Tournament: All | Round: 1 | Opponent: All | Judge: All
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Tournament: The Milo Cup at Millard North | Round: 5 | Opponent: West Des Moines Valley KK | Judge: Zoe Hatfield
Interpretation: The aff may only garner offense from the hypothetical policy implementation of the resolution. 

‘Resolved’ reflects policy passage before a legislative body. 

Parcher 01
Jeff Parcher, Former Debate Coach at Georgetown University, NDT, CEDA, February 2001.
(1) Pardon me if I turn to...
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...of course, are answers to a question.

Reasons to Prefer:

First, engagement: There are infinitely many non-topical affs–a precise and predictable point of difference is key to effective decision-making.
  
Steinberg and Freeley 13
David Steinberg, Lecturer in Communication Studies and Rhetoric, Advisor to Miami Urban Debate League, Director of Debate at U Miami, Former President of CEDA, and Austin Freeley, Criminal and Civil Rights Attorney JD, Suffolk University, "Argumentation and Debate Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making,” Wadsworth Cengage Learning, pp. 121-124, 2013.
Debate is a means of settling differences...
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...will be outlined in the following discussion.

Second, policy education: State action is inevitable–deliberation on policymaking is the only way to create social change in debate.

Coverstone 05
Alan Coverstone, Masters in Communication from Wake Forest, Longtime Debate Coach, Montgomery Bell Academy, “Acting on Activism: Realizing the Vision of Debate with Pro-social Impact,” National Communication Association Annual Conference, November 15, 2005. DY
An important concern emerges when Mitchell describes...
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...voter and participatory abstention in America today.

Third, limits: Non-topical performances make the neg prep burden impossible—there are an infinite number of ways they can performatively address the topic—requiring them to defend topical action ensures a predictable lit base from which both debaters can effectively craft arguments—that’s key to clash and dialogue on every important issue—internal link turns their education and proves an independent fairness impact.

Fourth, topical version of the aff is the resolutional policy justified by their performance. That solves 100 of their offense, and proves we can access all of their education through a narrow discussion of the topic–they can read the performance as a framework argument to justify a topical aff –there’s no reason voting off it is key.

Vote neg—this debate is a comparison of methods—use your ballot to reject the 1AC and endorse the pedagogical value of topical debates about campus speech codes—the ballot is key to create better norms for debate because the 2NR is too late for me to generate offense to a topical affirmative.

Tournament: 2016 Glenbrooks Speech and Debate Tournament | Round: 6 | Opponent: Evanston Township AJ | Judge: Rebecca Kuang
Revisionary intuitionism is true and concludes util. All ethical theories are derived from intuition, but non-utilitarian intuitions are scope insensitive, making them cognitively biased.

Yudkowsky 08
Eliezer Yudkowsky, Co-Founder of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, American Artificial Intelligence Researcher, American Writer and Blogger, “The ‘Intuitions’ Behind ‘Utilitarianism,’” LessWrong, January 28, 2008. DY
I see the project of morality as...
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...many utilitarians, and many things left undone.

Tournament: 42nd University of Pennsylvania Tournament | Round: 4 | Opponent: Thomas Jefferson HSST AK | Judge: Kevin Wei
Non-utilitarian intuitions are scope insensitive–util is key to avoiding cognitive biases.

Yudkowsky 08
Eliezer Yudkowsky, Co-Founder of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, American Artificial Intelligence Researcher, American Writer and Blogger, “The ‘Intuitions’ Behind ‘Utilitarianism,’” LessWrong, January 28, 2008. DY
I see the project of morality as...
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...many utilitarians, and many things left undone.

Thus, the standard is maximizing happiness.

Tournament: The Milo Cup at Millard North | Round: 2 | Opponent: JT Grachek | Judge: Lincoln North Star MA
Introduction:

BrainyQuote
BrainyQuote, “Abraham Lincoln Quotes.” DY
Those who deny freedom to others deserve...
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...a just God, cannot long retain it. 

It is because I agree with former president Abraham Lincoln that no one’s freedom is more important than another’s, that I negate. Public colleges and universities in the United States ought not restrict any constitutionally protected speech.

Framework:

I value morality, as the word ‘ought’ in the resolution indicates a moral obligation.

My value criterion is maintaining the equal balance of rights. No one group or individual, morally speaking, should be allowed to use their own rights to infringe on others’ rights. When rights conflict, a just society would use a balancing test to preserve values such as freedom, equality, and public safety.

Daniels 2003
Norman Daniels, American Political Philosopher, Philosopher of Science, Political Theorist, Ethicist, and Bioethicist at Harvard University and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, “Democratic Equality: Rawl’s Complex Egalitarianism,” Cambridge University Press. pp. 241-76, 2003. DY
Because of their interest in recognitional equality...
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...of self-respect, with its echo of Rousseau.

My thesis is that public colleges and universities in the United States ought to restrict constitutionally protected forms of hate speech.

Contention 1 is Equal Participation:

Hate speech on college campuses threatens the rights of targeted minority students.

Ma 1995
Alice K. Ma, Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, J.D. Candidate 1995, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, “Campus Hate Speech Codes: Affirmative Action in the Allocation of Speech Rights,” California Law Review, Volume 83, Issue 2, Article 5, March 1995.
Critical race theorists like Lawrence have long...
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...violence, and spiritually., by demoralizing its victims.

And, no amount of discussion can ever discover truth when hate speech drives students off of campus and prevents dialogue from ever occurring.

Gale 1991
Mary Ellen Gale, Professor of Law, Whittier College School of Law, “Reimagining the First Amendment: Racist Speech and Equal Liberty,” St. John's Law Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Volume 65, Number 1, Winter 1991. DY
When the liberty of some is furthered...
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...to see the ghosts that inhabit our world.

And, the harms of hate speech are overlooked–empirics prove that dropout rates are high.

Delgado 1996
Richard Delgado, John J. Sparkman Chair of Law, Professor of Civil rights and Critical Race Theory at University of Alabama School of Law, “The Coming Race War And Other Apocalyptic Tales of America after Affirmative Action and Welfare,” New York University Press, May 1996. DY
“So,” I said, returning to Rodrigo’s previous...
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...the authorities instead of shrugging it off.” 

Contention 2 is University Obligations:

The primary obligation of colleges and universities is to create safe and equal access to education.

Garrett 2002
Deanna M. Garrett, Introductions Professor at the University of Vermont, B.A. in Religious Studies, Minor in Biology, University of Virginia, 1997, Second-Year HESA Student and a Graduate Assistant in the Department of Residential Life at Vermont University, “Silenced Voices: Hate Speech Codes on Campus,” University of Vermont, July 29, 2002. DY
For students at colleges and universities, the...
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...of one person by another" (p. 70).

Thus, public colleges and universities ought to regulate hate speech through law professor Jens Koepke’s two-pronged provisions of whether or not hate speech was intentional and whether it was directed at a specific audience.

Koepke 1990
Jens B. Koepke, Previously a Professor of Law at California State University, Previous Teaching Assistant at UCLA’s Law School, Bachelors Degree from Texas AandM in Journalism, Law Degree from UCLA, “Preface to Jens B. Koepke’s “The University of California Hate Speech Policy: A Good Heart in InFitting Garb"*,” University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Vol. 12, No. 4, Summer 1990. DY
University officials have an affirmative duty to...
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...to impose a prior restraint upon speech.

And, the intent requirement uses all available evidence and principles of criminal liability to prevent the vagueness and overbreadth of speech codes.

Chen 1990
Edward M. Chen, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Staff Counsel at ACLU, University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley School of Law, “Preface to Jens B. Koepke's the University of California Hate Speech Policy: A Good Heart in Ill-Fitting Garb,” 1990. DY
The additional requirement that the speech be...
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...to discriminate implicates maximum equal protection interests. 

Therefore, because hate speech is an affront to the university’s purpose to foster an inclusive academic environment, I strongly urge a negative ballot and move on to the affirmative case.

Tournament: 42nd University of Pennsylvania Tournament | Round: 2 | Opponent: Haverford WC | Judge: Ananth Panchanadam
Counterplan Text: The United States Federal Government should allow the United States to enter into full compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, or the ICCPR, including Article 20. That means public colleges and universities in the United States ought not restrict any constitutionally protected speech except for hate speech, defined according to Article 20 of the ICCPR.

The counterplan solves the aff–it creates a precise test for balancing free speech with human dignity, which is key equality—reject the aff’s free speech absolutism.

Catlin 14
Scott J. Catlin, Associate Vice President for Innovation and Technology Commercialization at the University of Rochester, Member of the Licensing Executives Society and American Intellectual Property Association, University of Rochester, University of Notre Dame Law School, “Proposal for Regulating Hate Speech in the United States: Balancing Rights under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,” Notre Dame Law Review, Volume 69, Issue 4, March 2014.
The United States has demonstrated that it...
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...any solution to the hate speech problem.

And, the counterplan is key to full compliance to Article 20, which solves American hypocrisy and restores international human rights leadership.

Catlin 14
Scott J. Catlin, Associate Vice President for Innovation and Technology Commercialization at the University of Rochester, Member of the Licensing Executives Society and American Intellectual Property Association, University of Rochester, University of Notre Dame Law School, “Proposal for Regulating Hate Speech in the United States: Balancing Rights under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,” Notre Dame Law Review, Volume 69, Issue 4, March 2014.
C. United States Obligations Under the ICCPR...
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...from the rest of the world. 8 '

Tournament: 42nd University of Pennsylvania Tournament | Round: 2 | Opponent: Haverford WC | Judge: Ananth Panchanadam
The United Nations is becoming more and more outspoken. The U.S. is the only country in the world without laws against hate speech–that violates international law.

Cohen 15
Tanya Cohen, Contributing Writer at the Thought Catalog, Human Rights Activist, “It’s Time To Bring The Hammer Down On Hate Speech In The U.S.,” Thought Catalog, May 1, 2015. DY
Recent scandals involving right-wing hatemongers like...
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...as the rest of the world is.

And, every U.S. violation of international law matters–U.S. violations cause other countries to break their commitments to international law.

Koplow 13
David A. Koplow, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Applied Legal Studies at Georgetown University Law Center, Used to be on the Special Counsel for Arms Control to the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC, from 2009 to 2011, “Indisputable Violations: What Happens When the United States Unambiguously Breaches a Treaty?,” The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Vol. 37, No. 1, Winter 2013. DY
However, there is a cost when the...
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...for U.S. interests to disregard those mechanisms.

And, U.S. commitment to international law preserves global follow-on—that solves multiple scenarios for extinction.

Burroughs et al. 03
John Burroughs, Merav Datan, Nicole Deller, Mark Hiznay, Arjun Makhijani, Elizabeth Shafer, and Pam Spees, “Rule of Power or Rule of Law?,” Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Apex Press, 2003.
The evolution of international law since World...
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...U.S. example and opted out of compliance.

Tournament: 42nd University of Pennsylvania Tournament | Round: 2 | Opponent: Haverford WC | Judge: Ananth Panchanadam
The Title IX Federal Law requires that public universities must restrict offensive speech to receive federal funding.

Bernstein 03
David E. Bernstein, Professor at the George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, Virginia, Yale Law School, Brandeis University, “You Can't Say That!: The Growing Threat to Civil Liberties from Antidiscrimination Laws,” CATO Institute, October 25, 2003. DY
Given these constitutional barriers, public university speech...
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...can they. Unfortunately, they may be right. 

And, federal funding is necessary to have financial aid resources for students.

Urahn 15
Susan K. Urahn, Executive Vice President, Chief Program Officer, Pew Research Center, “Federal and State Funding of Higher Education,” The Pew Charitabl Trusts, June 11, 2015. DY
States and the federal government have long...
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...colleges. For more information, see Appendix A.

And, disad turns case–without financial aid, low-income students of color will never get a college education–that means endless poverty.

Flores 14
Antoinette Flores, Policy Analyst on the Postsecondary Education Policy team at American Progress, George Mason University, Amherst College, “How Public Universities Can Promote Access and Success for All Students,” Center for American Progress, September 9, 2014. DY
Higher education has long been a path...
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...fall in lower income categories than whites.

Tournament: 2016 Glenbrooks Speech and Debate Tournament | Round: 2 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart LM | Judge: Adam Torson
Counterplan Text: The United States ought to require that police officers use body-worn cameras when they are either interacting with the public or responding to calls for service.

Grewal 15
Madhuri Grewal, Senior Counsel at The Constitution Project, Previously a Policy Counsel at the Detention Watch Network, Graduate of American University Washington School of Law and the University of Michigan, “THE CONSTITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE USE OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT,” The Constitution Project Committee On Policing Reforms, January 28, 2015. DY
When to begin recording: Policies should set...
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...default should be to record the encounter.

And, that solves case–body-worn cameras have empirically reduced police misconduct by holding police accountable through on-scene evidence.

Grewal 15
Madhuri Grewal, Senior Counsel at The Constitution Project, Previously a Policy Counsel at the Detention Watch Network, Graduate of American University Washington School of Law and the University of Michigan, “THE CONSTITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE USE OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT,” The Constitution Project Committee On Policing Reforms, January 28, 2015. DY
IV. Potential Advantages of Body-Worn Cameras Advocates...
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...cameras cause officers to behave more professionally.

Tournament: 2016 Glenbrooks Speech and Debate Tournament | Round: 2 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart LM | Judge: Adam Torson
The U.S. economy is stable now, but the recession of ’08 left it vulnerable to shocks.

Sherter 15
Alain Sherter, Senior Editor for MoneyWatch at CBSNews.com, Covers Business and Economic affairs for CBSNews.com, RealClearMarkets, WTSP-TV (St Petersburg, FL), “Will the U.S. economy slip into recession in 2016?,” CBS MoneyWatch, CBS News, December 23, 2015. DY
Hip hip, hooray for the U.S. economic...
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...now starting to ripple through emerging markets. 

And, limiting qualified immunity would deter police officers from properly enforcing the law–that increases crime.

Rosen 05
Michael M. Rosen, Attorney in San Diego at Fish and Richardson PC, University of San Diego School of Law, “A Qualified Defense: In Support of the Doctrine of Qualified Immunity in Excessive Force Cases, With Some Suggestions for its Improvement,” Golden Gate University Law Review, Volume 35, Issue 2, Article 2, January 2005. DY
It is hard to deny that The...
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...fighting crime and respectfully treating all citizens.

And, crime has a huge impact on the economy–it hurts productivity, government budgets, and infrastructure. 

Erickson 10
Scott Erickson, Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice Studies from the University of Cincinnati, Collaborator with The Heritage Foundation, Co-authored “Reports at Heritage: A Comprehensive Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) System Requires Action,” “Changing Today’s Law Enforcement Culture to Face 21st-Century Threats,” “Lessons from Benghazi: Investigation Leaves Important Questions Unanswered,” Featured in The Washington Times, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Defense News, “The financial impact of crime,” The Daily Caller, February 9, 2010. DY
One of the less obvious effects that...
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...impact on current and future financial considerations.

And, statistical studies prove–economic decline leads to global nuclear war–that means extinction. 

Royal 10
Jedediah Royal, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, “Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal, and Political Perspectives,” pp. 213-215, 2010.
Less intuitive is how periods of Economic...
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...should be considered ancillary to those views.

Tournament: 2016 Glenbrooks Speech and Debate Tournament | Round: 6 | Opponent: Evanston Township AJ | Judge: Rebecca Kuang
*The following was read in round for the chance to get 0.5 extra speaker points from the judge.* 

Twigy 12
Twigy, “Dog Won't Listen To Owner (Funny Subtitle Version),” YouTube, June 15, 2012. DY
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