Tournament: Dowling | Round: 3 | Opponent: Valley CR | Judge: Joe Rankin
A. Interpretation: the aff should ONLY defend enactment of a topical plan—that means a state policy action of the USFG limting qualified immunity.
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Limit means "bound."
Court of Appeals of Maryland 2 (SY-LENE OF WASHINGTON, INC. v. STARWOOD URBAN RETAIL II, LLC No. 132, September Term, 2002 COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND 376 Md. 157; 829 A.2d 540; 2003 Md. LEXIS 455 July 29, 2003, Filed)
Definitions of the ... area or range.
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Resolved means the affirmative must defend the implementation of a policy action by a government.
Parcher 1 (Jeff, Fmr. Debate Coach at Georgetown University, February, http://www.ndtceda.com/archives/200102/0790.html)
Pardon me if ... to a question.
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B-C. Analytics
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Preparation and clash—changing the topic post facto manipulates balance of prep, which structurally favors the aff because they speak last and permute alternatives—strategic fairness is key to engaging a well-prepared opponent – they monopolize strategy and subvert any meaningful neg role
Ryan Galloway 7, Samford Comm prof, Contemporary Argumentation and Debate, Vol. 28, 2007
Debate as a ... of topical advocacy.
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Only maintaining a limited topic of discussion and a clear stasis for both teams provides the necessary and requisite foundation for decision-making and advocacy skills and ensures clash within debates – even if they are contestable, that is different from being valuably debatable.
Steinberg and Freeley ‘8 *Austin J. Freeley is a Boston based attorney who focuses on criminal, personal injury and civil rights law, AND David L. Steinberg , Lecturer of Communication Studies @ U Miami, Argumentation and Debate: Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making pp45-
Debate is a ...the following discussion.
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D-E. Analytics