Spinoza |
| Golden Desert Debate Tournament at UNLV | 1 | Opponent: West Des Moines Valley JL | Judge: Eze N 1AC - Debris |
| Golden Desert Debate Tournament at UNLV | 3 | Opponent: Southlake Carroll SD | Judge: Michelle Blanchard 1AC - Lay |
| Golden Desert Debate Tournament at UNLV | 5 | Opponent: Fairview SJ | Judge: Anshuman Mishra 1AC - Lay |
| Holy Cross | 2 | Opponent: Cary NS | Judge: Jharick Shields 1AC - Accessibility - Innovation |
| Holy Cross | 3 | Opponent: Harrison TB | Judge: Alex Berry 1AC - Racial Cap |
| Holy Cross | 5 | Opponent: Cary CP | Judge: Ramakoti Vaddula 1AC - Accessibility Advantage - Innovation Advantage - Solvency |
| St Marks | 2 | Opponent: Notre Dame San Jose AG | Judge: Dylan Liu 1AC - COVID Aff Round Reports |
| The 47th Churchill Classic TOC and NIETOC Qualifier | 2 | Opponent: LC Nathan Stein | Judge: Davina Le 1AC - Util - Debris - Microgravity Research |
| The 47th Churchill Classic TOC and NIETOC Qualifier | 3 | Opponent: BSAS Amal Khan | Judge: Cale McCrary 1AC - Util - Debris - Space Wars |
| The 47th Churchill Classic TOC and NIETOC Qualifier | 5 | Opponent: FloMou Saundhi Vij | Judge: Peter Olusanya 1AC - Capitalism - Environment - Security - Fem K |
| The 47th Churchill Classic TOC and NIETOC Qualifier | Octas | Opponent: SanDay William Walker | Judge: Cale McCrary - Blake Ochoa - Davina Le 1AC - World ComputerRacial CapBaudrillard |
| The Longhorn Classic | 1 | Opponent: Trinity Prep Jacqueline Cook | Judge: Ashly James 1AC - NLRA-Agricultural Workers |
| The Longhorn Classic | 4 | Opponent: Dulles Raaiqa Zahid | Judge: He Huang 1AC - LayStock Aff |
| The Longhorn Classic | 5 | Opponent: Coppell Varshini Korapati | Judge: Thomas Rivera 1AC - Structural Violence |
| Tournament of Champions | 2 | Opponent: Ardrey Kell RG | Judge: Eva Lamberson 1AC - Lunar Heritage |
| UK | 2 | Opponent: Stockdale RP | Judge: Gordon Krauss 1AC - WTO Cred - Pandemics Advantage |
| UK | 4 | Opponent: Vestavia Hills GJ | Judge: Trey Roark 1AC - Abjection Aff |
| UK | 5 | Opponent: St Croix Prep AD | Judge: Kiarra Broadnax 1AC - Structural ViolenceNeocolonialism Aff |
| University of Houston Cougar Classic | 3 | Opponent: Ardsley LL | Judge: Avery Wilson 1AC - Transhumanism |
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AA - NOTE FOR UNLVTournament: Golden Desert Debate Tournament at UNLV | Round: 1 | Opponent: West Des Moines Valley JL | Judge: Eze N | 2/5/22 |
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JF - CP - DebrisTournament: The 47th Churchill Classic TOC and NIETOC Qualifier | Round: 2 | Opponent: LC Nathan Stein | Judge: Davina Le 3Counterplan – The appropriation of outer space through the production of space debris by private entities is unjust.Revising the Outer Space Treaty curbs the impact of space debris – timeframe is crucial.Shah 20 – Sachin, 8/30/20, ~"Aug 30 The International Legal Regulation of Space Debris," CORNELL UNDERGRADUATE LAW and SOCIETY REVIEW, Administrative, Policy, Technology, https://www.culsr.org/articles/the-international-legal-regulation-of-space-debris~~ Justin AND action can accomplish these goals, but lack thereof may result in disaster. Solves the first advantage without linking to the DAs | 1/8/22 |
JF - DA - Algorithmic GovernanceTournament: The 47th Churchill Classic TOC and NIETOC Qualifier | Round: Octas | Opponent: SanDay William Walker | Judge: Cale McCrary - Blake Ochoa - Davina Le 2Algorithmic governance as per their Beller evidence is good — it solves crisis escalation.Corneliu Bjola 19, Head of the Oxford Digital Diplomacy Research Group, University of Oxford, 11/10/19, "Diplomacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano'en/contenido?WCM'GLOBAL'CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano'in/zonas'in/ari98-2019-bjola-diplomacy-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence AND bias that could lead to problematic –if not dangerous– behaviours.16 Externally, environmental sustainability – extinction.David Victor 19, professor of international relations at the School of Global Policy and Strategy and director of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation, Co-Chair of the Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate, 1/10/19, "How artificial intelligence will affect the future of energy and climate," https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-artificial-intelligence-will-affect-the-future-of-energy-and-climate/ AND lower that cost and, in effect, democratize quality climate impacts response. | 1/15/22 |
JF - DA - ChinaTournament: The 47th Churchill Classic TOC and NIETOC Qualifier | Round: 2 | Opponent: LC Nathan Stein | Judge: Davina Le 1NC – DAXi is tightening control over the PLA but completing goals are critical.Krishnan 21 – Ananth, 11/18/21, ~‘Xi tightened control over the PLA’, TheHindu, https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/xi-tightened-control-over-the-pla/article37549460.ece~~ Justin AND have worked vigorously to govern the military with strict discipline in every respect." The commercial space sector is one of the PLAs central goals – the plan is a 180.Bartholomew and Cleveland 19 – Carolyn and Robin, 4/25/19, Chairmen and Vice Chairmen. Section is written from Michael A. McDevitt, US Congressperson, ~"HEARING ON CHINA IN SPACE: A STRATEGIC COMPETITION?," https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/transcripts/April20252C20201920Hearing20Transcript2028229.pdf~~ Justin AND and is prepared to use cyberattacks against U.S. space systems. That triggers backlash – they don’t support restrictions on the space sector and will do everything to convince leaders not to do the plan.Cheng 14 ~Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow in the Asia Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation, Former Senior Analyst at the China Studies Division of the Center for Naval Analyses, Former Senior Analyst with Science Applications International Corporation, "Prospects for U.S.-China Space Cooperation", Testimony before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, 4/9/2014, https://www.heritage.org/testimony/prospects-us-china-space-cooperation~~ AND —with a real likelihood that the PLA would be one of them. An unhinged PLA triggers Himalayan war – goes globalChellaney 17 ~Dr. Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies at the Center for Policy Research and Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy, PhD in International Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, "Why the Chinese Military’s Rising Clout Troubles Xi Jinping", The National, 9/9/2017, https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/why-the-chinese-military-s-rising-clout-troubles-xi-jinping-1.626815?videoId=5754807360001~~ AND as a praetorian state are real and carry major implications for international security. Extinction.Caldicott 17 – Helen, 2017, Founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility ~"The new nuclear danger: George W. Bush's military-industrial complex," The New Press~Elmer AND nuclear winter would ensue, meaning the end of most life on earth. | 1/8/22 |
JF - DA - MiningTournament: The 47th Churchill Classic TOC and NIETOC Qualifier | Round: 2 | Opponent: LC Nathan Stein | Judge: Davina Le 1NC – DAAsteroid mining is starting now. New legal frameworks and massive investments bring it closer than you think-but we need to focus on maintaining progressGilbert 21 Alex Gilbert, 4-26-2021, "Mining in Space Is Coming," Milken Institute Review, https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/mining-in-space-is-coming//SJJK AND , we’ll need new agreements to facilitate private investment and ensure international cooperation. Prohibitions on appropriation prevent asteroid mining despite growing space industriesMyers 16 — Ross Myers (J.D. candidate at the University of Oregon Law School.), The Doctrine of Appropriation and Asteroid Mining: Incentivizing the Private Exploration and Development of Outer Space, 2016, Oregon Review of International Law, https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/19850/Meyers.pdf?sequence=1 WJ AND preventing corporations willing to invest in asteroid mining from having a secure claim. Asteroid Mining key to prevent terrestrial mining and solve warming.MacWhorter 16 ~Kevin; J.D. Candidate, William and Mary Law School, "Sustainable Mining: Incentivizing Asteroid Mining in the Name of Environmentalism", William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, Vol 40, Issue 2, Article 11, https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/andhttpsredir=1andarticle=1653andcontext=wmelpr~~ brett AND of mining need not be sacrificed for the sake of the environment.38 Extinction—contrary models are incorrect.Specktor 19 ~Brandon; 6/4/19; Writes about the science of everyday life for Live Science, and previously for Reader's Digest magazine, where he served as an editor for five years; "Human Civilization Will Crumble by 2050 If We Don't Stop Climate Change Now, New Paper Claims," livescience, https://www.livescience.com/65633-climate-change-dooms-humans-by-2050.html~~ Justin AND and perhaps "the end of human global civilization as we know it." And asteroid mining solves multiple existential threats-deflects massive asteroids and global warming resource scarcity and energy crisis-but public entities cant do it on their ownReich 1-6 Aaron Reich, 1-6-2022, "Asteroids can destroy the Earth, asteroid mining can help save it," The Jerusalem Post | JPost, https://www.jpost.com/science/article-691731//SJJK AND sector. However, people have already tried and have paid the price. Private sector mining overcomes all extinction scenarios.Pelton 17—Director Emeritus of the Space and Advanced Communications Research Institute at George Washington University, PHD in IR from Georgetown.. Pelton, Joseph N. 2017. The New Gold Rush: The Riches of Space Beckon! Springer. Accessed 8/30/19. AND global space agreements, are part of this new pathway to the future. Goes nuclear.Klare 13 – Michael T., professor emeritus of peace and world-security studies at Hampshire College and senior visiting fellow at the Arms Control Association in Washington, DC, " How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion", The Nation, 4/22/2013, https://www.thenation.com/article/how-resource-scarcity-and-climate-change-could-produce-global-explosion/ JHW AND conflict. We are now heading directly into a resource-shock world. | 1/8/22 |
JF - Extra TTournament: The 47th Churchill Classic TOC and NIETOC Qualifier | Round: Octas | Opponent: SanDay William Walker | Judge: Cale McCrary - Blake Ochoa - Davina Le 3Interp: The affirmative may only garner offense from the hypothetical implementation that the appropriation of outer space by private entities is unjust and may not garner offense external to that.Resolved indicates a policy action.Parcher 1. ~Jeff. 2/26/01. "Re: Jeff P—Is the resolution a question?" https://web.archive.org/web/20050122044927/http://www.ndtceda.com/archives/200102/0790.html~~ Justin AND question before a legislative body. Should this statement be adopted or not. The appropriation of outer space is permanent control.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~ AND the Bogotá Declaration were trying to accomplish, albeit through different means.219 Violation: ~They defend that the appropriation of outer space by private entities is unjust through the exclusion of the world computer and striking against the ballot~. At best they’re extra topical which is a voter for exploding limits and inflating aff solvency or effects topical which is worse, since any small aff can spill up to the resolution.Vote neg for competitive equity and clash: changing the topic favors the aff because it destroys the only stasis point and makes prep impossible because any ground is self-serving, concessionary, and from distorted literature bases. Their model allows someone to specialize for 4 years giving them an edge over people who switch every 2 months. Filter this through debate’s nature of being a game where both teams want to win, which becomes meaningless without constraints.Impacts:1~ Procedural fairness outweighs—a) intrinsicness—debate is a game and equity is necessary to sustain the activity b) probability—debate can’t alter subjectivity, but it can rectify skews c) metaconstraint—all your arguments concede fairness since you assume they will be evaluated fairly2~ TVA – defend an affirmative that defends the topic – their whole aff is about how private entities exploration of space is badDrop the debater – a~ deter future abuse and b~ set better norms for debate.Competing interps – ~a~ reasonability is arbitrary and encourages judge intervention since there’s no clear norm, ~b~ it creates a race to the top where we create the best possible norms for debate.No RVIs – a~ illogical, you don’t win for proving that you meet the burden of being fair, logic outweighs since it’s a prerequisite for evaluating any other argument, b~ RVIs incentivize baiting theory and prepping it out which leads to maximally abusive practices | 1/15/22 |
JF - PIC - ADRTournament: University of Houston Cougar Classic | Round: 3 | Opponent: Ardsley LL | Judge: Avery Wilson 2CP: The appropriation of outer space by private entities is unjust in all instances except Active Debris Removal.Governments ought to permit the appropriation of outer space for designated safety zones and tech stationing for active debris removal by private entities.Debris removal is necessary and only private entities have the incentive and capability to do it.Giordano 21 (David Giordano is the Vice President of Mentorship for CBLA. Elsewhere at Columbia Law School, he serves on the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, and is the Treasurer of Columbia OutLaws. During his 1L Summer, David was an intern at the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance. Prior to law school, David worked as a Corporate Paralegal at the New York office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP. David attended The George Washington University where he obtained a B.A. in psychology. "Space Debris: Another Frontier in the Commercialization of Space". October 31, 2021.) ANDInvisible tipping points trigger the Kessler Syndrome.Thompson 21 – Clive, 11/17/21, Clive Thompson is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, a columnist for Wired and Smithsonian magazines, and a regular contributor to Mother Jones. He's the author of Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World, and Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing our Minds for the Better. He's @pomeranian99 on Twitter and Instagram, ~"Get Ready for the "Kessler Syndrome" to Wreck Outer Space," OneZero, https://onezero.medium.com/get-ready-for-the-kessler-syndrome-to-wreck-outer-space-7f29cfe62c3e~~ Justin Debris triggers miscalculated war.Peter Dockrill 16. Award-winning science and technology journalist. "Space Junk Accidents Could Trigger Armed Conflict, Study Finds." https://www.sciencealert.com/space-junk-accidents-could-trigger-armed-conflict-expert-warns. ====Goes nuclear.==== Any nuclear war causes extinction – ice age and famine.Steven Starr 15 ~Director of the University of Missouri's Clinical Laboratory Science Program, as well as a senior scientist at the Physicians for Social Responsibility. He has worked with the Swiss, Chilean, and Swedish governments in support of their efforts at the United Nations to eliminate thousands of high-alert, launch-ready U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons. "Nuclear War: An Unrecognized Mass Extinction Event Waiting To Happen." Ratical. March 2015. https://ratical.org/radiation/NuclearExtinction/StevenStarr022815.html~~ TG | 1/15/22 |
JF - PIC - Space ElevatorsTournament: 48th Annual Harvard National Forensics Tournament | Round: 3 | Opponent: Hunter AI | Judge: Sam Anderson Text – Private Appropriation of Outer Space except for Space Elevators is Unjust.Space Elevators constitute Appropriation – they impede orbits.Matignon 19 Louis de Gouyon Matignon 3-3-2019 "LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE SPACE ELEVATOR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM" https://www.spacelegalissues.com/space-law-legal-aspects-of-the-space-elevator-transportation-system/ ~PhD in space law (co-supervised by both Philippe Delebecque, from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France, and Christopher D. Johnson, from Georgetown University || regularly write articles on the website Space Legal Issues so as to popularise space law and public international law~Elmer Private Companies are pursuing Space Elevators.Alfano 15 Andrea Alfano 8-18-2015 "All Of These Companies Are Working On A Space Elevator" https://www.techtimes.com/articles/77612/20150818/companies-working-space-elevator.htm (Writer at the Tech Times)Elmer Regardless of completion, Elevators spur investment in NanotechnologyLiam O'Brien 16. University of Wollongong. 07/2016. "Nanotechnology in Space." Young Scientists Journal; Canterbury, no. 19, p. 22. Nano tech solves warming Bhavya Khullar. September 4, 2017. Nanomaterials Could Combat Climate Change and Reduce Pollution. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nanomaterials-could-combat-climate-change-and-reduce-pollution/ Warming causes ExtinctionKareiva 18, Peter, and Valerie Carranza. "Existential risk due to ecosystem collapse: Nature strikes back." Futures 102 (2018): 39-50. (Ph.D. in ecology and applied mathematics from Cornell University, director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA, Pritzker Distinguished Professor in Environment and Sustainability at UCLA)Re-cut by Elmer | 2/19/22 |
JF - PIC - TelosTournament: The 47th Churchill Classic TOC and NIETOC Qualifier | Round: Octas | Opponent: SanDay William Walker | Judge: Cale McCrary - Blake Ochoa - Davina Le 1We advocate for the 1AC sans their Affirmative’s telos of ~the appropriation of outer space by private entities is unjust~.That solves the Aff – they have card zero that says the non-appropriation of outer space is necessary OR key to solve racial cap – ctl-F for private entities and appropriation shows results asserted in cards that have nothing to do with the res or in analytics – hold the line on 1AR solvency deficits. Affirming racial cap without a telos is necessary and sufficient to solve the Aff.The Net Benefit is Incompleteness – strategies of completeness are genocidal.- modified for problematic rhetoric AND its completion. That’s our ongoing ante- and anti-metaphysical experiment. | 1/15/22 |
ND - CP - ICJTournament: The Longhorn Classic | Round: 5 | Opponent: Coppell Varshini Korapati | Judge: Thomas Rivera 3Counterplan text – a just government ought to—-enter a prior, binding, and genuine consultation with the International Court of Justice to issue a binding ruling to ~recognize an unconditional right of workers to strike~—-pass a concurrent resolution that non-compliance with the International Court of Justice’s ruling constitutes an enforceable violation of Charter obligations.ICJ says yes and creates a culture of acculturation that socializes acceptance of international law – the aff shreds that.Brudney 21 ~James; 2/8/21; Joseph Crowley Chair in Labor and Employment Law, Fordham Law School; "The Right to Strike as Customary International Law," THE YALE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, Vol 46, https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1710andcontext=yjil~~ Justin Brackets in original AND accept international standards and practices; and contemporary U.N. leadership. Ruling on the right to strike secures the legitimacy of the ICJ as an international mediation body.Hofmann and Schuster 16 ~Claudia and Norbert; February 2016; Dr. Claudia Hofmann works as a research associate at the Chair for Public Law and Policy at the University of Regensburg. She specializes in public international law (in particular the field of socio-economic human rights and equality-oriented policies), social law, constitutional and administrative law. Norbert Schuster works as a lawyer in Berlin and teaches at the University of Bremen. He specialises in labour law; "It ain’t over ‘til it’s over: the right to strike and the mandate of the ILO Committee of Experts revisited," https://global-labour-university.org/fileadmin/GLU'Working'Papers/GLU'WP'No.40.pdf~~ Justin AND Art 31 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT). UN Charter solves – empirics.Abiodun 18 ~Amuda-Kannike, and Sylvanus Abila. "A Critical Examination of the Enforcement of ICJ Decisions through the Organs of the United Nations." Journal of Law and Criminal Justice 6.1 (2018): 21-46. Faculty of Law at Poma University~ Elmer AND (one hundred thousand dollars) within 3 months of non-compliance. ICJ legitimacy is key to global multilateralism and crisis stability – it’s declining now.Kornelios Korneliou 18 ~Permanent Representative of Cyprus and Vice-President of the 73rd Session of the UN General assembly, "Report of the International Court of Justice," United Nations, 10-25-2018 https://www.un.org/pga/73/2018/10/25/report-of-the-international-court-of-justice/~~ Recut Justin AND international multilateral system, then adherence and respect for international law remains key. Multilateralism solves a bunch of impacts – even a tiny net benefit is enough to o/w the AFFEsther Brimmer 14 ~Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Organization Affairs at the United States Department of State from April 2009 to June 2013, "Smart Power" and Multilateral Diplomacy, June, http://transatlantic.sais-jhu.edu/publications/books/Smarter20Power/Chapter20420brimmer.pdf~~ Recut Justin AND aspects of a threat or challenge that simply cannot be addressed effectively alone. The perm wrecks legitimacy.Shany, 14 – ~Yuval, Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in Public International Law and Dean, Hebrew U of Jerusalem, Assessing the Effectiveness of International Courts, Google Books, p. 103-109~ Recut Justin AND adequacy of the independence and impartiality structures that have been put in place. | 12/4/21 |
ND - DA - BizConTournament: The Longhorn Classic | Round: 5 | Opponent: Coppell Varshini Korapati | Judge: Thomas Rivera 1Business Confidence is high now – best surveys.ICAEW 8-20 8-20-2021 "Business confidence remains at record high as economy gets sales boost" https://www.icaew.com/about-icaew/news/press-release-archive/2021-news-releases/business-confidence-remains-at-record-high-as-economy-gets-sales-boost (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales)Elmer AND , but finances are fragile and any additional costs could threaten the recovery." Right to Strike has unintended effects that threaten growth and business confidence.Tenza 20, Mlungisi. "The effects of violent strikes on the economy of a developing country: a case of South Africa." Obiter 41.3 (2020): 519-537. (lecturer in the field of Labour Law at the School of Law. He holds a LLM Degree.)Elmer AND was held not to be in line with good conduct of striking.26 Corporate optimism, specifically investment, drives self-sustaining recovery.Van der Welle 7-7 Peter Van der Welle 7-7-2021 "How capex holds the key to a self-sustaining economic recovery" https://www.robeco.com/latam/en/insights/2021/07/how-capex-holds-the-key-to-a-self-sustaining-economic-recovery.html (Strategist within the Global Macro team, M.A. in Economics from Tilburg University)Elmer AND labor costs, and that means profit margins can stay elevated for longer. Business confidence is the best indicator for growth.Khan 20, Hashmat, and Santosh Upadhayaya. "Does business confidence matter for investment?." Empirical Economics 59.4 (2020): 1633-1665. (Economics Professor at Carleton University)Elmer AND –4-quarter forecast horizons, controlling for other predictors of downturns. Economic decline results in multilateral breakdown that causes state collapse, conflict, climate change, and Arctic and Space War.McLennan 21 – Strategic Partners Marsh McLennan SK Group Zurich Insurance Group, Academic Advisers National University of Singapore Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania, "The Global Risks Report 2021 16th Edition" "http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF'The'Global'Risks'Report'2021.pdf Re-cut by Elmer AND less willing or less able to step in to find a peaceful solution. | 12/4/21 |
ND - DA - EconomyTournament: The Longhorn Classic | Round: 1 | Opponent: Trinity Prep Jacqueline Cook | Judge: Ashly James 1The post-Covid world economy is in a recession, but it is slowly recovering.Industry Week 20 IW Staff. "COVID-19 Recession Will Be Worse Than Expected, Predicts IMF." Industry Week , 24 June 2020, www.industryweek.com/the-economy/article/21135122/covid19-recession-will-be-worse-than-expected-predicts-imf. SJEP AND deep scar which will take a long time to heal," said Williamson. Strikes are detrimental to the economy and ensure a depression. Post-Covid South Africa proves.APSS 19"The Effects of Strikes on Businesses and Employees." Affirmative Portfolios Staffing Solutions, 9 Dec. 2019, www.affirmativeportfolios.co.za/the-affects-of-strikes-on-businesses-and-employees/. SJEP AND consequences of higher wages in certain sectors would inevitably lead to higher inflation. A COVID depression ensures great power warMichael Tkacik 20, professor of government and director of the School of Honors at Stephen F Austin State University in Texas, "Ingredients in place for new great power war," Asia Times, 4-21-2020, https://asiatimes.com/2020/04/ingredients-in-place-for-new-great-power-war/ SJEP AND no doubt we are lacking), can great-power war be avoided? Great power war causes extinctionBinnendijk 16 Hans Binnendijk, Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, January 2016, "Friends, Foes, and Future Directions: U.S. Partnerships in a Turbulent World," http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research'reports/RR1200/RR1210/RAND'RR1210.pdf AND —to a lesser degree— North Korea) could pose existential risks. | 12/4/21 |
ND - DA - InnovationTournament: The Longhorn Classic | Round: 4 | Opponent: Dulles Raaiqa Zahid | Judge: He Huang 1Covid has supercharged tech innovation but sustained development is key to ensure further development.Neuwahl Tannen 8/18 Neuwahl Tannen, Janette. "Pandemic Spurs a Burst of Technology Innovation." University of Miami News and Events, 18 Aug. 2020, news.miami.edu/stories/2020/08/pandemic-spurs-a-burst-of-technology-innovation.html. SJEP AND chains, many of which were paralyzed at the onset of the pandemic. Violent strike efforts are increasing – they slow innovation, specifically in the tech sector.Hanasoge 16 ~Chaithra; Senior Research Analyst, Market Researcher, Consumer Insights, Strategy Consulting; "The Union Strikes: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," Supply Wisdom; April/June 2016 (Doesn’t specifically say but this is the most recent event is cites); https://www.supplywisdom.com/resources/the-union-strikes-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/~~ Justin AND in a city like Kolkata, which carries a strong trade union culture. Victories like the aff mobilizes unions in the IT sector.Vynck et al 21 ~Gerrit De; Carleton University, BA in Journalism and Global Politics, tech reporter for The Washington Post. He writes about Google and the algorithms that increasingly shape society. He previously covered tech for seven years at Bloomberg News; Nitashu Tiku; Columbia University, BA in English, New York University, MA in Journalism, Washington Post's tech culture reporter based in San Francisco; Macalester College, BA in English, Columbia University, MS in Journalism, reporter for The Washington Post who is focused on technology coverage in the Pacific Northwest; "Six things to know about the latest efforts to bring unions to Big Tech," The Washington Post; https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/26/tech-unions-explainer/~~ Justin AND as the PRO Act, to recognize gig worker collectives as real unions. Technological innovation solves every existential threat – which outweighs.Matthews 18 Dylan. Co-founder of Vox, citing Nick Beckstead @ Rutgers University. 10-26-2018. "How to help people millions of years from now." Vox. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/26/18023366/far-future-effective-altruism-existential-risk-doing-good AND far future, then effective altruism just becomes plain ol’ do-goodery. | 12/4/21 |
ND - DA - Stock MarketTournament: The Longhorn Classic | Round: 4 | Opponent: Dulles Raaiqa Zahid | Judge: He Huang 2The stock market is trending upwards but it’s uncertain – blips aren’t enough to disprove the general trend and recent developments prove.Miao and Macheel 10/21 ~Tanaya and Hannah; 10/21/21; Reporter at CNBC, Associate Markets Reporter, graduated summa cum laude from Duke University with a degree in public policy; "SandP 500 slips from record, but heads for winning week on strong earnings," CNBC, https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/21/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html~~ Justin AND foreign bondholders, staving off a default for the property developer. Best data proves union strike victories statistically cause stock market crash.Lee and Mas 12 ~David; Princeton University and National Bureau of Economic Research; Alexandre; Princeton University and National Bureau of Economic Research; "Long-Run Impacts of Unions on Firms: New Evidence from Financial Markets, 1961–1999," The Quarterly Journal Of Economics; February 2012; https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/127/1/333/1834007?redirectedFrom=fulltext~~ Justin AND returns for cases where the union won the election by a large margin. The next market crash causes economic collapse – conditions are ripe for failure.Vallejo 10/4 ~Justin; 10/4/21; Citing personal finance expert Robert Kiyosaki; "‘Biggest crash in world history’: Personal finance expert Robert Kiyosaki predicts economic crisis in October," Independent, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/robert-kiyosaki-market-crash-october-b1930754.html~~ Justin AND than $300bn in debt – the most indebted company in the world. Extinction.Liu '18 ~Qian; 11/13/18; Managing Director of Greater China for The Economist Group, previously director of the global economics unit and director of Access China for the Economist Intelligence Unit, PhD in economics from Uppsala University; "The next economic crisis could cause a global conflict. Here's why," https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/11/the-next-economic-crisis-could-cause-a-global-conflict-heres-why/~~ Justin AND sensible and respectful global dialogue. The alternative may well be global conflagration. | 12/4/21 |
ND - T - Must Not Spec WorkersTournament: The Longhorn Classic | Round: 1 | Opponent: Trinity Prep Jacqueline Cook | Judge: Ashly James 2Interpretation: "workers" is a generic bare plural. The aff may not defend that a just government recognizes a specific group of workers unconditional right to strikeNebel 19. ~Jake Nebel is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California and executive director of Victory Briefs. He writes a lot of this stuff lol – duh.~ "Genericity on the Standardized Tests Resolution." Vbriefly. August 12, 2019. https://www.vbriefly.com/2019/08/12/genericity-on-the-standardized-tests-resolution/?fbclid=IwAR0hUkKdDzHWrNeqEVI7m59pwsnmqLl490n4uRLQTe7bWmWDO'avWCNzi14 TG AND "colleges and universities" is generic rather than existential in the resolution. It applies to "workers" – 1~ upward entailment test – "a just government ought to recognize workers unconditional right to strike" doesn’t entail that a just government ought to recognize peoples unconditional right to strike because it doesn’t prove that all people should strike, 2~ adverb test – adding "always" to the res doesn’t substantially change its meaning because recognition is unconditional.Violation: They spec ''''''Standards:~1~ precision – the counter-interp justifies them arbitrarily doing away with random words in the resolution which decks negative ground and preparation because the aff is no longer bounded by the resolution. Independent voter for jurisdiction – the judge doesn’t have the jurisdiction to vote aff if there wasn’t a legitimate aff.~2~ Limits and ground – their model allows affs to defend anything from teachers to doctors to the police— there's no universal DA since each has different functions and political implications — that explodes neg prep and leads to random worker of the week affs which makes cutting stable neg links impossible — limits key to reciprocal engagement since they create a caselist for neg prep and it takes out ground like DAs to certain occupations which are some of the few neg generics when affs spec occupations.~3~ TVA solves – you could’ve read your plan as an advantage under a whole res advocacy.Fairness – debate is a competitive activity that requires fairness for objective evaluation. Outweighs because it’s the only intrinsic part of debate – all other rules can be debated over but rely on some conception of fairness to be justified.Drop the debater – a~ deter future abuse and b~ set better norms for debate.Competing interps – ~a~ reasonability is arbitrary and encourages judge intervention since there’s no clear norm, ~b~ it creates a race to the top where we create the best possible norms for debate.No RVIs – a~ illogical, you don’t win for proving that you meet the burden of being fair, logic outweighs since it’s a prerequisite for evaluating any other argument, b~ RVIs incentivize baiting theory and prepping it out which leads to maximally abusive practices | 12/4/21 |
Theory - New Affs BadTournament: Tournament of Champions | Round: 2 | Opponent: Ardrey Kell RG | Judge: Eva Lamberson 3Interp: The affirmative must disclose the plan text if they break new when pairings are released or at coin flip. If the debate occurs during flight 2 disclosure should occur at least 30 minutes before the round.Violation: See screenshot 1~ Clash – having no idea what the debate will be about makes being neg impossible – the aff gets plan text choice and infinite prep to craft the most strategic case. No disclosure makes this impossible to overcome b/c it means the neg only gets 4 mins of prep to answer a strategy that the AFF had 5 months to prep.And, they'll say generics, but their model of debate means the neg has no time to cut an update to their generics specific to the AFF and we'll lose every debate.2~ Discourages tricks – plan text disclosure discourages cheap shot aff's. If the aff isn't inherent or easily defeated by 20 minutes of research, the case should lose. They had months – the neg is entitled to some research time to make sure the AFF is inherent, topical, and controversial. Otherwise bad AFF's can win on purely surprise factor, which is a bad model b/c it encourages finding the most fringe surprising case possible instead of a well researched and defensible aff.3~ Ground- without knowing what their advocacy is, means that I am at a ground disadvantage I can not properly refute a plan that is just a narrow slice of the topic lit in the time I am allocated, ground is key to fairness because I need to have the ability to properly respond to all of their caseVote on substantive engagement: otherwise we're speaking without debating and there's nothing to separate us from dueling oratory. It also creates the most valuable long-term skills since we need to learn how to defend our beliefs in any context, like politics. | 4/23/22 |
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