Tournament: Beltway | Round: Octas | Opponent: Randolph AP | Judge: Preetham Chippada, Wesley Hu, Amit Kukreja
They advocate for just criticism. This means that the ballot is the only thing they want, not true action. The ballot acts as a token, promoting slacktivism, which precludes future support.
Kristofferson et al. 13. Kirk Kristofferson, Katherine White, John Peloza, researchers, “The Nature of Slacktivism: How the Social Observability of an Initial Act of Token Support Affects Subsequent Prosocial Action,” Journal of Consumer Research, 2013, no pp.
Although intended as a satirical
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the same product without donation).

Inclusion in the debate space is a empty act of tolerance that ensures that nothing really changes.
Zizek 8. Institute for Social Sciences, Ljubljana (Slavoj, The Prospects of Radical Politics Today, Int’l Journal of Baudrillard Studies, 5;1).
Let us take two predominant
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then provides the Darwinian background.

The alternative is to reject the hollow nod of a judge voting aff and to instead vote them down for not proposing a concrete plan of action. We must endorse new collectives—otherwise our movement is destroyed.
Bryant 12. (Levi Bryant is currently a Professor of Philosophy at Collin College. In addition to working as a professor, Bryant has also served as a Lacanian psychoanalyst. He received his Ph.D. from Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois, where he originally studied 'disclosedness' with the Heidegger scholar Thomas Sheehan. Bryant later changed his dissertation topic to the transcendental empiricism of Gilles Deleuze,  “Critique of the Academic Left”, http://larvalsubject...-academic-left/).
Unfortunately, the academic left falls
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denounce. Good luck with that.

Tournament: Penn | Round: 2 | Opponent: Marriotts Ridge QC | Judge: John Staunton
CP Text: Public colleges and universities ought to only restrict student brand ambassador advertising, but impose no other restrictions on constitutionally protected speech.
The Supreme Court has long accepted that the First Amendment broadly protected commercial advertisement as speech. Johnson, Bruce E. H. Johnson, "Advertising and First Amendment overview." First Amendment Center. December 10, 2002. www.firstamendmentcenter.org/advertising-first-amendment-overview/. DL 1.8.2017
In the following years, the
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of sentiment on commercial speech.

Corporations commercialize everyday college life through brand ambassadors – turning students into walking advertisements that turn universities into marketplaces. Singer 11,
Natasha Singer. "On Campus, It's One Big Commercial." Business Day, The New York Times, September 10, 2011 www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/business/at-colleges-the-marketers-are-everywhere.html. DL. 1/8/17
IT’S move-in day here at the
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alerts those following on Twitter. 

Student brand ambassadors commodify identity and reduces agency into mass-mediated interests – destroys the critical education purpose of universities. Giroux 02,
Giroux, H. A. (2002). Neoliberalism, corporate culture, and the promise of higher education: The university as a democratic public sphere. Harvard Educational Review, 72(4), 425-463. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/docview/212279730?accountid=10226. DL 1/8/17.
As the forces of neoliberalism
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and the logic of profit-making. 

Commercial intrusion in high education destroys our ability to challenge corporate power. Giroux 2,
Giroux, H. A. (2002). Neoliberalism, corporate culture, and the promise of higher education: The university as a democratic public sphere. Harvard Educational Review, 72(4), 425-463. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/docview/212279730?accountid=10226. DL 1/8/17.
This sad and tragic narrative
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a form of venture capital."35

Turns universities into tools of franchise. Giroux 3,
Giroux, H. A. (2002). Neoliberalism, corporate culture, and the promise of higher education: The university as a democratic public sphere. Harvard Educational Review, 72(4), 425-463. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/docview/212279730?accountid=10226. DL 1/8/17.
Universities are now being conscripted
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scholarly research, or faculty governance.

These brand advertising on campus privatizes college spaces and teach students that to be a citizen is to be a consumer. Giroux 4,
Giroux, H. A. (2002). Neoliberalism, corporate culture, and the promise of higher education: The university as a democratic public sphere. Harvard Educational Review, 72(4), 425-463. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/docview/212279730?accountid=10226. DL 1/8/17.
Neoliberalism's obsession with spreading the
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brand name or corporate logo.

Tournament: Beltway | Round: Octas | Opponent: Randolph AP | Judge: Preetham Chippada, Wesley Hu, Amit Kukreja
Interpretation – the affirmative must defend desirability of topical action.
“Resolved” means enactment of a law.
Words and Phrases 64 Words and Phrases Permanent Edition (Multi-volume set of judicial definitions). “Resolved”. 1964. hchs-TF
Definition of the word “resolve,”
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meaning “to establish by law”.

To prohibit is to forbid by law.
Dictionary.com. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/prohibit?s=t.
to forbid (an action, activity,
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law: Smoking is prohibited here.

Their criticism reproduces the domination it seeks to overcome.
Chandler 10. David Chandler, Professor of International Relations at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster, 'No Communicating Left' (review article), Radical Philosophy, No. 160 (March/April 2010), pp.53-55. ISSN 0300 211X). hchs-TF
Dean pulls few punches in
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inequality, and destruction continuing unopposed (pp.162-75).

My offense is not solely procedural.
Inoue 5. Asao B. Inoue, “THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF RACISM AND COMMUNITY-BASED ASSESSMENT PRACTICE”. hchs-TF
Sophistic antilogic and a slightly
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and visions of the world.

The judge should use agonistic pluralism – the terms of the debate should be a subject of debate rather than assumed by fiat.
Schaap 6. Andrew Schaap University of Exeter, BA(Hons) Melbourne, MSc, PhD Edinburgh, teaches contemporary political theory and critical IR theory, "Agonism in divided societies" Published in Philosophy and Social Criticism 32(2) (2006): 255-277.  
Agonistic democrats, by contrast, draw
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contingent achievement of political action.

Tournament: Yale | Round: 1 | Opponent: Edgemont ML | Judge: Kathryn Kenny
Practical reflection is a constitutive feature of agency.
Ferrero 9 Luca Ferrero, “Constitutivism and the Inescapability of Agency”. Oxford Studies in Metaethics, vol. IV, Jan 12, 2009.(https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/ferrero/www/pubs/ferrero-constitutivism.pdf‎) Professor of Philosophy, University of Wesconsin at Milwaukee.
To engage in any ordinary...is a manifestation of agency.
Thus, the standard is respecting liberty.
Intended harms outweigh foreseen harms.
Hegel 20 George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, The Philosophy of Right, 1820.
The will has before it...alone lie in the purpose.
Something qualifies as an action and not a mere event only if practical reasoning constitutes it.
Rödl 2k Sebastian. Self-Consciousness, Harvard University Press, 2000.
Calculation from desire does not...and A2, be doing B.

Tournament: Yale | Round: 5 | Opponent: Eastside Catholic DC | Judge: Annie Kors
Realist ethical theories fail to guide action – it’s impossible to derive obligation from a transcendental concept of the good.
Korsgaard 8 Christine Korsgaard, philosopher at Harvard University and cat lover, "The Constitution of Agency," pg. 315-316. NP
I think that this view...it is to be done?
The function of ethics is thus constructivist—we ought to derive ethical norms from the nature of ethical problems themselves.
Korsgaard 8 Christine Korsgaard, philosopher at Harvard University and cat lover, "The Constitution of Agency," pg. 322-324. NP
So according to constructivism, normative...result describe that constructed reality.
Next, deriving laws from the nature of action themselves necessitates they are categorically binding.
Korsgaard 8 Christine Korsgaard, philosopher at Harvard University and cat lover, "The Constitution of Agency," pg. 320-321. NP
These two problems, Kant’s and...of the logic of liberalism.
And, when we pursue our ends we claim to be ends in ourselves.
Korsgaard 16 Christine Korsgaard, philosopher at Harvard University and cat lover, "Valuing Our Humanity," pg. 34-38.hchs-TF
When we choose an end...the boundaries of humanity itself.
Thus, the standard is unconditionally respecting agency.  
Prefer: 

1. Answering the question of the resolution requires analysis that can only be performed under a free market capitalist system – that means the NC is an epistemic prerequisite.  
   Block et al 6 Walter Block, Joseph Morrel, John Levendis, “Nuclear Power,” Journal of Business Ethics Vol 67 No 1 August 2006, pp. 37-49 MR 8/8/16
   Should there even exist a...if there are no prices?
   2. Something qualifies as an action and not a mere event only if practical reasoning constitutes it.
   Rödl Sebastian. Self-Consciousness, Harvard University Press, 2000
   Calculation from desire does not...concedes the normativity of reason.

Tournament: Beltway | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harrison LC | Judge: Neha Pai
To say we ought to do something is to say that one state of affairs is better than another.
Harris 14. Sam Harris. Clarifying the Moral Landscape A Response to Ryan Born. https://www.samharris.org/blog/item/clarifying-the-landscape. June 6, 2014.
I also disagree with the
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being are better than others.

The debate about nuclear power is a consequentialist one.
Flanagan 13. Kevin A. Flanagan On April 25, 2013 At 6, 4-25-2013, "Ethical Considerations for the Use of Nuclear Energy," No Publication, http://www.globalethicsnetwork.org/profiles/blogs/ethical-considerations-for-the-use-of-nuclear-energy, accessed 9-17-2016. NP
The debate around nuclear energy, and
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will have on future generations.

Fairness is constitutive of the activity – our interpretations of the resolution must be fair.
International debate association on Lincoln douglas debate. international debate education association: Lincoln-Douglas Debate. http://idebate.org/sites/live/files/standards/documents/rules-lincoln-douglas.pdf.
Each debater should present a
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of the issues at stake.

Tournament: Yale | Round: 1 | Opponent: Edgemont ML | Judge: Kathryn Kenny
A. Interpretation: The resolutional phrase “Countries” refers to all countries. To clarify, the affirmative may not specify a single country or group of countries that prohibits the production of nuclear power.
If the resolution should be interpreted a generic statement, then the T shell is correct.
Nordquist 1 Richard Nordquist, Ph.D. in English, is professor emeritus of rhetoric and English at Armstrong Atlantic State University and the author of two grammar and composition textbooks for college freshmen, Writing Exercises (Macmillan) and Passages: A Writer's Guide (St. Martin's Press).
Zero article with plural count...an indefinite number of frogs.
Accuracy is a precondition on T.
Nebel 15 Jake Nebel (debate coach his students have won the TOC, NDCA, Glenbrooks, Bronx, Emory, TFA State, and the Harvard Round Robin. As a debater, he won six octos-bid championships and was top speaker at the TOC and ten other major tournaments) “The Priority of Resolutional Semantics by Jake Nebel VBriefly February 20th 2015 http://vbriefly.com/2015/02/20/the-priority-of-resolutional-semantics-by-jake-nebel/.//hchs-TF 8/17/16
One reason why LDers may...premise, in the argument above.