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+Any possibility of progress through the rule of law invests in a myth. The law is not neutral but inherently political; acceptance of the rule of law makes you complicit in the state’s oppression. |
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+Hasnas 95: |
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+John Hasnas (associate professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University). “The Myth of the Rule of Law.” Wisconsin Law Review. 1995. http://faculty.msb.edu/hasnasj/GTWebSite/MythWeb.htm |
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+In his novel..rule of law. |
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+The state wants you to believe in the “rule of law” so that it can ensure its authority is unquestioned—this props up an oppressive power structure where state violence is conducted in the name of “impartial application of the law” |
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+Hasnas 95 |
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+John Hasnas (associate professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University). “The Myth of the Rule of Law.” Wisconsin Law Review. 1995. http://faculty.msb.edu/hasnasj/GTWebSite/MythWeb.htm |
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+IX. It is…to the state. |
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+They posit the Supreme Court as objective judicial power, but historical Court reliance on “tradition” is a dogwhistle for ensuring social immobility under the constitution– the aff is a ruse of solvency. Hunter 14: |
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+{Rob Hunter (PhD in political science from Princeton University). “Waiting for SCOTUS.” Jacobin Mag. LEFC June 2014} |
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+From the liberal…in political practice. |
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+Ignoring the rule of law’s violent underside fuels Eurcentric imperialism and the violence that comes with it. This turns aff. |
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+Dossa 99 |
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+Shiraz, Department of Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, “Liberal Legalism: Law, Culture and Identity,” The European Legacy, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 73-87,1 |
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+Law's imperial reach…the native Other. |
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+The alternate is embracing law’s indeterminacy. The rule of law only has coercive power when people think it objectively protects them. Objective law is a paradox with subjective application. |
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+Hasnas 95 |
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+John Hasnas (associate professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University). “The Myth of the Rule of Law.” Wisconsin Law Review. 1995. http://faculty.msb.edu/hasnasj/GTWebSite/MythWeb.htm |
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+Let us assume…the particular case. |
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+The role of the ballot is to endorse the discourse that most authentically represents underlying power –micropolitics are key to real, macro change while fiat removes the self from our discussion. Which means my ROB is a logical prereq to yours! Nayar 99 bracketed for ableist language. |
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+Jayan Nayar (School of Law, University of Warwick), Transnat'l L. and Contemp. Probs. 599, Fall, 1999 SF |
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+The "world," as…"technologies" of ordering. |