Tournament: Harvard Westlake | Round: 1 | Opponent: na | Judge: na
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 constitution

First- Truth Seeking violates the 6th Amendment right to effective counsel because it denies privilege

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

attorney-client privilege ....confidences to the prosecution

Second- 2. Attorney client privilege is key to the justice system because it enables the attorney to do the best job possible – without the privilege, the attorney won’t be effective

Forte, 2003 – Managing Partner at Smith, Gambrell, and Russell, LLP What the Attorney-Client Privilege Really Means Trust the Leaders  Issue 5 / Fall 2003  http://www.sgrlaw.com/resources/trust_the_leaders/leaders_issues/ttl5/916/

the privilege ensures ....administration of justice

Third- . Attorney-client privilege is necessary because it allows a lawyer to properly prepare and is more likely to allow discussion of all the facts of the event. 

Hazard 1978 – Professor of Law, Yale University California Law Review Vol. 66, No. 5, Sep 1978: An Historical Perspective on the Attorney-Client Privilege JSTOR

The privilege is ....a favorable light

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

Dashjian 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 ....to those safeguards

Fifth- Attorney-Client Privilege turns truth seeking because it encourages communication between the people and their attorneys and makes the attorney more apt to discover the truth. 

Rice 1998 - Professor of Law, American University Paul R., Washington College of Law, Attorney-Client Privilege: The Eroding Concept of Confidentiality Should be Abolished, Duke Law Review Vol. 47 No. 5 pp. 857-858 

The attorney-client ... their client’s interests