Tournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: Bailey Dettmer | Judge: Chetan Hertzig
Harms
Brackets for clarity, efficiency, and ableist language.

Hurley ‘15 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 folks are shoved into the corner and unmentioned.  Excessive force, mistreatment and malice are everyday occurrences in the lives of those who are differently abled.
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 ...handle 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 folks 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 instruction...those who discriminate.

Plan

Thus the plan text: 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 Act against police officers.  
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 folks.
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 mentally ill – Memphis proves.  
Auner 4: 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

ROB/Framing

The role of the ballot is to promote strategies for the liberation of disabled people.

Exclusion of disabled individuals is the root cause of violence.
Siebers ‘10 (Tobin, professor of English, University of Michigan, Disability Aesthetics, pgs 23-28)
Disqualification as a...justifiable human inferiority. 

The relationship between the police and disabled folks has reached a breaking point – an intense examination of the structures that separate them is required for positive change
Auner 5:  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 BWSWJ
But this does...of mental illness.111 

Underview

1. Kritiks

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 ’12 Levi R. Bryant, Professor of Philosophy at Collin College, holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Loyola University in Chicago, 2012 (“Underpants Gnomes: A Critique of the Academic Left,” Larval Subjects—Levi R. Bryant’s philosophy blog, November 11th, Available Online at http://larvalsubjects.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/underpants-gnomes-a-critique-of-the-academic-left/, Accessed 02-21-2014)
The problem as...luck with that.

Policymaking is key to political activism, which turns the k.
Coverstone ’05 Coverstone 5 MBA (Alan, Acting on Activism, http://home.montgomerybell.edu/~coversa/Acting20on20Activism20(Nov2017-2005).doc)
An important concern...in America today.

2. Theory

1. The aff gets RVI’s
   2. Neg overflex
   3. Innovation
   4. Frivolous theory
   5. Judge Intervention

Tournament: Voices | Round: 2 | Opponent: Alycia Cary | Judge: Scott Phillips
Individuals come together to the collective for self-preservation as the common will; the collective has no power above the sovereign so requires deliberation as the basis for action. 

Jean Jacques Rousseau “THE SOCIAL CONTRACT OR PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL RIGHT” 1762. Translated by G. D. H. Cole
6The social compact...most frightful abuses.

The general will must be achieved through democratic deliberation under free and equal conditions.

Seyla Benhabib 94 Eugene Mayer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University, and director of the program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics, and a well-known contemporary philosopher, “Deliberative Rationality and Models of Democratic Legitimacy”, Constellations Volume I, No/, 1994, Published by Blackwell Publishers, BE
I define democratic...for being informed.

. Deliberative democracy is epistemically more reliable since it accounts for a plurality of opinions. 

Christiano, Tom, "Democracy", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2015 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2015/entries/democracy/.
Two kinds of...advance those interests.

Oppression - Democracy is a key motivating factor and methodology for resisting oppression. 

Glasius, Marlies, and Geoffrey Pleyers. "The global moment of 2011: Democracy, social justice and dignity." Development and Change 44.3 (2013): 547-567. JL
On the surface...of ‘political parties,

Democracy is key for social struggle – black lives matter proves

  Bradley, S. M. "The Rise of #blacklivesmatter." Amderican Book Review 37.3 (2016): 5-5. Project MUSE. Web. 9 Sep. 2016. https://muse.jhu.edu/. JL
Democracy is key...recent US history.

Moral progress - Democracy allows for self-correction and only alternative is totalitarianism. 

Amartya Sen, "WHY DEMOCRATIZATION IS NOT THE SAME AS WESTERNIZATION. Democracy and Its Global Roots", The New Republic Online Post date: 09.25.03 Issue date: 10.06.03
The value of...like North Korea.

Contention 1 is deliberation

Nuclear energy consistently fails to engage in effective public deliberation – India’s example provides three warrants. 

Bhadra, Monamie. "Fighting Nuclear Energy, Fighting for India's Democracy." Science as Culture 22.2 (2013): 238-246.
Now, those tactics...formance of citizenship

Public trust in the nuclear industry is near rock bottom - any attempt to reconcile inevitably fails and leaves the population unequipped to evaluate nuclear programs. 

M.V. Ramana (2011) Nuclear power and the public, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 67:4, 43-51, DOI: 10.1177/0096340211413358, JL
A number of...statements about safety.

Nuclear power is subject to severe stigma and causes widespread exclusion that inhibits the ability of citizens to participate. 

M.V. Ramana (2011) Nuclear power and the public, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 67:4, 43-51, DOI: 10.1177/0096340211413358, JL
Studies also find...in their state.
Contention 2 is secrecy

The public is excluded and kept in the dark for decision-making processes regarding nuclear energy. 

Dean Kyne Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and Bob Bolin School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University “Emerging Environmental Justice Issues in Nuclear Power and Radioactive Contamination” Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13, 700; doi:10.3390/ijerph13070700 RY
Public participation: While ...be adequately addressed. 

Secrecy kills deliberative democracy since it excludes constituents from knowing about or participating in the decision making process.

Lee H. Hamilton former member of the United States House of Representatives and currently a member of the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council “COLUMN: Government secrecy is killing our democracy behind closed doors” Mar 30, 2016. RY
Openness is not...the best disinfectant.”

Contention 3 is corruption and corporate power

Richard Tanter, "After Fukushima: A Survey of Corruption in the Global Nuclear Power Industry", Asian Perspective 37 (2013), 475–500, JL
Widespread corruption exists...but unconfirmed case.

Richard Tanter, "After Fukushima: A Survey of Corruption in the Global Nuclear Power Industry", Asian Perspective 37 (2013), 475–500, JL
And any glimpse...is unfortunately rational.

Big nuclear has caused regulatory capture and manipulates policy makers to serve their interests – we need to stand against the trend before its too late.
Rinaldo Brutoco and Madeleine Austin, "The Upcoming Nuclear Peril: Worse Than the BP Oil Disaster", Thursday, 01 July 2010 09:32, Rinaldo Brutoco is a well-known futurist and the founding president of the World Business Academy, a nonprofit think tank launched in 1987 with the mission to educate and inspire the business community to take responsibility for the whole of planetary society. He is a frequent public speaker and a prolific author on renewable energy, climate change and sustainable business strategies. He is the co-author of "Freedom from Mid-East Oil" (2007), a leading book on energy and climate change and "Profiles in Power" (1997), a college textbook on nuclear power and the dawn of the solar age. Madeleine Austin is vice president of the World Business Academy and a member of the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum. She is the co-author with Rinaldo Brutoco of "The Nuclear Nemesis" (ABA, Trends May/June 2008) and "The Nuclear Nemesis Redux" (Forum CSR International, Dec. 2008)., http://www.truth-out.org/archive/component/k2/item/90459:the-upcoming-nuclear-peril-worse-than-the-bp-oil-disaster
Big nuclear has...and act now.