Tournament: VBT | Round: 1 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit JS | Judge: Chris Theis
The affirmative’s push to solve environmental problems through governmental actions perpetuates the illusion of global management and discourages assumption of responsibility for the problems we’ve created. Esteva 98’
Esteva and Prakash, 98 – President of the 5th World Congress on Rural Sociology and Professor of Educational Theory at the University of Pennsylvania State (Gustavo and Madhu Suri, “Grassroots Post-Modernism – Remaking the Soil of Cultures”, Page 22-23)MDP
We can only ….decisions upon others.

And, the affirmative scapegoats developing countries for global warming and destruction of the environment; they are speaking from a point of privilege and are diffusing responsibility to economically challenged nations. Agarwal 91’
Anil Agarwal, Feburary 1991, Indian Environmentalist (UN Global 500 Roll of Honor), Global Warming in an Unequal World,: a Case of Environmental Colonialism, Center for Science and Environment New Delhi, http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/GlobalWarming20Book.pdf
The idea that … onto developing countries.

This leads to eco-imperialism. Soomin and Shirley ’09:
 Keimyung International College, Daegu, Republic of Korea, (Lim and Dr. Steven, “Eco-Imperialism: The Global North’s Weapon of Mass intervention,” Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences, 2009, Vol 1, No 3, 846-860)A-Berg
To break the … from the citizenry.

And, neoliberalism prevents actions against climate change in exchange for market-based incentives which don’t generate change—turns case. Okereke 08’
Okereke 8 (Chukwumerije, Senior Research Associate at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, “Equity Norms in Global Environmental Governance” August, Vol 8 No 3 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/global_environmental_politics/v008/8.3.okereke.html) JL
The foregoing analysis …the neoliberal order.

Imperialism leads to unending violence and extinction Eckhardt 90’
Eckhardt 1990 (William, Lentz Peace Research Laboratory of St. Louis, JOURNAL OF PEACE RESEARCH, February 1990, p. 15-16)
Modern Western Civilization …. depend upon our choice.

The alternative is to reject the search for global solutions. This is vital to challenge violent ways ordering and shape a new human future. Nayar 99’
Nayar, 99 – Professor at the University of Warwick School of Law
(Jayan, “SYMPOSIUM: RE-FRAMING INTERNATIONAL LAW FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: Orders of Inhumanity”, Fall, 9 Transnat'l L. and Contemp. Probs. 599)  MDP
The description of the …. the "technologies" of ordering.

And, the alternative is vital to solve environmental destruction – only individual action can address the root cause of environmental problems and overcome the pitfalls of the regulatory state. Vandenbergh 04’
Vandenbergh, 4 – Michael, Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt U and former Chief of staff at the EPA (“From Smokestack to SUV: The Individual as Regulated Entity in the New Era of Environmental Law”, March, 57 Vand. L. Rev. 515, Lexis)  AK
Individuals are important, … afterthought of policymakers. 

And, the role of the ballot and judge as an educator is to reject arguments based on asymmetrical power relations—because pedagogical contexts are inherently political, we have a unique opportunity to promote real change.  Trifonas 03,
PETER PERICLES TRIFONAS. PEDAGOGIES OF DIFFERENCE: RETHINKING EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE/ RoutledgeFalmer. New York, London. 2003. Questia.
Just as objective social … ends of schooling.
Trifonas 03 Continues,
PETER PERICLES TRIFONAS. PEDAGOGIES OF DIFFERENCE: RETHINKING EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE/ RoutledgeFalmer. New York, London. 2003. Questia.
If we superimpose …. for our children.

Tournament: Meadows | Round: 4 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake NoSi | Judge: Michael Overing
Part 1 is the Links:

The affirmative’s discourse about law creates a reality in which law is supreme and unquestionable – by repeating that law is the source of solution and criminality and violations of law are bad, we submit ourselves to the oppression of the sovereign without hope for reform. The law itself is indeterminate and the rationalizing criteria the affirmative uses to make their legal argument is an excuse to freeze existing social relations and systems of oppression.  Gordon  explains,
Robert W. Gordon, Professor of Law at Stanford University, 1987 “Unfreezing Legal Reality: Critical Approaches To Law,” Florida State University Law Review (15 Fla. St. U.L. Rev. 195), Summer, http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2366andcontext=fss_papers
Now a central tenet of CLS ... traditions of the community.

And, judicial decisions only legitimize the existing legal order by reifying our alienated social roles. Schegel writes:
Henry Schegel, Professor of Law, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2001 (CARDOZO LAW REVIEW, March, pp. 1067-8)

From the judge's perspective ... as a part of political theory.

Part 2 is the Impact: 

The law and legal interpretation are unquestionably violent, ensuing the dominance of existing powerful interests and killing off alternative visions of justice.  Henderson writes:
Lynne Henderson, Professor of Law at the Indiana University School of Law at Bloomington, 1991 “Authoritarianism and the Rule of Law,” Indiana Law Journal (66 Ind. L.J. 379), Spring, Available Online to Subscribing Institutions via Lexis-Nexis

The lack of scholarly acknowledgment ... common meaning and law.

And, dependence on the legal system kills any possibility of change. Boyle continues:
James Boyle, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, April, 1985, THE POLITICS OF REASON: CRITICAL LEGAL THEORY AND LOCAL SOCIAL THOUGHT SP

The best way to get a sense ... it contains a dormitive principle.(20)

Part 3 is the Alternative and the Role of the Ballot:

The alternative is to disengage ourselves from the legal system. The aff’s desire to seek truth through the criminal justice system causes the state to perpetuate a legal system dominated by the elite, entrenching biased interpretations of justice.  

And, freeing us from the shackles of legal tradition is the only way for each of us to assume individual responsibility for the way we live our lives. Singer  writes,
“The Player and the Cards: Nihilism and Legal Theory,” Yale Law Journal (94 Yale L.J. 1), November, http://www.jstor.org/stable/796315
What shall we do then ... to answer that question ourselves.

The judge should assume the position of a critical intellectual, interrogating the discourses and unnoticed assumptions behind arguments. The signal sent intellectually outweighs any specific policy proposal. Change occurs at molecular levels and intellectuals have the obligation of injecting that into whatever intellectual and political sphere they occupy. The only way to create change in the real world is to interrogate those unquestioned assumptions and reject them. Jones  continues,
Richard Wyn Jones, 1999, Professor International Politics at Aberystwyth University, Security, Strategy, and Critical Theory, p. 155-163

The central political task ...  is necessarily a pedagogic relationship”

And, debate should be a process through which young people learn the value of social criticism, not a game where our assumptions go unquestioned.  Giroux writes:
Giroux, Henry – 2011. “Left Behind? American Youth and the Global Fight for Democracy.” Truthout http://www.truth-out.org/left-behind-american-youth-and-global-fight-democracy68042#2

At the heart of such public ... corporate dominated and authoritarian regimes.

Finally, discourse comes first since it precedes normative or political discussion. Bleiker writes:
Bleiker, Roland. professor of IR @ U of Queensland “Discourse and Human Agency.” Contemporary Political Theory, 2003

‘It is within discourse,’ ... of unreason thereby becomes improbable.’

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: Opponent | Judge:
Congress will pass debt ceiling now. Taylor 9/12,
Taylor 9/12/13  (Andrew, Associated Press, GOP Leaders Confounded on Stopgap Spending Bill")
“The speaker met…havoc with the markets."

But, political capital is key. Blake 9/18,
Aaron Blake. Carney assures that Obama ‘has twisted arms. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/09/18/carney-assures-that-obama-has-twisted-arms/
“White House press secretary…Congress does the right thing.” 

And, aff drains political capital – two warrants.

First is neo-libertarians. Badham ’13,
Badham, Van, 2013, The Guardian, Of Course Compulsory Voting Is a Good Thing, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/21/compulsory-voting-good
“It's a policy that…yet will be so.”

Second is Republicans. Liu ’12,
Liu, Eric, 2012, Time, Should Voting Be Mandatory?, http://ideas.time.com/2012/08/21/should-voting-be-mandatory/?iid=op-main-lede
“Some Republicans will…voting on public issues.”
And, failure to raise the debt ceiling destroys the economy – investor uncertainty. Masters ’13,
Masters 13 (Jonathan, Deputy Editor at the Council on Foreign Relations, Backgrounder, jan 2 2013"US Debt Ceiling. Costs and Consequences")
“Most economists, including…effects on the economy."

And, extinction – econ collapse causes global nuclear war. Freidberg and Schoenfield,
Freidberg and Schoenfield,. The Dangers of a Diminished America. 2008. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122455074012352571.html
“Then there are…with external adventures.”