Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Trinity Valley PK | Judge: Larry Liu
Gerrymandering techniques by the GOP means they’ll keep the House for another 4 years.
Wang ’13 (Wang, Sam. “The Great Gerrymander of 2012” The New York Times February 2, 2013)
HAVING the first modern democracy comes with bugs…234 to 201 margin.

Compulsory voting means democrats control the House.
Lexington 12 “If America had compulsory voting, would Democrats win every election?” The Economist, Sep 28th 2012
But here is the thing,… I asked him? He did not agree.

Democrat wins will cut the defense budget, risking nuclear war.
Mazurak 13 (Zbigniew, defense analyst with 6 years of experience in the field, specializing in the defense budget, nuclear weapons strategy, and missile defense. I also have B.A. and M.A. degrees in history “Stop the Democrats’ unilateral cuts in the US nuclear deterrent!” Conservative Daily News Jun 13, 2013
The Left never ceases… leg of the nuclear triad.

Tournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 6 | Opponent: Greenhill VA | Judge: Luke Stuttgen
I value morality
First, ought is consistency with function. Macintyre:
(Alasdair Macintyre, After Virtue)
Yet in fact… a good watch.
Prefer this interpretation since
The only way to have a coherent set of values is to look at the constitutive features on an agent. Geach:
(Geach, P.T. “Good and Evil.”)
This sort of example… or the like.
Hence, the standard is abiding by institutional function
Further prefer the standard since
Most consistent with common language
The agent whose function or purpose must be evaluated is the lawyer
Lawyers bridge the client and the law.
Textually, the lawyer is the one who makes the decision on whether or not to disclose the info from the client.

I contend that a “good” lawyer is one who follows through with his function to unconditionally defend a client. Fried:
Fried, Charles. “The Lawyer as Friend: The Moral Foundations of the Lawyer-Client Relation” The Yale Law Journal. Vol. 85: 1060, 1976
First, it is said…(the professional's time) would dictate.

Lawyers need to serve to fully protect their rights to the client.
To deny the secrecy between client and attorney destroys the ability for a lawyer to defend his client. Noonan:
Noonan. John T. Jr. “The Purposes of Advocacy and the Limits of Confidentiality.” Michigan Law Review, Vol. 64, No. 8 (Jun., 1966), pp. 1485-1492
However, the secrecy… and keep it confidential.

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Trinity Valley PK | Judge: Larry Liu
Text: US Congress should pass a bill enacting mandatory voter registration.
Halperin 99 (Jason P.W. Halperin New York University School of Law, J.D. 1999. “WINNER AT THE POLLS: A PROPOSAL FOR MANDATORY VOTER REGISTRATION.” 3 N.Y.U. J. Legis. and Pub. Pol'y 69 1999-2000)
The best way to… under false pretenses.

Lack of voter registration is the key internal to why people don’t vote.
Halperin 99 (Jason P.W. Halperin New York University School of Law, J.D. 1999. “WINNER AT THE POLLS: A PROPOSAL FOR MANDATORY VOTER REGISTRATION.” 3 N.Y.U. J. Legis. and Pub. Pol'y 69 1999-2000)
Many political scientists… with bureaucratic problems.

50 million eligible voters aren’t registered and thus excluded, half as many didn’t have valid registration.
Brater 13 (Jonathan Brater, “Why Hans von Spakovsky is Wrong on Voter Registration.” Brennan Center for Justice. April 19, 2013.)
Images of voters waiting in line… was previously registered to vote but had moved.

Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Trinity Valley PK | Judge: Larry Liu
Ought is moral obligation

the resolution as a question of government demands real world policymaking. Utilitarianism is best for policymaking  
Woller 97 ( (Gary, Economics Professor at BYU, “Policy Currents,” June, http://apsapolicysection.org/vol7_2/72.pdf ) Showers)
Moreover, virtually all public policies… overall advantage of society. 

Life first

There is no conception of personal identity
Shultz 86: (Persons, Selves, and Utilitarianism. Bart Shultz. )
Furthermore, since on this view the continued existence… sense, be indeterminate.

In order to preserve future value, prevent extinction
Bostrum 11(Nick. University of Oxford Professor. 2011. http://www.existential-risk.org/concept.html)
“These reflections on moral uncertainty… a lot of value.”