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1AC - Travel Ban - Niles DoublesTournament: Niles | Round: Doubles | Opponent: GBN BS | Judge: Jigar Dhimar, Brad Meloche, Theo Noparstak Travel Ban 1AC– New TrierPlanThus the plan: The United States federal government should substantially reduce Executive Order 13780’s restrictions on legal immigration to the United States on the basis that it does not meet the criteria for a "bona fide" exclusion.Terror AdvantageAdvantage 1 is TerrorTravel ban deters efforts at terrorism cooperation – it offends our closest allies who exchange national security data with usJames Clapper et al 18 (~Senior Fellow at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, served as the Director of National Intelligence from 2010-2017~, ~Geltzer, Joshua A., Executive Director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Visiting Professor of Law @ Georgetown University Law Center, Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council Staff from 2015-2017~, ~Olsen, Matthew G., leading government official on a range of national security issues, served for three years as the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center under President Obama~, "We’ve worked on stopping terrorism. Trump’s travel ban fuels it", 4/23/18, https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/opinions/trump-travel-ban-fuels-terrorism-clapper-geltzer-olsen/index.html)//rj Travel ban undermines effective terrorism cooperation – it violates foreign treaties and alienates foreign actorsJay Shooster 17 (Masiyiwa Bernstein Fellow @ Just Security, graduated from the NYU School of Law, served as a clinical student on the policing policy team of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, "Trump’s Immigration Policy Risks Violating International Law – alienates US allies", 1/27/17, https://www.justsecurity.org/36834/trumps-immigration-restrictions-risk-violating-international-law-cutting-foreign-allies-support/)//rj Travel ban is a recruiting tool for terror – its discriminatory intent radicalizes home-grown terroristsJulia Ebner and Jonathan Russel 17 (~Policy analyst at Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank in London~, ~Qulliam’s head of Policy~, "How Trump may be inadvertently helping ISIS", 2/1/17, https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/opinions/isis-use-travel-ban-to-radicalize-opinion/index.html)//rj International cooperation solves terrorism – overcome alt causesCSR 14 — (internally cites Fatma Ceren Yazgan. deputy director for security affairs at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Heidi Meyer, political advisor to NATO LANDCOM, and David Blose, political assistant @ LANDCOM "The Role of Diplomacy and Soft Power in Combatting Terrorism," Center for Strategic Research Workshop Report, paraphrased transcript of roundtable discussion @ CSR, 5-28-2014, Available Online at http://www.coedat.nato.int/publication/workshop'reports/04-Diplomacy'Soft'Power'Report.pdf, accessed 8-17-2017) Nuclear terror causes mass death and suffering, economic slowdown, and the destruction of the liberal world order – the risk is high enough to be worth stopping.Bunn and Roth 17 Matthew Bunn is a professor of practice at the Harvard Kennedy School. A former advisor in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, he is the author or co-author of over 20 books or major technical reports, and over 100 articles in publications ranging from Science to The Washington Post, Nickolas Roth is a research associate at the Belfer Center’s Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University. The author or co-author of dozens of articles and reports on nuclear security, nonproliferation, and arms control, Roth is also a research fellow at the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland, 2017, "The effects of a single terrorist nuclear bomb," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 09/28, https://thebulletin.org/2017/09/the-effects-of-a-single-terrorist-nuclear-bomb/ Accessed 08/08/2018 jsaltman Deference AdvantageAdvantage 2 is DeferenceTrump v. Hawaii expanded deference over immigration – it gave the executive unprecedented control over the admissibility of immigrantsLeah Litman 6/26 (Assitant Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine, specialized in constitutional law, federalism, federal post-conviction law, habeaus corpus, federal courts, "Unchecked Power is Still Dangerous No Matter What the Court Says", 6/26/18, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/opinion/travel-ban-hawaii-supreme-court.html)//rj Excessive deference to the executive undermines the rule of law, separation of powers and American credibilityCharles A. Bird 18 (Specializes in appeals and writs in all California and federal appellate courts, lead counsel in more than 70 cases with published opinions, including US Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, handled more than 200 appeals and writs as lead counsel, "Amicus Curiae Brief of 36 Appellate Lawyers Supporting Respondents", an amicus brief of 36 lawyers regarding Trump v. Hawaii and its impact on American legitimacy, 3/27/18, https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-965/40125/20180327105349067'Brief20of203620Appellate20Lawyers.pdf)//rj Maintaining the rule of law is necessary for democracy – courts play an essential role in constraining the executive —- abdicating this role causes backsliding to illiberal democracies and authoritarian regimesSemi Oktay 16 (Pursuing Degree Master of Arts at Josef School of International Studies at University of Denver, "The Role of the Judiciary and The Rule of Law in Democratization: The Chances of Democratic Consolidation", 1/1/2016, https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2092andcontext=etd)//rj America’s disregard for the rule of law is modeled everywhere —- specifically, the travel ban causes backsliding towards authoritarianismDonald Donovan et al 3/30 (~Co-Chair of Debevoise’s International Dispute Resolution Group and its Public International Law Group and serves as council and international disputes before international courts~, List of Amici Attached in Link, "Brief of Amici Curiae Retired Generals and Admirals of the U.S. Armed Forces In Support of Respondents", 3/30/18, https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-965/41713/20180330120220844'17-96520Retired20Generals20and20Admirals20of20U.S.20Armed20Forces20Amicus20Brief.pdf) This is an existential threat — war, famine, poverty, and terrorism.Kasparov 17 — Garry Kasparov, Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, former World Chess Champion, 2017 ("Democracy and Human Rights: The Case for U.S. Leadership," Testimony Before The Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, February 16th, Available Online at https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/021617'Kasparov'20Testimony.pdf, Accessed 07-13-2017) *Specifically, the travel-ban ruling echoes the racist jurisprudence that haunts America – furthering cases like Korematsu v. United States and Plessy v. Ferguson —- the courts have an ethical responsibility to reverse the travel ban and maintain our rule of lawCharles A. Bird 18 (Specializes in appeals and writs in all California and federal appellate courts, lead counsel in more than 70 cases with published opinions, including US Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, handled more than 200 appeals and writs as lead counsel, "Amicus Curiae Brief of 36 Appellate Lawyers Supporting Respondents", an amicus brief of 36 lawyers regarding Trump v. Hawaii and its impact on American legitimacy, 3/27/18, https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-965/40125/20180327105349067'Brief20of203620Appellate20Lawyers.pdf)//rj SolvencyThe plan solves – the executive must present a legitimate rationale for the Travel Ban that passes judicial review —- the plan preserves presidential powers but only to the extent permissible under the Bill of Rights and Kleindienst v. MandelIlya Somin et al 18 (~Professor of Law at George Mason University~, ~Mannheimer, Michael J. Zydney, Professor of Law at Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University~, ~Horvitz and Levy LLP~, Additional List of Amici Attached, "Brief of Amici Curiae Constitutional Law Scholar in Support of Respondents", March 2018, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract'id=3157273)//rj The plan solves —- the plan limits the plenary power doctrineHilarie Bass et al 17 (President of American Bar Association, Co-President of International Law Firm Greenberg Traurig and a Prolific Trial Attorney, "Brief Amicus Curiae of the American Bar Association In Support of Respondents and Affirmance", 9/18/17, https://www.clearinghouse.net/chDocs/public/IM-MD-0004-0224.pdf)//rj | 9/9/18 |
1AC - Travel Ban - Niles Round 2Tournament: Niles | Round: 2 | Opponent: GBN KO | Judge: Brad Meloche Travel Ban 1AC– New TrierPlanThus the plan: The United States federal government should substantially reduce Executive Order 13780’s restrictions on legal immigration to the United States on the basis that it does not meet the criteria for a "bona fide" exclusion.Terror AdvantageAdvantage 1 is TerrorTravel ban deters efforts at terrorism cooperation – it offends our closest allies who exchange national security data with usJames Clapper et al 18 (~Senior Fellow at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, served as the Director of National Intelligence from 2010-2017~, ~Geltzer, Joshua A., Executive Director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Visiting Professor of Law @ Georgetown University Law Center, Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council Staff from 2015-2017~, ~Olsen, Matthew G., leading government official on a range of national security issues, served for three years as the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center under President Obama~, "We’ve worked on stopping terrorism. Trump’s travel ban fuels it", 4/23/18, https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/opinions/trump-travel-ban-fuels-terrorism-clapper-geltzer-olsen/index.html)//rj Travel ban undermines effective terrorism cooperation – it violates foreign treaties and alienates foreign actorsJay Shooster 17 (Masiyiwa Bernstein Fellow @ Just Security, graduated from the NYU School of Law, served as a clinical student on the policing policy team of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, "Trump’s Immigration Policy Risks Violating International Law – alienates US allies", 1/27/17, https://www.justsecurity.org/36834/trumps-immigration-restrictions-risk-violating-international-law-cutting-foreign-allies-support/)//rj Travel ban is a recruiting tool for terror – its discriminatory intent radicalizes home-grown terroristsJulia Ebner and Jonathan Russel 17 (~Policy analyst at Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank in London~, ~Qulliam’s head of Policy~, "How Trump may be inadvertently helping ISIS", 2/1/17, https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/opinions/isis-use-travel-ban-to-radicalize-opinion/index.html)//rj International cooperation solves terrorism – overcome alt causesCSR 14 — (internally cites Fatma Ceren Yazgan. deputy director for security affairs at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Heidi Meyer, political advisor to NATO LANDCOM, and David Blose, political assistant @ LANDCOM "The Role of Diplomacy and Soft Power in Combatting Terrorism," Center for Strategic Research Workshop Report, paraphrased transcript of roundtable discussion @ CSR, 5-28-2014, Available Online at http://www.coedat.nato.int/publication/workshop'reports/04-Diplomacy'Soft'Power'Report.pdf, accessed 8-17-2017) Nuclear terror causes mass death and suffering, economic slowdown, and the destruction of the liberal world order – the risk is high enough to be worth stopping.Bunn and Roth 17 Matthew Bunn is a professor of practice at the Harvard Kennedy School. A former advisor in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, he is the author or co-author of over 20 books or major technical reports, and over 100 articles in publications ranging from Science to The Washington Post, Nickolas Roth is a research associate at the Belfer Center’s Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University. The author or co-author of dozens of articles and reports on nuclear security, nonproliferation, and arms control, Roth is also a research fellow at the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland, 2017, "The effects of a single terrorist nuclear bomb," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 09/28, https://thebulletin.org/2017/09/the-effects-of-a-single-terrorist-nuclear-bomb/ Accessed 08/08/2018 jsaltman Deference AdvantageAdvantage 2 is DeferenceTrump v. Hawaii expanded deference over immigration – it gave the executive unprecedented control over the admissibility of immigrantsLeah Litman 6/26 (Assitant Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine, specialized in constitutional law, federalism, federal post-conviction law, habeaus corpus, federal courts, "Unchecked Power is Still Dangerous No Matter What the Court Says", 6/26/18, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/opinion/travel-ban-hawaii-supreme-court.html)//rj Excessive deference to the executive undermines the rule of law, separation of powers and American credibilityCharles A. Bird 18 (Specializes in appeals and writs in all California and federal appellate courts, lead counsel in more than 70 cases with published opinions, including US Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, handled more than 200 appeals and writs as lead counsel, "Amicus Curiae Brief of 36 Appellate Lawyers Supporting Respondents", an amicus brief of 36 lawyers regarding Trump v. Hawaii and its impact on American legitimacy, 3/27/18, https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-965/40125/20180327105349067'Brief20of203620Appellate20Lawyers.pdf)//rj Maintaining the rule of law is necessary for democracy – courts play an essential role in constraining the executive —- abdicating this role causes backsliding to illiberal democracies and authoritarian regimesSemi Oktay 16 (Pursuing Degree Master of Arts at Josef School of International Studies at University of Denver, "The Role of the Judiciary and The Rule of Law in Democratization: The Chances of Democratic Consolidation", 1/1/2016, https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2092andcontext=etd)//rj America’s disregard for the rule of law is modeled everywhere —- specifically, the travel ban causes backsliding towards authoritarianismDonald Donovan et al 3/30 (~Co-Chair of Debevoise’s International Dispute Resolution Group and its Public International Law Group and serves as council and international disputes before international courts~, List of Amici Attached in Link, "Brief of Amici Curiae Retired Generals and Admirals of the U.S. Armed Forces In Support of Respondents", 3/30/18, https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-965/41713/20180330120220844'17-96520Retired20Generals20and20Admirals20of20U.S.20Armed20Forces20Amicus20Brief.pdf) This is an existential threat — war, famine, poverty, and terrorism.Kasparov 17 — Garry Kasparov, Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, former World Chess Champion, 2017 ("Democracy and Human Rights: The Case for U.S. Leadership," Testimony Before The Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, February 16th, Available Online at https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/021617'Kasparov'20Testimony.pdf, Accessed 07-13-2017) *Specifically, the travel-ban ruling echoes the racist jurisprudence that haunts America – furthering cases like Korematsu v. United States and Plessy v. Ferguson —- the courts have an ethical responsibility to reverse the travel ban and maintain our rule of lawCharles A. Bird 18 (Specializes in appeals and writs in all California and federal appellate courts, lead counsel in more than 70 cases with published opinions, including US Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, handled more than 200 appeals and writs as lead counsel, "Amicus Curiae Brief of 36 Appellate Lawyers Supporting Respondents", an amicus brief of 36 lawyers regarding Trump v. Hawaii and its impact on American legitimacy, 3/27/18, https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-965/40125/20180327105349067'Brief20of203620Appellate20Lawyers.pdf)//rj SolvencyThe plan solves – the executive must present a legitimate rationale for the Travel Ban that passes judicial review —- the plan preserves presidential powers but only to the extent permissible under the Bill of Rights and Kleindienst v. MandelIlya Somin et al 18 (~Professor of Law at George Mason University~, ~Mannheimer, Michael J. Zydney, Professor of Law at Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University~, ~Horvitz and Levy LLP~, Additional List of Amici Attached, "Brief of Amici Curiae Constitutional Law Scholar in Support of Respondents", March 2018, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract'id=3157273)//rj The plan solves —- the plan limits the plenary power doctrineHilarie Bass et al 17 (President of American Bar Association, Co-President of International Law Firm Greenberg Traurig and a Prolific Trial Attorney, "Brief Amicus Curiae of the American Bar Association In Support of Respondents and Affirmance", 9/18/17, https://www.clearinghouse.net/chDocs/public/IM-MD-0004-0224.pdf)//rj | 9/8/18 |
1AC - Travel Ban - Niles Round 3Tournament: Niles | Round: 3 | Opponent: Solorio GU | Judge: Alyssa Corrigan Travel Ban 1AC– New TrierPlanThus the plan: The United States federal government should substantially reduce Executive Order 13780’s restrictions on legal immigration to the United States on the basis that it does not meet the criteria for a "bona fide" exclusion.Terror AdvantageAdvantage 1 is TerrorTravel ban deters efforts at terrorism cooperation – it offends our closest allies who exchange national security data with usJames Clapper et al 18 (~Senior Fellow at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, served as the Director of National Intelligence from 2010-2017~, ~Geltzer, Joshua A., Executive Director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Visiting Professor of Law @ Georgetown University Law Center, Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council Staff from 2015-2017~, ~Olsen, Matthew G., leading government official on a range of national security issues, served for three years as the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center under President Obama~, "We’ve worked on stopping terrorism. Trump’s travel ban fuels it", 4/23/18, https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/opinions/trump-travel-ban-fuels-terrorism-clapper-geltzer-olsen/index.html)//rj Travel ban undermines effective terrorism cooperation – it violates foreign treaties and alienates foreign actorsJay Shooster 17 (Masiyiwa Bernstein Fellow @ Just Security, graduated from the NYU School of Law, served as a clinical student on the policing policy team of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, "Trump’s Immigration Policy Risks Violating International Law – alienates US allies", 1/27/17, https://www.justsecurity.org/36834/trumps-immigration-restrictions-risk-violating-international-law-cutting-foreign-allies-support/)//rj Travel ban is a recruiting tool for terror – its discriminatory intent radicalizes home-grown terroristsJulia Ebner and Jonathan Russel 17 (~Policy analyst at Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank in London~, ~Qulliam’s head of Policy~, "How Trump may be inadvertently helping ISIS", 2/1/17, https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/opinions/isis-use-travel-ban-to-radicalize-opinion/index.html)//rj International cooperation solves terrorism – overcome alt causesCSR 14 — (internally cites Fatma Ceren Yazgan. deputy director for security affairs at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Heidi Meyer, political advisor to NATO LANDCOM, and David Blose, political assistant @ LANDCOM "The Role of Diplomacy and Soft Power in Combatting Terrorism," Center for Strategic Research Workshop Report, paraphrased transcript of roundtable discussion @ CSR, 5-28-2014, Available Online at http://www.coedat.nato.int/publication/workshop'reports/04-Diplomacy'Soft'Power'Report.pdf, accessed 8-17-2017) Nuclear terror causes mass death and suffering, economic slowdown, and the destruction of the liberal world order – the risk is high enough to be worth stopping.Bunn and Roth 17 Matthew Bunn is a professor of practice at the Harvard Kennedy School. A former advisor in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, he is the author or co-author of over 20 books or major technical reports, and over 100 articles in publications ranging from Science to The Washington Post, Nickolas Roth is a research associate at the Belfer Center’s Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University. The author or co-author of dozens of articles and reports on nuclear security, nonproliferation, and arms control, Roth is also a research fellow at the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland, 2017, "The effects of a single terrorist nuclear bomb," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 09/28, https://thebulletin.org/2017/09/the-effects-of-a-single-terrorist-nuclear-bomb/ Accessed 08/08/2018 jsaltman Deference AdvantageAdvantage 2 is DeferenceTrump v. Hawaii expanded deference over immigration – it gave the executive unprecedented control over the admissibility of immigrantsLeah Litman 6/26 (Assitant Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine, specialized in constitutional law, federalism, federal post-conviction law, habeaus corpus, federal courts, "Unchecked Power is Still Dangerous No Matter What the Court Says", 6/26/18, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/opinion/travel-ban-hawaii-supreme-court.html)//rj Excessive deference to the executive undermines the rule of law, separation of powers and American credibilityCharles A. Bird 18 (Specializes in appeals and writs in all California and federal appellate courts, lead counsel in more than 70 cases with published opinions, including US Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, handled more than 200 appeals and writs as lead counsel, "Amicus Curiae Brief of 36 Appellate Lawyers Supporting Respondents", an amicus brief of 36 lawyers regarding Trump v. Hawaii and its impact on American legitimacy, 3/27/18, https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-965/40125/20180327105349067'Brief20of203620Appellate20Lawyers.pdf)//rj Maintaining the rule of law is necessary for democracy – courts play an essential role in constraining the executive —- abdicating this role causes backsliding to illiberal democracies and authoritarian regimesSemi Oktay 16 (Pursuing Degree Master of Arts at Josef School of International Studies at University of Denver, "The Role of the Judiciary and The Rule of Law in Democratization: The Chances of Democratic Consolidation", 1/1/2016, https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2092andcontext=etd)//rj America’s disregard for the rule of law is modeled everywhere —- specifically, the travel ban causes backsliding towards authoritarianismDonald Donovan et al 3/30 (~Co-Chair of Debevoise’s International Dispute Resolution Group and its Public International Law Group and serves as council and international disputes before international courts~, List of Amici Attached in Link, "Brief of Amici Curiae Retired Generals and Admirals of the U.S. Armed Forces In Support of Respondents", 3/30/18, https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-965/41713/20180330120220844'17-96520Retired20Generals20and20Admirals20of20U.S.20Armed20Forces20Amicus20Brief.pdf) This is an existential threat — war, famine, poverty, and terrorism.Kasparov 17 — Garry Kasparov, Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, former World Chess Champion, 2017 ("Democracy and Human Rights: The Case for U.S. Leadership," Testimony Before The Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, February 16th, Available Online at https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/021617'Kasparov'20Testimony.pdf, Accessed 07-13-2017) *Specifically, the travel-ban ruling echoes the racist jurisprudence that haunts America – furthering cases like Korematsu v. United States and Plessy v. Ferguson —- the courts have an ethical responsibility to reverse the travel ban and maintain our rule of lawCharles A. Bird 18 (Specializes in appeals and writs in all California and federal appellate courts, lead counsel in more than 70 cases with published opinions, including US Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, handled more than 200 appeals and writs as lead counsel, "Amicus Curiae Brief of 36 Appellate Lawyers Supporting Respondents", an amicus brief of 36 lawyers regarding Trump v. Hawaii and its impact on American legitimacy, 3/27/18, https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-965/40125/20180327105349067'Brief20of203620Appellate20Lawyers.pdf)//rj SolvencyThe plan solves – the executive must present a legitimate rationale for the Travel Ban that passes judicial review —- the plan preserves presidential powers but only to the extent permissible under the Bill of Rights and Kleindienst v. MandelIlya Somin et al 18 (~Professor of Law at George Mason University~, ~Mannheimer, Michael J. Zydney, Professor of Law at Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University~, ~Horvitz and Levy LLP~, Additional List of Amici Attached, "Brief of Amici Curiae Constitutional Law Scholar in Support of Respondents", March 2018, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract'id=3157273)//rj The plan solves —- the plan limits the plenary power doctrineHilarie Bass et al 17 (President of American Bar Association, Co-President of International Law Firm Greenberg Traurig and a Prolific Trial Attorney, "Brief Amicus Curiae of the American Bar Association In Support of Respondents and Affirmance", 9/18/17, https://www.clearinghouse.net/chDocs/public/IM-MD-0004-0224.pdf)//rj | 9/8/18 |
1AC - Travel Ban - Niles Round 6Tournament: Niles | Round: 6 | Opponent: Whitney Young MO | Judge: Tim Freehan Travel Ban 1AC– New TrierPlanThus the plan: The United States federal government should substantially reduce Executive Order 13780’s restrictions on legal immigration to the United States on the basis that it does not meet the criteria for a "bona fide" exclusion.Terror AdvantageAdvantage 1 is TerrorTravel ban deters efforts at terrorism cooperation – it offends our closest allies who exchange national security data with usJames Clapper et al 18 (~Senior Fellow at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, served as the Director of National Intelligence from 2010-2017~, ~Geltzer, Joshua A., Executive Director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Visiting Professor of Law @ Georgetown University Law Center, Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council Staff from 2015-2017~, ~Olsen, Matthew G., leading government official on a range of national security issues, served for three years as the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center under President Obama~, "We’ve worked on stopping terrorism. Trump’s travel ban fuels it", 4/23/18, https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/opinions/trump-travel-ban-fuels-terrorism-clapper-geltzer-olsen/index.html)//rj Travel ban undermines effective terrorism cooperation – it violates foreign treaties and alienates foreign actorsJay Shooster 17 (Masiyiwa Bernstein Fellow @ Just Security, graduated from the NYU School of Law, served as a clinical student on the policing policy team of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, "Trump’s Immigration Policy Risks Violating International Law – alienates US allies", 1/27/17, https://www.justsecurity.org/36834/trumps-immigration-restrictions-risk-violating-international-law-cutting-foreign-allies-support/)//rj Travel ban is a recruiting tool for terror – its discriminatory intent radicalizes home-grown terroristsJulia Ebner and Jonathan Russel 17 (~Policy analyst at Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank in London~, ~Qulliam’s head of Policy~, "How Trump may be inadvertently helping ISIS", 2/1/17, https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/opinions/isis-use-travel-ban-to-radicalize-opinion/index.html)//rj International cooperation solves terrorism – overcome alt causesCSR 14 — (internally cites Fatma Ceren Yazgan. deputy director for security affairs at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Heidi Meyer, political advisor to NATO LANDCOM, and David Blose, political assistant @ LANDCOM "The Role of Diplomacy and Soft Power in Combatting Terrorism," Center for Strategic Research Workshop Report, paraphrased transcript of roundtable discussion @ CSR, 5-28-2014, Available Online at http://www.coedat.nato.int/publication/workshop'reports/04-Diplomacy'Soft'Power'Report.pdf, accessed 8-17-2017) Nuclear terror causes mass death and suffering, economic slowdown, and the destruction of the liberal world order – the risk is high enough to be worth stopping.Bunn and Roth 17 Matthew Bunn is a professor of practice at the Harvard Kennedy School. A former advisor in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, he is the author or co-author of over 20 books or major technical reports, and over 100 articles in publications ranging from Science to The Washington Post, Nickolas Roth is a research associate at the Belfer Center’s Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University. The author or co-author of dozens of articles and reports on nuclear security, nonproliferation, and arms control, Roth is also a research fellow at the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland, 2017, "The effects of a single terrorist nuclear bomb," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 09/28, https://thebulletin.org/2017/09/the-effects-of-a-single-terrorist-nuclear-bomb/ Accessed 08/08/2018 jsaltman Deference AdvantageAdvantage 2 is DeferenceTrump v. Hawaii expanded deference over immigration – it gave the executive unprecedented control over the admissibility of immigrantsLeah Litman 6/26 (Assitant Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine, specialized in constitutional law, federalism, federal post-conviction law, habeaus corpus, federal courts, "Unchecked Power is Still Dangerous No Matter What the Court Says", 6/26/18, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/opinion/travel-ban-hawaii-supreme-court.html)//rj Excessive deference to the executive undermines the rule of law, separation of powers and American credibilityCharles A. Bird 18 (Specializes in appeals and writs in all California and federal appellate courts, lead counsel in more than 70 cases with published opinions, including US Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, handled more than 200 appeals and writs as lead counsel, "Amicus Curiae Brief of 36 Appellate Lawyers Supporting Respondents", an amicus brief of 36 lawyers regarding Trump v. Hawaii and its impact on American legitimacy, 3/27/18, https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-965/40125/20180327105349067'Brief20of203620Appellate20Lawyers.pdf)//rj Maintaining the rule of law is necessary for democracy – courts play an essential role in constraining the executive —- abdicating this role causes backsliding to illiberal democracies and authoritarian regimesSemi Oktay 16 (Pursuing Degree Master of Arts at Josef School of International Studies at University of Denver, "The Role of the Judiciary and The Rule of Law in Democratization: The Chances of Democratic Consolidation", 1/1/2016, https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2092andcontext=etd)//rj America’s disregard for the rule of law is modeled everywhere —- specifically, the travel ban causes backsliding towards authoritarianismDonald Donovan et al 3/30 (~Co-Chair of Debevoise’s International Dispute Resolution Group and its Public International Law Group and serves as council and international disputes before international courts~, List of Amici Attached in Link, "Brief of Amici Curiae Retired Generals and Admirals of the U.S. Armed Forces In Support of Respondents", 3/30/18, https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-965/41713/20180330120220844'17-96520Retired20Generals20and20Admirals20of20U.S.20Armed20Forces20Amicus20Brief.pdf) This is an existential threat — war, famine, poverty, and terrorism.Kasparov 17 — Garry Kasparov, Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, former World Chess Champion, 2017 ("Democracy and Human Rights: The Case for U.S. Leadership," Testimony Before The Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, February 16th, Available Online at https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/021617'Kasparov'20Testimony.pdf, Accessed 07-13-2017) *Specifically, the travel-ban ruling echoes the racist jurisprudence that haunts America – furthering cases like Korematsu v. United States and Plessy v. Ferguson —- the courts have an ethical responsibility to reverse the travel ban and maintain our rule of lawCharles A. Bird 18 (Specializes in appeals and writs in all California and federal appellate courts, lead counsel in more than 70 cases with published opinions, including US Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, handled more than 200 appeals and writs as lead counsel, "Amicus Curiae Brief of 36 Appellate Lawyers Supporting Respondents", an amicus brief of 36 lawyers regarding Trump v. Hawaii and its impact on American legitimacy, 3/27/18, https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-965/40125/20180327105349067'Brief20of203620Appellate20Lawyers.pdf)//rj SolvencyThe plan solves – the executive must present a legitimate rationale for the Travel Ban that passes judicial review —- the plan preserves presidential powers but only to the extent permissible under the Bill of Rights and Kleindienst v. MandelIlya Somin et al 18 (~Professor of Law at George Mason University~, ~Mannheimer, Michael J. Zydney, Professor of Law at Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University~, ~Horvitz and Levy LLP~, Additional List of Amici Attached, "Brief of Amici Curiae Constitutional Law Scholar in Support of Respondents", March 2018, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract'id=3157273)//rj The plan solves —- the plan limits the plenary power doctrineHilarie Bass et al 17 (President of American Bar Association, Co-President of International Law Firm Greenberg Traurig and a Prolific Trial Attorney, "Brief Amicus Curiae of the American Bar Association In Support of Respondents and Affirmance", 9/18/17, https://www.clearinghouse.net/chDocs/public/IM-MD-0004-0224.pdf)//rj | 9/8/18 |
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