Tournament: any | Round: 9 | Opponent: - | Judge: -
A. Interpretation: The affirmative can only defend impacts based upon the material consequence of a plan enacted by governments.
JanFeb
The affirmative may not specify a specific university or college.

If the Affirmative reads a role of the ballot, it must specify and clarify how to weigh and compare between competing advocacies underneath the ROTB, what legitimate negative offense and advocacies look like, and whether or not theoretical objections come before the ROTB.

NovDec
The affirmative may not specify a specific type of case beyond Constitutional Amendments in which they restrict qualified immunity.

The affirmative may not specify a specific Constitutional Amendment in which they restrict qualified immunity. 

The affirmative must specify the Supreme Court as the actor of the plan.

The affirmative must specify the party responsible for paying monetary awards for civil litigation.

Tournament: Contact Info | Round: 1 | Opponent: - | Judge: -
Facebook: Jasun Chen
Email: chen.jasun@gmail.com

Tournament: CPS | Round: 2 | Opponent: La Reina AC | Judge: JJ Kim
FIRST: A constitutivist interpretation is necessary for agents to have non-optional reasons to act.
Paul Katsafanas, “Deriving Ethics from Action: A Nietzchean Version of Constitutivism.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, LLC.  Boston University: 2011.
Enter a third theory, ...that one is an agent.
International law defines what it means to be a country
NARDIN:Terry Nardin
, “International Ethics and International Law”. Review of International Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan., 1992), pp. 19-30, published by Cambridge University Press
. JStor, Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20097279.
Any description of the international ... since it defines national boundaries. International laws necessarily include an obligation to follow those laws - this idea is implied in the very concept of ILAW.
SEARLE:Searle, John R. "How to Derive "Ought" from "Is"". http://commonsenseatheism.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Searle-How-to-Derive-Ought-from-Is.pdf.
Once we recognize ... of the first derivation.
International law negates, international law dictates that we have to rid of speeches that discriminates and expresses hatred.
Bell 09
Bell, Jeannine. "Restraining The Heartless: Racist Speech And Minority Rights." INDIANA LAW JOURNAL Vol. 84:963-979. Summer 2009. Web. December 03, 2016. http://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1132andcontext=ilj.
The approach taken by countries ...incite racial discrimination.108

Tournament: CPS | Round: 2 | Opponent: La Reina AC | Judge: JJ Kim
A. Interpretation - The actor in the resolution is "public colleges and universities" which means the affirmative must defend universities and colleges as their actor.

Tournament: CPS | Round: 4 | Opponent: Loyola | Judge: Shivane
Create safe zones which provides infinite free speech while maintaining existing policies. Means that the rest of the campus will be restrictive – but certain zones will allow any protected speech.
Sullivan, Michael Gene. "Congressman Declares War On Revolutionary Mimes... That Talk!" The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 1 July 2016. Web. 03 Dec. 2016.
In an effort to have ... every problem,” she said.

Tournament: Harvard Westlake | Round: 3 | Opponent: - | Judge: -

School admins have an obligation to reject hate speech to maintain an educational space  - this is a pre-requisite to the aff being effective.

ADL 13. Anti-Defamation League. "Responding to Hate Speech on Campus" ADL. N.p., 2013. Web. 10 Dec. 2016.
It is impossible to prevent all extremist speakers from delivering hate speeches on campus.
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the willingness to take strong and directive stands when issues of bigotry arise.

I'll defend the banning of hate speech and removal of "free speech zones".

Reject arguments that open dialogue will solve the issue because they will never solve the harms and don't provide compensation – restrictions on speech are the only way to rectify hate speech

Delgado 82, Delgado, Richard (University of Alabama School of Law), "Words that Wound: A Tort Action for Racial Insults, Epithets, and Name-Calling". Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, Vol. 17, p. 133, 1982; Seattle University School of Law Research Paper.
Victims of racial invective have few means of coping with the harms caused by the
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will not be tolerated, either by its victims or by the courts.

Restricting specifically hate speech doesn't result in runaway effects -

McElwee 13: Sean McElwee. "The Case for Censoring Hate Speech." July 12, 2013. Alternet. http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/case-censoring-hate-speech.**
The negative impacts of hate speech do not lie in the responses of third-
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-gender, multi-sexually-oriented society, and it can.

The idea that we can use free speech to debunk racist myths fails – the aff only strengthens them only strengthens them

COOK11
Cook, John , and Stephan Lewandowsky. "The Debunking Hand Book." The Debunking Hand Book (2011): 1-9. University of Queensland. Web. 7 Jan. 2017.  http://sks.to/debunk. John Cook, Global Change Institute, University of Queensland Stephan Lewandowsky, School of Psychology, University of Western Australia
A common misconception about myths is the notion that removing its influence is as simple
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the op-portunity for constituencies to suppress opponents by capturing administrators.'

Lack of a definitive speech code worsens the chilling effect - turns aff

JUHAN 12
S. Cagle Juhan (Judicial Law Clerk, Western District of Virginia; JD University of Virginia School of Law). “Free Speech, Hate Speech, and the Hostile Speech Environment.” Virginia Law Review. November 2012
Iota Xi Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity v. George Mason University) 70 illustrates the problem with
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and (3) the op-portunity for constituencies to suppress opponents by capturing administrators.’

Tournament: Damus Hollywood Invitational | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake EtRo | Judge: Mason Munro
Reforms fail to affect the capitalistic system but instead entrench violence. 

The Internationalist, Summer 2015, “Killer Cops, White Supremacists: Racist Terror Talks Strike Black America”, http://www.internationalist.org/killercopswstalkblackamerica1507.html
Every time there is an upsurge of popular....led the October 1917 Russian Revolution. 

Embrace the status quo – and let the system collapse.
Robinson 12. Andrew Robinson. “Jean Baudrillard: From Revolution to Implosion.” Ceasefire Magazine. August 24, 2012. Web.
It is important to differentiate Baudrillard’s view....social will paradoxically bring about socialism.

Tournament: Damus Hollywood Invitational | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake EtRo | Judge: Mason Munro
The Affirmative’s framing of structured social problems and presentation of wide-ranging solutions only exists within a play-pretend world. The roleplaying that the 1AC engages in entrenches the idea individuals are powerless to affect reality. This kills agency and recreates violence in our own personal lives.
Nayar 99. Jayan Nayar , Law Student at the University of Warwick, Re-Framing International Law for the21st Century. “Orders of Inhumanity.”  Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems 599, Fall 1999.
We are today bombarded... relationships of solidarities.

Blaming structural causes for violence absolves people of individual responsibility and makes the problem worse – turns case.
Kappeler, 95. Susanne Kappeler, Associate Prof @ Al-Akhawayn University, The Will to Violence: The Politics of Personal Behavior, 1995, pg. 2-4
Violence is perceived as a phenomenon....violence does indeed 'pay off.'

The alternative is to use the personal decision to engage in violence as a starting point for political conversations about violence.Kappeler, 95 Susanne Kappeler, Freelance Writer, A History of Violence, 1995, pg 5-6
A politics aiming...context of the relation.

Tournament: Damus Invitational | Round: 3 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake | Judge: 

As the final date approaches – the election is still close – a Trump win depends on turnout

Silver 11/5. Nate Silver. "Election Update: The Campaign Is Almost Over, And Here's Where We Stand." FiveThirtyEight. NOV 5, 2016 AT 2:33 PM. Web.
9. What would keep me up late at night if I were Clinton?
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, North Carolina or Florida, where early voting plays a large role.

Republican turnout this election will be determined by fear of a liberal Supreme Court

Justin Rosario 11/6. "The Twisted Logic Behind Republican Support For Trump And Crippling The Supreme Court." The Daily Banter. Nov 2, 2016. Web.
To answer that, you need to put yourself in the mindset of a Republican
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that brings us to the bigger picture: Holding on to the House. 

This means the affirmative will be spun by Trump as an liberal attack on police rights – makes more people buy into his populist campaign and be swayed by fears

Alcindor 8/16. YAMICHE ALCINDOR. "Trump, Rallying White Crowd for Police, Accuses Democrats of Exploiting Blacks." New York Times. August 16, 2016.
Using language aimed at reassuring people in communities like this one that their way of
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brings me back to all those awful memories of what occurred back then." 

This will give Trump the chance to make the fear-mongering pitch he needs to drive up turnout

Bennet 3/16. George Bennet. "Donald Trump's pitch to GOP: Vote for me or lose the Supreme Court." Palm Beach Post. March 11, 2016. Web.
"Anybody that does the third party…it guarantees, 100 percent guarantees,
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would have preferred J. Michael Luttig, a conservative former appellate judge. 

Trump presidency leads to nuclear war

Kleiner 6/3 Kleiner, Sam. "With His Finger on the Trigger." The Atlantic. June 3, 2016. Web.
A nuclear-armed Trump is indeed a scary thought. But his apparent comfort
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resonates: "The stakes are too high for you to stay home."

Tournament: Voices | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dougherty Valley CS | Judge: Jeff Merrill
The 1AC is the next step in environmentalist crusades that are ultimately used to keep the First World competitively ahead of developing countries
Roberts, 11. James M. Roberts is Research Fellow for Economic Freedom and Growth in the Center for International Trade and Economics (CITE) at The Heritage Foundation. 2011. http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/01/how-western-environmental-policies-are-stunting-economic-growth-in-developing-countries
Governments and large agribusinesses are increasingly
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intervention by governments in the marketplace.
Nuclear energy key to economic development
Banks and Massy 12, John P. Banks and Kevin Massy 2012"Nuclear Power in Developing Countries? Let's Talk about It." Brookings. N.p., 16 Dec. 2012. Web. https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/nuclear-power-in-developing-countries-lets-talk-about-it/
Cited by many as a critical component
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power, but commitments are pending.

Critically – many developing countries are pursuing nuclear energy to catch up
Vitelli, 16. Vitelli, Allesandro. 26 September 2016. “Nuclear Plants Across Emerging Nations Defy Japan Concern.” Bloomberg. Web. (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-09-25/nuclear-plants-across-emerging-nations-defy-japan-concern)
Three years after Japan closed all
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gas contract, or to price instability.

Poverty Causes extinction through disease, environmental degradation, terrorism and war
Susan E 6. Rice senior fellow at the Brookings Institution 6 (Susan E, and a former assistant secretary of state for African affairs. The National Interest, Spring http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/articles/2006/spring_globaleconomics_rice/20060401.pdf)
When Americans see televised images
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limited control over their territory or resources.

Tournament: Voices | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dougherty Valley CS | Judge: Jeff Merrill
Prohibit is defined as "to forbid by law"

Tournament: Voices | Round: 2 | Opponent: Dougherty Valley CS | Judge: Jeff Merrill
The United Nations should develop a program to facilitate the transfer of technology to developing nations.