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A. Interpretation: Debaters must disclose all previously defended positions on the NDCA 16-17 LD wiki. The disclosure summaries/tags, full citations, and the first three and last three words from each piece of evidence.

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Harms
Teresa Sheehan, a 56-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder, was shot, pepper sprayed and assaulted by the San Francisco Police Department, who knew of her disability, after she refused to cooperate.  Her pain will forever go un-remedied – The Supreme Court ruled that police were protected by qualified immunity even though they failed to accommodate disabled people under the Americans with Disability Act. Hurley 15 bracketed
Lawrence Hurley, “The Supreme Court Just Sided With 2 San Francisco Cops Who Shot A Mentally Ill Woman Wielding A Knife” Reuters. 5/18/15. http://www.businessinsider.com/r-us-top-court-backs-police-over-arrest-of-mentally-ill-woman-2015-5

The U.S. Supreme …go to trial.

In discussions of police brutality, disabled people are shoved into the corner and unmentioned.  Excessive force, mistreatment and malice are everyday occurrences in the lives of those who are disabled.
Daileda 15:  COLIN DAILEDA Colin is Mashable's US and World Reporter. He previously interned at Foreign Policy magazine and The American Prospect. Colin is a graduate from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. “Many police forces have often used excessive force against mentally ill” MAR 20, 2015. http://mashable.com/2015/03/20/police-mentally-ill/#MQGmEliAukqX
Department of Justice…and such encounters.

These are not isolated incidents – empirically people with disabilities are much more likely to face arrest, discrimination, and police brutality.
Auner 16:  Thomas J. Auner, For the Protection of Society's Most Vulnerable, the ADA Should Apply to Arrests, 49 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 335 (2016). Available at: http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/llr/vol49/iss1/10
Violent confrontations between..the general population.38

Qualified immunity makes disabled people open to over policing and brutality – Officers get away without facing the disastrous consequences of their actions.
Auner 2:  Thomas J. Auner, For the Protection of Society's Most Vulnerable, the ADA Should Apply to Arrests, 49 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 335 (2016). Available at: http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/llr/vol49/iss1/10
To succeed in …. by qualified immunity.73 

Qualified immunity prevents victims from accessing compensation for discrimination cases.
Gildin 99:  Gary S. Gildin Professorof Law, The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University “DIS-QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE DISABLED” 1999 U. Ill. L. Rev. 897 1999
The legislative… those who discriminate.

Plan
Thus the plan text: Resolved:  The United States federal government ought to mandate that all circuit courts prohibit the use of the qualified immunity defense for damages brought under the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act against police officers.    I reserve the right to clarify, CX solves further spec
Gildin 2:  Gary S. Gildin Professor of Law, The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University “DIS-QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE DISABLED” 1999 U. Ill. L. Rev. 897 1999
In his article…to be available

Allowing plaintiffs to pursue legal remedy through disability legislation has empirically caused increased accommodations and facilities for disabled people.
Auner 3:  Thomas J. Auner, For the Protection of Society's Most Vulnerable, the ADA Should Apply to Arrests, 49 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 335 (2016). Available at: http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/llr/vol49/iss1/10
When courts deem…in substantial improvements.102

Police departments can change and improve interaction with disabled people.   Applications of laws like the ADA causes departments to change their training – Memphis proves.  
Auner 4 bracketed:  Thomas J. Auner, For the Protection of Society's Most Vulnerable, the ADA Should Apply to Arrests, 49 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 335 (2016). Available at: http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/llr/vol49/iss1/10
Similarly, police departments…course of action.121

Framing
The role of the ballot is to promote strategies for the liberation of disabled people. My role of the ballot focuses on post fiat solutions to oppressions enacted through policy – and the judge votes for the debater with the best method to combat ableism. The offense in case links to the ROB and I’m willing to clarify further in CX.

Putting disability at the center of our discussion is central to change the way it’s conceived. Exclusion of disabled individuals perpetuate oppressive notions of deviance which fuel other forms of oppression.  The AC doesn’t exclude other forms of violence, but perception of disability is just an over determiner.  
Siebers 10 (Tobin, professor of English, University of Michigan, Disability Aesthetics, pgs 23-28)
Disqualification as a…justifiable human inferiority. 

Putting disability at the center of our discussion is central to change the way it’s represented and conceived. An affirmative ballot is more than voting for the political implementation of the plan- it’s an endorsement of a model of debate which prioritizes the ethical necessity to question ableism.  
Bérubé 03 Michael, Paterno Family Professor in Literature at Pennsylvania State University, “Citizenship and Disability”, Spring BWSJD
In the six…all of us.

Tournament: Loyola | Round: 2 | Opponent: X | Judge: X
Part 1 is the Framework

The Role of the ballot is minimizing structural barriers towards indigenous people 

Focusing on which ethical ideology is best makes applicable discussion impossible, and causes debate to divorce itself from empirical realities. Instead we must ground our analysis of the resolution in real-world struggles that plague society. Curry
Despite the pronouncement…seek to address. 

The judge ought to vote for debaters who best challenges oppressive structures. This is a side constraint on adjudication because we’re only debaters for four years. The purpose of debate education should be to train youth to challenge oppressive structures, not perpetuate them. Bohmer ’91 bracketed “Teaching Privileged Students about Gender, Race, and Class Oppression.” Teaching Sociology, Vol. 19, No. 2 (April, 1991) pp. 154-163.
Our a strong account…the sociology curriculum.

The only method to respond to institutional violence is through understanding and criticizing the grammar that informs it.  Andreotti ’08 bracketed  Mapping interpretations of decolonization in the context of higher education
As the inaugural…(critiques of) modernity. 

The violence that modernity creates is only understood through coloniality. Coloniality represents a total relation of power that over determines other forms of violence. This means that other impacts under structural violence, while important, are not essential to the level of ontology that colonialism creates. Andreotti 2 bracketed Mapping interpretations of decolonization in the context of higher education
Walter Mignolo’s (2000a; 2011) work…in modernity’s “shine.” 

Part 2 are the Harms
Colonialism still exist.  The US gov’t devastates indigenous populations through major radiation and theft of land.  This practice destroys the lives and identity of Native Americans.  And debate is key, public discussion and awareness stops neglect.   The Rhetoric of Nuclear Colonialism: Rhetorical Exclusion of American Indian Arguments in the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Siting Decision Danielle Endres ’09 bracketed
Nuclear colonialism is…Pine Ridge reservation.16 

Nuclear Colonialism uses deliberative practices to systematically excludes Indigenous voices. These practice denies the identity of Native Americans and allows the gov’t to enact blatant racism.  And, the government uses national interest and greater good ideologies to perpetuates their genocide. The Rhetoric of Nuclear Colonialism: Rhetorical Exclusion of American Indian Arguments in the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Siting Decision Danielle Endres 2 bracketed
 Despite the nuanced…is never complete.’’82 

Empirical proof of these horrors exist within the history of the western world.  Our masked practices thoroughly annihilate populations and enact the literal extinction of the subject. Porter
Nonetheless, this otherwise…point of extinction.

Part 3 is the advocacy
The advocacy is to prohibit the production of nuclear power within American Indian nations.  This entails proclaiming their lands as Nuclear Free Zones, and includes banning uranium mining and waste storage. The Rhetoric of Nuclear Colonialism: Rhetorical Exclusion of American Indian Arguments in the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Siting Decision Danielle Endres 3 bracketed
This essay is…to nuclear colonialism. 

Solutions to oppression need to be grounded in policy rather than abstraction. K’s must be tied to an implementable, political solution to be effective.  Bryant
The problem as…luck with that.

Policymaking is key to political activism.  Coverstone
An important concern….in America today.

Colonialism has infiltrated every aspect of modernity. These impositions of violence deny the subject existence within society.  Imperialist desires views subjects as disposable and their lives as mere footnotes.  These practices entirely dehumanize they subject as well as the actor. Kelly
Our account is…of the outside.

The alterative to this barbaric violence is to employ “system hospicing”.  Modernity is collapsing but has engrained itself through our society.  Our task is to nurse the system as it’s on its way out. We must learn from mistakes and experiment with alternatives. This entails uprooting its products, such as colonialism, by utilizing “beyond-reform” spaces.  The aff doesn’t work inside of modernity nor rejects it completely.  Instead, we work alongside the system to remain impartial.  Only within this space can one criticize the ideologies behind structural violence because we can see the system for what it is.  I advocate that investigating system hospcing illustrates that ending arms provisions to foreign insurgents dismantles colonialistic practice and is an essential part of clearing the space. Andreotti 3
In contrast to…hacking, or ‘hospicing’. 

In academic settings like debate we ought to examine and deconstruct power relations. This is key to highlighting subjectivity and developing the skills necessary for social change. Trifonas 2003 Trifonas, Peter. Department of Curriculum at University of Toronto. PEDAGOGIES OF DIFFERENCE: RETHINKING EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. New York, London. 2003.
The idea of…for social justice.

Additionally, spreading America’s might subordinates the state and allows America to act as an international police. Jameson 10 Fredric Jameson, “Valences of the Dialectic”, November 8 2010, Wiley Interscience 
In discussions of…ticklish subject—nationalism. 

And, continued imperialism results in extinction because modern wars have all been the result of some imperialist conquest. Harvey 06 David Harvey, “Spaces of Global Capitalism: A Theory of Uneven Geographical Development”, May 17 2006, Chapter 13 
At times of…of global war. 

The alternative is questioning the ideological objectives underlying arms supplying through negating. Fisher 13.“The Insidious Nature of ‘Democracy Promotion’: The Case of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy” Corporate Watch AT
The ‘democracy’ that…throughout the world.

The role of the ballot is rejecting imperialism Sachs 03.  Aaron Sachs, “The Ultimate "Other": Post-Colonialism and Alexander Von Humboldt's Ecological Relationship with Nature”, History and Theory, December 2003, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3590683 
There is no…process of colonization."16

Tournament: X | Round: 1 | Opponent: X | Judge: X
Environmental Justice Cites
Prohibit: is defined by (The Oxford English Dictionaries) as "v. Formally forbid (something)…or other authority." 

Production refers to"n. The action of…being so manufactured.”

Nuclear Power: is "n. Electric or motive…a nuclear reactor."

Any moral theory must apply universally AND not exclude any one group arbitrarily. Winter and Leighton explain:
Finally, to recognize…to reduce it.

My value criterion is minimizing arbitrary disparities. 

CONTENTION 1 –negative externalities 

a. Mining - Uranium required for nuclear reactors has been a constant source of conflict and targeting of indigenous communities. Chen 2011 

South Africa is…of indigenous peoples.”

b. Meltdown – Nuclear Power poses a constant threat of meltdown which uproots the social fabric of communities and causes long term environmental devastation -  Muto

In the battered..chance to survive.

c. Waste  - Nuclear power creates dangerous waste that underprivileged communities disproportionately bear the burden of containing. UCC
Low-income and…the first place.

CONTENTION 2 – future generations:
a. Nuclear Energy is like a time bomb for future generations who bear the burden of waste disposal - Lofquist
From the perspective…towards future generations.

b. The Nuclear industry prevents countries from shifting to sustainable, renewable energy Lydersen 

Yet the nuclear..pitted against renewables.

Renewables solve our energy needs – they’re surging and will replace nuclear. Earth Policy Institute ’15:
Few of the..of nuclear power.

Contention 3 – Nuclear Proliferation:
Nuclear Power multiplies the risk for nuclear proliferation– safeguards are uncertain and nuclear power weakens them. Miller and Sagan 9

Today, the Cold…nuclear future effectively.

Proliferation in new states creates a real chance for nuclear conflict: Kroenig 14

The spread of …disputes against India.62

Tournament: Voices | Round: 2 | Opponent: X | Judge: X
1AC
Harms
The Tao tribe on Orchid Island in Taiwan have had a nuclear waste dump forced upon them placing them at risk of contamination and cultural death.  
Cultural Survival 87 bracketed, Cultural Survival, Fall 1987, "Orchid Island," https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/japan/orchid-island-nuclear-waste-and-yami BWSWJ
Orchid Island's high…only be beginning.

The Tao were lied to and mistreated in favor of expansion at the expense of their well-being.  Fan 06 bracketed
The majority of…events from them.

Dumping of nuclear waste on orchid island causes loss of culture for the Tao. Fan 2
The Yami’s fear…to be polluted.’

Nuclear energy creates cultural misrecognition – causes psychological trauma. Now is key. Fan 3 bracketed
The disputes over…of ancestral spirits.

And, radiation increases cancer rates – Ioksin 12
Since 1982, when…soon as possible.

Three Mile Island and Fukishima had “new safety features” too. This is just the latest set of industry excuses for exploitation. The problem is, the standard of safety in nuclear is lowered when it’s disadvantaged people at risk. Chen 11
When the apocalyptic…worthy of protection.

Plan
Thus the plan text: Taiwan ought to end its production of nuclear power.  Alternatives don’t exist for nuclear waste, banning is the only method that solves Huang Et Al 13
First, given the…the decision-making process.2

The Tao want the waste gone. Ioksin 2
Hundreds of Tao..the marchers shouted.

The aff recognizes the voice of the Tao – spills over to increased democracy and mobilization against oppression in Taiwan. Fan 4
For both the…democracy in Taiwan. 

Banning Nuclear gives momentum for increasing focus on social equality in Taiwan - multiple warrants. Huang Et al 2
The environmental justice…of its plans.

ROB
The role of the ballot is to vote for the best advocacy to promote cultural inclusion. Pless
Therefore, we focus…of inclusive behavior.

Discrimination is wrong under any legitimate ethical theory. Souryal 11
From the previous…to social goodness.

Attempting to find a singular theory to explain the world is unnecessary and fails to help the Tao, a pragmatic approach is specifically required to solve the impacts of the aff. Fan 5
It is necessary…of environmental justice.

And discount neg evidence – corporate propaganda like Taipower markets nuclear power as the only solution to climate change in order to shut down democratic deliberation about alternative energy futures. Wasserman 16
The idea that…that obvious reality.

Tournament: Voices | Round: Doubles | Opponent: X | Judge: X
I value morality. We need to create systems that focus on strategies to stop oppression and make our ethical categorizing meaningful – otherwise people are arbitrarily excluded. Winter and Leighton
Finally, to recognize citizens to reduce it.

Thus the standard is Minimizing Structural Violence
Nuclear propulsion is on the docket for NASA – their program is restarting imminently Godwin (CURT GODWIN, "NASA discusses SLS and Orion progress at ‘Day of Mars’ event" Read more at http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/marshall-space-flight-center/nasa-sls-orion-mars-event/#pUrEG1ih3qyYB5FS.99, AUGUST 22ND, 2016)
Tony Kim, project about his rationale. 

And the trend is global – Russia plans to test the tech by 2018 Atherton (Kelsey D. Atherton, "RUSSIA WANTS TO TEST A NUCLEAR SPACE ENGINE IN 2018," March 11, 2016, http://www.popsci.com/russia-wants-to-test-nuclear-space-engine-in-2018)
Space is expensive. …space to Earth.

Thus the plan: Countries ought to prohibit the production of nuclear propelled rockets and technologies. 

C1: Accidents
Accidents are likely and devastating – the nuclear industry manipulates space discourse to erase potential dangers.
Grossman 15: (Karl Grossman, "NASA's warning - SpaceX crash highlights dangers of nuclear power in space", 2nd July 2015 http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/Blogs/2929123/nasas_warning_spacex_crash_highlights_dangers_of_nuclear_power_in_space.html)
A month ago … a chance on." 

Nuclear tech will spillover risking accidents with other technology but public resistance keeps it in check – preventing nuclear in space is key to dismantling the industry’s line of justification.
Grossman (Karl Grossman, Investigative reporter, "The Deadly Folly of Nuclear Power Overhead", 04/12/2012 01:57 pm ET | Updated Jun 12, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karl-grossman/the-deadly-folly-of-nucle_b_1417149.html)
The crash last … deeply concerns us
Grossman continues: (Karl Grossman, professor of journalism at the State University of New York College at Old Westbury, “The Case Against the Plutonium Space Race So what happens when the sky begins to fall?” Space4Peace, By Karl Grossman Printed from the BoiseWeekly. 16 March 2005FT)
The danger in … to 40 million.

Plutonium 238 is uniquely toxic –NASA officials concede there’s no cleanup plan.
Gagnon ‘11: (Bruce, Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space group, 7/1/11, http://www.space4peace.org/articles/plutonium_space_launch.htm) JPG
NASA sadly appears … afford to take.

Accidents hurt the poor the most – they lack resources to escape and cope with radiation damage.
Cousins et al. ’13: (Elicia Cousins, Claire Karban, Fay Li, and Marianna Zapanta. “Nuclear Power and Environmental Justice: A Mixed-Methods Study of Risk, Vulnerability, and the Victim Experience.”Carleton College, Environmental Studies Comprehensive Project Northfield, MN, USA. 2013FT)
A similar trend … a nuclear accident.
C2: Plu-238
Nuclear propelled rocket development requires production of plutonium-238.
Ambrose ’16: (Mitch Ambrose Government Relations Division American Institute of Physics mambrose@aip.org 301-209-3095, "Oak Ridge Scientists Produce First Plutonium-238 in 28 Years" AIP. Publication date: 2 February 2016)
On Dec. 22, … space power generation. 

And plutonium production is not politically neutral – the state frames land of indigenous people as “wastelands” to justify using them as sites of uranium mining.
Endres ’09: Danielle Endres, Department of Communication, University of Utah “From Wasteland to Waste Site: The Role of Disocurse In Nuclear Power’s Environmental Injustice.” Routledge, November 2009FT)
Wasteland, like most … from toxic pollution (LaDuke 1999).9

Plutonium is responsible for second worst nuclear event of all time – supercharges AC impacts.
Greenpeace bracketed (Greenpeace, "The second biggest nuclear disaster in history", http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/mayak-nuclear-disaster280907/, No Date)
The Mayak nuclear … the climate crisis.

The Oak Ridge plant has a history of human experimentation, risks envi harm, and harms workers.
McCally (Michael McCally, MD, PhD, Christine Cassel, MD, Daryl G. Kimball, "U.S. Government-Sponsored Radiation Research on Humans 1945-1975", 4 Medicine and Global Survival 1994; Vol. 1, No. 1, At the time of publication, MM was Health Program Officer, Chicago Community Trust, and Lecturer in Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA; CC was Chief of the Section of General Internal Medicine, Director of the Center on Aging, Health and Society, and Professor of Medicine and Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA; DGK was Associate Director for Policy, Physicians for Social Responsibility Washington, DC USA.)
In early December … the expected rate 30.

Contention 3 is Framing –
Believe Grossman—he’s the leading expert in the field.
Dupre ’11: (Deborah Dupre, Author for the examiner, The Huston Free Thinkers, 19 May 2011, “Exclusive Karl Grossman Interview: Fukushima Fallout over US Censored By News”, http://www.houstonfreethinkers.com/index.php?option=com_contentandview=articleandid=507:exclusive-karl-grossman-interview-fukushima-fallout-over-us-censored-by-newsandcatid=63:japanese-tragedyandItemid=135)
Karl Grossman: Nuclear … represented in lecture. 

Elites dominate the current nuclear propulsion debate - challenging through highschool debates is key
Bruce K. Gagnon ‘03 senior fellow at the Nuclear Policy Research Institute, where he also serves on her advisory board, co-founder and coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Jan 27 2003, “Nuclear Power In Space And The Impact On Earth's Ecosystem” , http://www.spacedaily.com/news/nuclearspace-03b.html
For the third … nuclear power issue.

Solutions to oppression need to be grounded in policy rather than abstraction. K’s must be tied to an implementable, political solution to be effective.  Bryant

The problem as … luck with that.