Tournament: Woodward | Round: 2 | Opponent: Lake Highland Prep SS | Judge: Nadia Hussein
Text: ~Public colleges and universities in the United States~ should establish restrictions on speech consistent with Peter Byrne's proposal and remove all other restrictions on constitutionally protected speech.
J. Peter Byrne 91 ~Associate Professor, Georgetown University Law Center.~, "Racial Insults and Free Speech Within the University," 79 Geo. L.J. 399 (1991), http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/1577, ghsBZ
This article examines the constitutionality of university prohibitions of public expression that insults members of
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fears and prejudices rather than to respect for others and informed judgment.3
Solves the aff – the counterplan establishes comprehensive definitions, acquittal procedures, and student-faculty panels – key to reversing hateful ideology and empowering excluded groups
J. Peter Byrne 91 ~Associate Professor, Georgetown University Law Center.~, "Racial Insults and Free Speech Within the University," 79 Geo. L.J. 399 (1991), http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/1577, ghsBZ
Disciplinary rules are the least effective way that a university can enhance the quality
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the educational environment for blameless students against wanton and hurtful ranting.
Solves censorship – hate speech has no truth value but to derogate victims and undercut academic accessibility
J. Peter Byrne 91 ~Associate Professor, Georgetown University Law Center.~, Racial Insults and Free Speech Within the University, 79 Geo. L.J. 399 (1991), http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/1577, ghsBZ
The university's first commitment is to truth. As argued above, the uni-
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means, for rational argument always has a privileged place in the university.
Laws prohibiting hate speech establish public norms and check prejudice – the aff allows rampant stereotyping and reinforces racist mindsets
Richard Delgado 82 ~J.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1974. Professor of Law, UCLA Law School.~, "WORDS THAT WOUND: A TORT ACTION FOR RACIAL INSULTS, EPITHETS, AND NAME-CALLING," Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, Vol. 17 (1982), http://ssrn.com/abstract=2000918, ghsBZ
Unlike most of the actions for which tort law provides redress to the victim,
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racial slurs is a promis- ing vehicle for the eradication of racism.