Tournament: A | Round: 1 | Opponent: B | Judge: C
Plan texts:
In developing countries, prioritize environmental protection above resource extraction by ethically re-orienting ourselves away from capitalist ideology toward one that aims to affirm the inclusion of the subject. 

In developing countries, prioritize environmental protection above resource extraction by ethically re-orienting ourselves away from anthropocentric ideology toward one that aims to end the otherization of the animal. 

Latin American countries will adopt the indigenous movement of Buen Vivir as a means to reform public policy toward promoting environmental unity.

Ecuador will cease oil drilling projects in the Yasuni National Park region and resume application of the Yasuni-ITT initiative and Brazil will remove revisions to its Amazon Forest Code proposed in its recent  reform bill. 

Kenya and Tanzania will establish a Marine Protected Zone (MPZ) restricting resource extraction on ocean territory within their exclusive economic areas.

Tournament: UT | Round: 9 | Opponent: AFF | Judge: AFF
Advocacy Text: I advocate that truth seeking ought to take precedence over attorney client privilege specifically in cases where the attorney-client is a federal employee. This includes executive officials and legislative members. I reserve the right to clarify. 'Solvency' advocate is somewhere in there. 

Status quo attorney client privileges for government officials fluctuate; it’s decided by a number of courts in individual cases.
Blumenauer, Kerri. J.D., Fordham School of Law. “Privileged or Not? How the Current Application of the Government Attorney-Client Privilege Leaves the Government Feeling Unprivileged.” 75 Fordham Law Review. 1. 2006.
Currently, when the ... at public expense.

Part 1 is resolutional interp.
Parametrics are okay if they're topical - key to fairness/education.
1) Nullifies 6 min 1AC time.
2) Infinite specific neg criticisms.
3) No legal definition of truth-seeking - skews everyone's strat.
4) No consistent application of acp/truth-seeking - destroys stable advocacy.
5) Topic lit controls internal link to fairness/education - confirms my advocacy is theoretically legit:
a. Truth-finding and acp don't usually conflict.
Giesel, Grace. James R. Merritt Prof., Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. "Upjohn Warnings, the Attorney-Client Privilege, and Principles of Lawyer Ethics: Achieving Harmony." 65 U. Miami L. Rev. 109. 2010.
The generally recognized ... skepticism of it.

b. Topic lit doesn't defend complete abolishment of acp - only exceptions.
Hazard, Geoffrey. John A. Garver Prof. of Law, Yale. "An Historical Perspective on the Lawyer-Client Privilege." 1 Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository. 1. 1978: 1061-1091.
In present-day law ... is generally understood

c. Specific instances of acp for government lawyers/corporations are substantiated/ultra-common in topic lit. 

Part 2 is framework.
The state can only garner authority from the people and thus there is no entity justified in controlling the state externally. This is especially true of democracy.
Rousseau, Jean Jacques. French philosopher. “The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right.” 1762. Trans. G.D.H Cole.
I SUPPOSE men ... most frightful abuse.

AND, the only way to create a state that maintains legitimacy with its people is one with reasonable checks on its power.
de Secondat, Charles-Louis. Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu. French political thinker. “The Spirit of Laws, Book XI.” Of the Laws Which Establish Political Liberty, with Regard to the Constitution. 1748.
Democratic and aristocratic ... the law permits.

Part 3 is contentional offense.
First, attorney-client privilege allows for concealment of information crucial to uncovering government schemes - empirically verified through Watergate, Cheney, and Clinton.
Leslie, Melanie. Assoc. Prof. of Law. NYU School of Law. “Government Officials as Attorneys and Clients: Why Privilege the Privileged?” 77 Ind. L. Journal. 3. 2002.
In February of ... to just results.

Second, government officials occupy elected positions of public trust; their sole purpose is to serve the general interest.
Leslie, Melanie. Assoc. Prof. of Law, NYU School of Law. “Government Officials as Attorneys and Clients: Why Privilege the Privileged?” 77 Ind. L. Journal. 3. 2002.
The first, and ... clarify the analysis.

Third, repealing confidentiality rules checks back government corruption because officials inherently occupy positions of higher power than those who they serve.
Salkin, Pratricia. Prof. of Government Law, Albany Law School. “Beware: What You Say to Your Government Lawyer May Be Held Against You – The Erosion of Government Attorney-Client Confidentiality.” 35 The Urban Lawyer. 2. 2003: 283-303.
Rather, in the ... potentially corruptible government.

Fourth, government lawyers are unique entities; they’re not just zealous advocates, they’re courtroom lobbyers for the public population.
Leong, Nancy. J.D., law clerk, Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. “Attorney-Client Privilege in the Public Sector: A Survey of Government Attorneys.” William and Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. Faculty Publications. 216. 2007.
Various legal authorities ... of a privilege.

AND, this doesn't impair the public interest by restricting non-disclosure.
Leslie, Melanie. Assoc. Prof. of Law. NYU School of Law. “Government Officials as Attorneys and Clients: Why Privilege the Privileged?” 77 Ind. L. Journal. 3. 2002.
Executive privilege doctrine ... a private attorney. 

AND, my advocacy is specifically endorsed by the U.S. Constitution.
Dickmann, Amanda. J.D., Indiana University School of Law. "In Re Lindsey: A Needless Void in the Government Attorney-Client Privilege." Ind. L. Rev. 33. 1999.
As a supplement ... of federal crimes.

Aff gets RVI:
1) No RVI supercharges 7-4-6-3 time skew.
2) 1AC susceptible to infinite potential violations with no recourse.
3) 1AR doesn't get competing mutually exclusive interps (i.e. spec).

Tournament: UT | Round: 7 | Opponent: AFF AND NEG | Judge: AFF AND NEG
See Travis AS

Tournament: UT | Round: 8 | Opponent: AFF | Judge: AFF
Part 1 is framework.
First is rule-consequentialism.
Hooker, Brad. Prof. of Philosophy, University of Reading. “Ideal Code, Real World: A Rule-Consequentialist Theory of Morality.” OUP. 2000.
An act is ... acts are wrong.

Rule-util is the only action-guiding ethical theory. The resolution posits a practical comparative between two decisions, meaning that you adjudicate this specific ‘ought’ statement under frameworks that cohere with our practical explanations for taking action.
Sepielli, Andrew. Assistant Prof. of Philosophy, University of Toronto. “What to do when you don’t know what to do.” 4 Oxford Studies in Metaethics. ed. Russ Shafer-Landau. OUP. 2009: 5-28.
You and I ... strategy was insensitive.

AND, this focus on practical coherence commits us to a system of rule-util, whereby an action is right or wrong based on its utility in accordance with some rule.
Rawls, John. American philosopher. “Two Concepts of Rules.” 64 Philosophical Review. 1. DUP. 1955: 3-32.
The other conception ... the utilitarian principle. 

AND, rule-consequentialism would condone a theory of punishment that solely incarcerates guilty parties – there’s only sufficient reason to safeguard innocents.
Kaufman, Whitley. Dept. of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts. “Honor and Revenge: A Theory of Punishment,” 104 Springer Law and Philosophy Library. 2013: 27-28.
Consequentialists have offered ... did not commit.

Second is an alternate framework: rule of law
Issues of criminal justice are only applicable in a political framework, moral theories of punishment fall short of establishing practical context.
Brettschneider, Corey. Brown University. “The Rights of the Guilty: Punishment and Political Legitimacy.” 35 Political Theory. 2. 2007.
Traditional retributive accounts ... deserve qua citizens.25

All laws are based on reasonable acceptance as legitimate.
Rawls, John. American philosopher. “The Idea of Public Reason Revisited.” 64 U. Chicago L. Rev. 3. 1997: 765-807.
I now turn ... if barely so.

It is rationally agreeable that deviations from accurate punishment are harmful to rational persons.
Rawls, John. American philosopher.. “A Theory of Justice.” HUP. 1971.
Finally, there are ... and regularly main- tained.

Part 2 is my advocacy.
Advocacy text: I advocate that the criminal justice system expand American Bar Association Model Rule 1.6(b)’s “substantial bodily harm” exception to confidentiality in situations where it would exonerate a wrongful conviction. I reserve the right to clarify. 

Most status quo states have not adopted the exception to the ABA Model Rule 1.6(b).
Hasbani, Inbal. J.D. candidate, Northwestern University School of Law. “When the Law Preserves Injustice: Issues Raised by a Wrongful Incarceration Exception to Attorney-Client Confidentiality.” 26 J. Criminal Law Criminology Review. 100. 2010.
Perhaps one of ... incarceration of another.”

The plan includes a use immunity protection of client disclosures.
Hasbani, Inbal. J.D. candidate, Northwestern University School of Law. “When the Law Preserves Injustice: Issues Raised by a Wrongful Incarceration Exception to Attorney-Client Confidentiality.” 26 J. Criminal Law Criminology Review. 100. 2010.
In order to ... use immunity’s protection.

Part 3 is advantages.
First is wrongful conviction.
Second is legal legitimacy.