[CX-L] G-36 Debate Institute: Argument Update

[Kuswa, Kevin]

Waves 2 & 3 are finishing up at G-36.
 
Thanks go out to Peter Lee for guest lecturing on criminal law and privacy and working through prominent SC cases, to Randy Luskey for guest lecturing on going affirmative, 2AC to 2AR, to Nick Coburn-Palo for a multiple-day whirlwind appearance on critical theory and counterplans among other topics, and also to Ahilan Arulanantham for a lot of insightful expert advice on detention law and the patriot act.  Added to Tejinder and to Madison (Madison returned for an encore 1 vs. 1 debate featuring the classic "disco" 1AR), the guest appearances have been totally outstanding.  Kudos to Steve Clemmons for pulling it together in year one and showing that G36 will be in it for the long haul....
 
Waves 2 & 3
 
Emergency Constitution CP / Ans. -- Cole and Tribe vs. Ackerman
The Torture Debate--strauss, olson, dershowitz, tribe (torture, types, works, fails, can be checked, ethics)
Politics DA--social security, some iraq scenarios, very link-heavy
XO CP--multiple net benefits, including preventing public backlash (separate DA), religious right
Topicality/Agent Spec--seven developed violations, definition section, a-spec &o-spec w/extn.
International Human Rights Standards CP--Geneva convention adherence, War Crimes Act of 96 adherence, and prisoner classification change solvency.
Court Bad--hollow hope, model fails, evil court, clog
Social Movements DA (small)
State of Exception and Exceptional State--agamben position about politics, agency, resistance.  the key questions center on sovereignty and governmentality (how they support and repel).  can be run with some resolutional pics (empire-style net benefits)
Disciplinary Power--mostly foucault, butler, shell and link modules for race-based affirmatives.
Framework Files--multiple directions.  advocacies for views of fiat, discourse, the resolution, and change.
Normativity and ans.--multiple link modules
CLS--standard indeterminacy, classism, debate with crt both ways, ans.
CRT--case front-lines vs racial profiling affirmatives (race "blind" precedent bad), race traitor alternatives
Detention is in the Mind K--mix of freedom from and freedom to with marxism
Terror-Talk / threat construction
Korematsu Neg--large file, multiple strategies, case debate from multiple directions, security links, genealogy, race, topicality of the decision, court motives
Rights ans. files
Rendition Fill-in DA
Cap  Bad (small)
Models DA--Russia, China, global (crack-down = stability abroad)
Narratives all directions--theory, ethics, voices, speaking for/to/with others.  Radical feminist critique of narratives, patriarchy impact.
Small Democracy Promotion file
Theory file (small)
Terror DA (large)--links across the board (detention, search, wiretap, exyened detention, patriot act), multiple scenarios (power pants), internal iraq debate, extended aff ans.
Guantanamo Bay case neg
Equal Protection CP (vs. search cases--racial profiling) small--net ben is feminism, rights.
 
note, no federalism DA (although the affs have answers), and no case neg to animal rights.
 
congrats to the whole crew on a great set of useful arguments, especially to Albert and Richard for all their research help and to ML, Jesse, SK, ST, G Ma, Jenn, Lauren, Ashley, and Matt.
 
hasta,
 
the G36 Faculty (s&r clemmons, dennis, dewolf, kuswa)