Tournament: Damien | Round: 2 | Opponent: idk | Judge:
My value is liberty - We should focus on individual rights because they are composed of  our rationality and our ability to choose which defines our freedom.

Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard University Charles Fried, 2005; Associate Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; Solicitor General of the United States The Nature and Importance of Liberty, http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol29_No1_Fried.pdf 

What is liberty...in that campaign.

My criteria is upholding rights through the rule of law

Galston 1999 Expressive Liberty, Moral Pluralism, and Political Pluralism: Three Sources of Liberal Theory William and Mary Law Review 

We  are  familiar ... and associational  practices.

Contention 1: The Affirmative violates the Constitution – Three Reasons

First - The affirmative violates the 6th Amendment – privilege is necessary for effective counsel and a fair trial

Cohn 2003. Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego Marjorie; executive vice president of National Lawyers Guild. Fordham Law Review Volume 71 | Issue 4 Article 3 The Evisceration of the Attorney-Client Privilege in the Wake of September 11, 2001 

B. Intersection of the ... assistance of counsel. 

Second - Truth Seeking violates the 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination

Dashjian 1982 Michael SOURCE? Law Review People v. Meredith: The Attorney-Client Privilege and the Criminal Defendant's Constitutional Rights URL or LEXIS/JSTOR     

While the attorney-client... to the prosecution.' 

Third - The affirmative violates the Supremacy Clause – binding international law requires attorney client privilege

Cohn 2003 - Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego Marjorie; executive vice president of National Lawyers Guild. Fordham Law Review Volume 71 | Issue 4 Article 3 The Evisceration of the Attorney-Client Privilege in the Wake of September 11, 2001 

Under the International...Ashcroft's new regulation.99

The protection of constitutional right to counsel trumps truth-seeking – the judge is required to uphold the constitution.

Dashjian 2:
 1982  Michael SOURCE? Law Review People v. Meredith: The Attorney-Client Privilege and the Criminal Defendant's Constitutional Rights URL or LEXIS/JSTOR     

The state’s interest ...rights underlying it