Tournament: Damus | Round: 1 | Opponent: Marlborough SD | Judge: Tim Mchugh
FRAMING

Brackets for clarity, efficiency, and potentially offensive language. 

Status quo education kills educational value and critical thinking. Freire
“Pedagogy of the Oppressed;”
"A careful analysis ... teachers and students."
 

This means that the judge needs to take a critical position to allow for debate about shaping conditions to revitalize political agency. Giroux ’03
Giroux 03 Henry Giroux (Chair Professorship of Edcuation and Cultural Studies at Penn State). “The Abandoned Generation: Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fear.” Chapter 14: THE URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE AND THE POLITICS OF POSSIBILITY. Palgrave Macmillan, 2003
"Educators at all .. reason for hope."

The Role of the Ballot is Minimizing Structural Barriers by working within the state. Debaters link back by comparing advocacies to provide remedies to the oppressed. Society imposes a double bind on an oppressed person – either they succumb to the system and continue to be oppressed or fight back and suffer repercussions. The solution is to engage structural oppression through state engagement. 

Intimate partner violence is uniquely bad because it magnifies all type of oppression – preventing IPV is a key first step to fighting other types of oppression.
Thom ‘15 Kai Cheng Thom essayist on identity, sexuality, gender, intersectional feminism, mental health, and activism “5 Common Ways Our Communities Fail to Address Intimate Partner Violence” September 10, 2015.  Everyday Feminism. http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/09/how-we-fail-address-ipv/
"There is no ... to say, collectively."

Prefer my framework:

1) all moral theories presume the basic worth of persons as grounds for limiting the way we treat others, otherwise there would be no reason to constrain our actions against people or give everyone considerations in our moral calculi. Oppression breaches this assumption by treating subjects as less than human and as tools in the pursuit of social or ideological goods.

2) oppression destroys an individuals ability to act morally. Oppression prevents the realization of full moral agency and personhood by denying that people have value. Those subject to oppressive state policies are denied the range of autonomy needed to shape their identity as moral actors, and can ingrain the oppressive mindsets imposed on them.

3) Epistemology – we can only access knowledge once we understand and criticize the power structures that inform it. Bleiker Discourse and Human Agency Roland Bleiker1 School of Political Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QID 4072, Australia. E-mail: bleiker@mailbox.ug.edu.an Contemporary Political Theory, 2003, 2, (25–47) r 2003 Palgrave Macmillan Ltd 1470-8914/03 $15.00
"‘It is within ... thereby becomes improbable.’"

CONTENTION 1: IS THE HARMS

Police officer’s negligence due to lack of accountability perpetuates the existence of IPV. Gray
Lela Gray, J.D. Candidate, Albany Law School, 2011; B.A., University of South Florida, 2007. “Municipal Accountability in Domestic Violence: A Promising New Case,” http://www.albanygovernmentlawreview.org/Articles/Vol04_1/4.1.362-Gray.pdf
"In this paper, ... cure this problem."

Qualified immunity protects omissions—meaning that police are not liable for refusing to help survivors of IPV. Stringent evidence requirements are only further obstacles towards recourse. Bishop
Gary M. Bishop, Section 1983 and Domestic Violence: A Solution to the Problem of Police Officers' Inaction, 30 B.C.L. Rev. 1357 (1989), http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/bclr/vol30/iss5/3
"In the absence ... a fellow officer."

McFarlane:
Lauren L. McFarlane, Domestic Violence Victims v. Municipalities: Who Pays When the Police Will Not Respond, 41 Cas. W. Res. L. Rev. 929 (1991) Available at: http://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/caselrev/vol41/iss3/19
"Referring to one ... the violence themselves."

The qualified immunity doctrine allows police to claim laws are not clearly established as a way to justify lack of action in cases of IPV. Harper
Laura S. Harper, Battered Women Suing Police for Failure to Intervene: Viable Legal Avenues After Deshaney v. Winnibago County Department of Social Services , 75 Cornell L. Rev. 1392 (1990) Available at: http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/clr/vol75/iss6/4
"Should a battered ... their constitutional rights."

CONTENTION 2: IS THE ADVOCACY

Thus the plan text
Resolved: The United States federal government ought to ban the use of the qualified immunity defense in cases where officers are negligent or fail to reasonably respond in cases of IPV. I reserve the right to clarify in CX.
Jamison bracketed is the solvency advocate.
Carol Jamison, sister of the survivor, “Law that grants lawsuit immunity to police officers should be examined: reader opinion,” Alabama Media Group (Alabama Media Group is a media company that tells stories and connects businesses to the people who read them through advertising solutions), October 27, 2014, http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/10/law_that_grants_lawsuit_immuni.html

"The death of ... take reasonable action."

A lack of accountability for police officers empowers batterers and prevents the enforcement of IPV laws. Exceptions don’t solve. Gray 2
Lela Gray, J.D. Candidate, Albany Law School, 2011; B.A., University of South Florida, 2007. “Municipal Accountability in Domestic Violence: A Promising New Case,” http://www.albanygovernmentlawreview.org/Articles/Vol04_1/4.1.362-Gray.pdf
"However, both the ... words on a page."

Police intervention is key to break the cycle of violence—limiting qualified immunity is a push towards action.
McFarlane 2 Lauren L. McFarlane, Domestic Violence Victims v. Municipalities: Who Pays When the Police Will Not Respond, 41 Cas. W. Res. L. Rev. 929 (1991)
Available at: http://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/caselrev/vol41/iss3/19

"Prompt police intervention, ... domestic vio- lence calls.'"

The legal system is key to provide protection for survivors of IPV.
Bishop Gary M. Bishop, Section 1983 and Domestic Violence: A Solution to the Problem of Police Officers' Inaction, 30 B.C.L. Rev. 1357 (1989), http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/bclr/vol30/iss5/3
"Violence against women ... the passive officer."

CONTENTION 3 IS FRAMING

I recognize that IPV is an intersectional issue that affects everyone, including people who identify with any group, gender, sexuality, race, etc. While most of the literature focuses on IPV survivors who identify as women, I account for this in my speech act and am inclusive of everyone. However, even if I am not able to fully represent everyone in my speech, it is better to start a dialogue of resistance that we can build on – IPV is something that must be discussed to start change.
Thom 2 Kai Cheng Thom essayist on identity, sexuality, gender, intersectional feminism, mental health, and activism “5 Common Ways Our Communities Fail to Address Intimate Partner Violence” September 10, 2015.  Everyday Feminism. http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/09/how-we-fail-address-ipv/
"And we need ... communities to speak."

Tournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 2 | Opponent: New Trier | Judge: idk
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: 1 | Opponent: any | Judge: any
A) Moral evaluation presupposes freedom

B) freedom necessary

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. Rousseau 1 bracketed for gendered language
Jean Jacques Rousseau “THE SOCIAL CONTRACT OR PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL RIGHT” 1762. Translated by G. D. H. Cole
6. THE SOCIAL COMPACT … most frightful abuses.

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

analytic

analytic

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

analytic

Democracy is a key motivating factor and methodology for resisting oppression. Glasius and Pleyers
Glasius, Marlies, and Geoffrey Pleyers. "The global moment of 2011: Democracy, social justice and dignity." Development and Change 44.3 (2013): 547-567.

On the surface,. . . leadership’ of ‘political parties,

Democracy is key for social struggle – black lives matter proves. Bradley
Bradley, S. M. "The Rise of #blacklivesmatter." American Book Review 37.3 (2016): 5-5. Project MUSE. Web. 9 Sep. 2016. https://muse.jhu.edu/. JL

The cases … recent US history.

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

analytic
Nuclear energy consistently fails to engage in effective public deliberation – India’s example provides three warrants. Bhadra
Bhadra, Monamie. "Fighting Nuclear Energy, Fighting for India's Democracy." Science as Culture 22.2 (2013): 238-246.
Now, those tactics … Chatterjee, 2004, p. 18)

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. Ramana
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.

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

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

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. Brutoco and Austin
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
“How many crises … and act now.”

Tournament: Voices | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake IP | Judge: Tim Alderete
Cards bracketed for efficiency, grammar, and potentially offensive language 

Harms
The Yami 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 

Orchid Island's high … only be beginning.

The Yami were lied to and mistreated in favor of expansion at the expense of their well-being.  Fan 6 

The majority of …. events from them.

Dumping of nuclear waste on orchid island causes loss of culture for the Yami. 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.

And, 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 Yami want the waste gone. Ioksin  

Hundreds of Tao … out!” the marchers shouted.

The aff recognizes the voice of the yami – 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 … recognition of inclusive behavior.

Discrimination is wrong under legitimate any 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 yami, a pragmatic approach is specifically required to solve the impacts of the aff. Fan 5 

It is necessary to … 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.

Underview 1 - Theory 

1. Nebel and Plural T assume an unreasonably high threshold for topicality – aff just has to be an instance of the resolution – anything else is a debate over parametrics.  Overing 14 

As Nebel assumes … on quasi-policy topics.

Underview 2 - Ks

Denying death impacts re-creates obsessions over death – triggers all of their impacts
Dollimore 98
Jonathan, Sociologist at University of Sussex, Death, Desire and Loss in Western Culture. Page 221

Occasionally one wonders … analysis of it. 

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 I … luck with that.

2 Impacts:
1) Analytic
2) Analytic

Policymaking is key to political activism, which turns the k. Coverstone 

An important concern … in America today.

Tournament: cps | Round: 1 | Opponent: any | Judge: any
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