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Tournament: UH | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Strake Jesuit RC | Judge: Panel
Bullying is decreasing nationwide—maintaining current restrictions are key
Sutton ’16
Sutton, Halley. “Report shows crime on campus down across the country.” Campus Security Report. 2016. 9/9/2016KOHS-AG
A recent report released by the National Center for Education Statistics found an overall decrease
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lower than in 2001 for every category except forcible sex offenses and murder.

The first amendment allows for widespread bullying
Hayward ‘13
Hayward, John O. "Anti-Cyberbullying Laws Are a Threat to Free Speech." Netiquette and Online Ethics, edited by Noah Berlatsky, Greenhaven Press, 2013. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010868216/OVIC?u=nysl_we_bcsdandxid=34680cbd. Accessed 14 Dec. 2016. Originally published as "Anti-Cyber Bullying Statutes Threat to Student Free Speech," Selected Works of John O. Hayward, Sept. 2010KOHS-AG
While many applaud anti-cyber bullying legislation, some are concerned that it gives
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bullying laws violate the First Amendment and should be struck down as unconstitutional.

The system is stacked against victims of bullying—bullies will be let off the hook due to the first amendment
Hayward 2
Hayward, John O. "Anti-Cyberbullying Laws Are a Threat to Free Speech." Netiquette and Online Ethics, edited by Noah Berlatsky, Greenhaven Press, 2013. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010868216/OVIC?u=nysl_we_bcsdandxid=34680cbd. Accessed 14 Dec. 2016. Originally published as "Anti-Cyber Bullying Statutes Threat to Student Free Speech," Selected Works of John O. Hayward, Sept. 2010KOHS-AG
Because of their vagueness and overbreadth, it is likely that many anti-cyber
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many anti-cyber bullying laws seek to regulate student speech off campus. 

Cyberbullying causes massive amounts of depression and suicide
McNamee ‘14
David McNamee. Cyberbullying 'causes suicidal thoughts in kids more than traditional bullying. Medical News Today.  11 March 2014KOHS-AG
Some estimates suggest that - depending on the country of origin - between 5
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, the meta-analysis found that the association was stronger for cyberbullying.

Tournament: UH | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Strake Jesuit RC | Judge: Panel
Squo restrictions on hate speech in educational spaces are decreasing campus harassment now.  
Sutton ‘16
Sutton, H. (2016), Report shows crime on campus down across the country. Campus Security Report, 13: 9. doi:10.1002/casr.30185 KOHS-RR
A recent report released by the National Center for Education Statistics found an overall decrease
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lower than in 2001 for every category except forcible sex offenses and murder.

The aff opens up campuses to hate speech, which is constitutionally protected.
Volokh ‘15
Volokh, Eugene. "The Volokh Conspiracy No, There’s No “hate Speech” Exception to the First Amendment." The Washington Post. WP Company, 7 May 2015. Web. 01 Jan. 2017. KOHS-RR
I keep hearing about a supposed “hate speech” exception to the First Amendment
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that people might condemn but that does not constitute a legally relevant category.

Hate speech is empirically linked to an increase in violence against minority communities.
Singh ‘12
Singh, Hansdeep, and Simran Jeet Singh. "The Rise of Hate Crimes Can Be Tied Directly to Hateful Speech." The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast Company, 16 Sept. 2012. Web. 01 Jan. 2017. KOHS-RR
We are deluding ourselves if we do not see the parallel between intolerant or hateful
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, and furthermore, must take responsibility for fighting bigotry and promoting tolerance.

Tournament: UH | Round: 2 | Opponent: Kinkaid SS | Judge: Shruthi Avantsa
The aff’s focus on language inherently excludes the disabled—free speech only applies to the able-bodied
Mitchinson ‘16
Mitchinson, Joanne. "Is Free Speech Only for the Able-Bodied and Educated?" Free Speech Feminist. N.p., 28 Mar. 2016. Web. 22 Dec. 2016. KOHS-RR
Freedom of Speech is the right to express opinions without censorship, constraint or punishment
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thoroughly addressed if only a small proportion of voices have contributed to it?

Their concept of free speech permits ableist language—the AC affirms the exclusion of disability from society
Rottenberg ‘14
(Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg has a master’s degree in History and Culture at Union Institute and University. Huffington Post: “Doing Social Justice: 10 Reasons to Give Up Ableist Language” Published August 10th, 2014. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rachel-cohenrottenberg/doing-social-justice-thou_b_5476271.html)
Disability speech, especially metaphors, abound in our culture, and they exist
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, education, access and inclusion as people in a more favored group.

Thus, the alt is to reject the aff’s portrayal of free speech and to embrace the disabled masquerade.
Siebers ‘04
Tobin Siebers “Disability as Masquerade” Literature and Medicine, Volume 23, Number 1, Spring 2004, pp. 1-22
The masquerade counteracts passing, claims disability rather than concealing it.
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claimed as some version of itself rather than simply concealed from view.

Tournament: UH | Round: 2 | Opponent: Kinkaid SS | Judge: Shruthi Avantsa
The meta-ethic is constitutivism. A) Only constitutivism is normatively binding B) All frameworks collapse to constitutivism
Korsgaard ‘09
Christine Korsgaard Harvard prof, “Self-Constitution: Agency, Identity, and Integrity”, Oxford University Press; 1 edition, 15 Jun 2009
2.1.7 Constitutive standards are important, I claimed above, because
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bit of house-building, it would be defective as an action.
Agency is constitutive of action
Ferrero ‘09
Luca Ferrero University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, “Constitutivism and the Inescapability of Agency”, to appear in Oxford Studies in Metaethics vol. IV, Version 3.05, 12 Jan 2009
3.1 The initial appeal of the shmagency objection rests on the impression that
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reflection. But even reflection about agency is a manifestation of agency.14
Combined with the physical world, this justifies protection of outer freedom.
Nance ‘12
Michael Nance 12 University of Pennsylvania, United States, “Kantian Right and the Categorical Imperative: Response to Willaschek”, International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 15 Oct 2012
The Kantian argument from the CI to the UPR starts from the fact that we
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phrase ‘freedom in the external use of choice’ (6:214).
However, in the state of nature, conflicting rights claims are irresolvable—it’s fundamentally unfree.
Ripstein ‘09
Arthur Ripstein 09 Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto, and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, “Force and Freedom”, Harvard University Press, 2009
These difficulties for innate right in the state of nature—indeterminacy, lack of
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of everyone, and authorizing both enforcement and adjudi- cation under law.
Thus, the standard is consistency with the omnilateral will.
Seditious speech violates the standard
Varden ‘10
A Kantian Conception of Free Speech Helga Varden, former student of the OG Ripstein, In Deidre Golash (ed.), Free Speech in a Diverse World. Springer (2010)
“To understand Kant’s condemnation of seditious speech, remember that Kant, as mentioned
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, it is a public crime (6: 331).” (52)
That negates—seditious speech is constitutionally protected
JUSTIA
“Seditious Speech and Seditious Libel” http://law.justia.com/constitution/us/amendment-01/41-seditious-speech.html *brackets in original
Seditious Speech and Seditious Libel.—Opposition to government through speech alone has been subject
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in Madison’s view, a fundamental principle of the American form of government.”

Tournament: UT | Round: 3 | Opponent: Connally AW | Judge: Devangi Jajal
Courts managing but burdened now—any small push tips the brink
Gershman ‘15
Jacob. “Federal Judge Says His Overworked Colleagues Bench Close to Burnout.” Wall Street Journal. November 12, 2015.
Judges in federal trial courts have for some time expressed concern about the ever-
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growing ones), but efforts to hire more judges have met political resistance.

Limiting qualified immunity clogs the courts—empirics
Noll ‘08
Noll, David L. "Qualified Immunity in Limbo: Rights, Procedure, and the Social Costs of Damages Litigation Against Public Officials." NYUL Rev. 83 (2008)KOHS-AG
In the context of ordinary civil litigation between two private parties, the total (
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and has undoubtedly affected the development of the modern qualified immunity doctrine.53

Federal court clog causes collapses the federal judiciary—overburdens dockets, expansion can't keep pace—kills separation of power
Oakley ‘96
John B. Oakley, Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus US Davis School of Law, 1996 The Myth of Cost-Free Jurisdictional ReallocationKOHS-AG
Personal effects: The hidden costs of greater workloads. The hallmark of federal
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would raise the most serious questions of the future course of the nation.

Turns case b/c African Americans can’t get to the courts if courts are overburdened

Separation of power solves unaccountable executive decisions to go to war—causes extinction.
Adler ‘96
David, professor of political science at Idaho State, The Constitution and Conduct of American Foreign Policy, p. 3-25)
The structure of shared powers in foreign relations serves to deter the abuse of power
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values in comparison to those of the American people and their representatives in Congress

Tournament: UT | Round: 1 | Opponent: St Johns AW | Judge: Racha Jadala
The aff’s call for reform within the law comes from an inability to confront the racist legacy within the law—the aff only sustains the system—turns case
Garcia ‘14
Ze Garcia. Zé Garcia – Speech: Desirable Undesirables. Whose Immigration. February 22, 2014.
There is a growing number of voices concerned for those being held in captivity by
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going to ask for. What we need is freedom.” Thank you.

The aff is a politic of innocence—they only placate whiteness—they claim to liberate the “innocent” black, never the “criminal” black. These representations only prevent us from seeing the true guilt—that of the prison industrial complex
Wang ’12
Jackie Wang, AGAINST INNOCENCE RACE, GENDER, AND THE POLITICS OF SAFETY, Lies Journal 9.
For weeks after reading the article I kept contemplating the question: What is the
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who are imprisoned or sentenced to death for murdering or assaulting abusive partners).

The alt is to embrace a pedagogy of prison abolition. It’s a question of the method you as a judge endorse—the alt says you act radically, breaking down the limits the police state has imposed
Rodriguez ‘10
Dylan (University of California at Riverside). “The Disorientation of the Teaching Act: Abolition as Pedagogical Position” Radical Teacher, Number 88, Summer 2010, pp. 7-19 University of Illinois Press, Project Muse.
Finally, The horizon of the possible is only constrained by one’s pedagogical willingness to
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is significantly dependent on our willingness to embrace this form of pedagogical audacity.

Alt solves case—they say the prison industrial complex is the problem, we endorse a movement that tackles it head on

The prison regime distorts our epistemology, normalizing the prison industrial complex. Thus, the ROB: To vote for the debater who best methodologically combats the prison industrial complex.
Rodriguez ‘10
 (The Disorientation of the Teaching Act: Abolition as Pedagogical Position Dylan Rodríguez Radical Teacher, Number 88, Summer 2010, pp. 7-19 (Article) Published by University of Illinois Press DOI: 10.1353/rdt.2010.0006)
There are some immediate analytical and scholarly tools that form a basic pedagogical apparatus for
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one can do, ideally as part of a community of social movement).

Tournament: UT | Round: 5 | Opponent: Jack C Hays LJ | Judge: Karman Singh
A. Interp: The aff can't specify a method of limiting qualified immunity.
B. Violation:
C. Standards:
1) Limits
2) Predictability
3) DA Ground
D. Voters
Fairness