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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 23:55:38+00:00

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The United States federal government should substantially curtail its lethal use of force in foreign countries.
-Force is more appropriate than weapons to separate out arms sales.
The United States federal government should substantially curtail its use of deadly force in foreign countries.
-Like threat of use etc.
-Could we insert the word current?
(Final Wording)The United States federal government should substantially curtail its use of deadly force in other countries.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its material support to one or more of the following: United Nations Environmental Programme, World Bank, World Health Organization.
New wording: The United States federal government should substantially increase its support of one or more of the following: United Nations Environmental Programme, World Bank, World Health Organization.
New wording: The United States federal government should substantially increase its support of: United Nations Environmental Programme, World Bank, and/or World Health Organization.
-Should we get rid of the colon?
New wording: The United States federal government should substantially increase its support of the United Nations Environmental Programme, the World Bank, and/or the World Health Organization.
New wording: The United States federal government should substantially increase its support of the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Bank, and/or the World Health Organization.
The Supreme Court of the United States should overturn one or more of the following: Ex Parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942), Zivotofsky v. Kerry, 576 U.S. ___ (2015), Zivotofsky v. Clinton, 566 U.S. 189 (2012), Medellín v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008), United States v. Alvarez-Machain, 504 U.S. 655 (1992) or Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004).
The Supreme Court of the United States should overturn one or more of its decisions in one or more of the following areas: unlawful enemy combatants, enforcement of treaties, customary international law, extraterritorial application of United States law.
-do we want to get rid of the second one or more of?
The Supreme Court of the United States should overturn one or more of its decisions in at least one of the following areas: unlawful enemy combatants, enforcement of treaties, customary international law, extraterritorial application of United States law.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its support for international cooperation on sustainable development in the Arctic.
-Do we want the ecological tilt or not?
New wording: The United States federal government should substantially increase its support for international cooperation in the Arctic.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its anti-human-trafficking assistance to Southeast Asia.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its diplomatic and/or economic pressure to reduce human trafficking in one or more of the following: Germany, Republic of Korea, Syria, India, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Democratic Republic of Korea, Russia, and/or China.
-Didn’t like southeast asia because it excludes places like india and other disadvantage ground, because we don’t care about some negative responses from countries but we do for others.
-Sam: Do we like the word pressure?
-Sam: Could we do just Asia?
We went with the author’s wording.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its anti-human-trafficking diplomatic and/or economic aid toward one or more of the following: Germany, India, People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its diplomatic and/or economic pressure to reduce human trafficking in one or more of the following: Germany, India, People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia.
The United States federal government should implement and enforce anti-human trafficking trade sanctions against one or more of the following: Germany, India, People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia.
The United States federal government should implement and enforce anti-human-trafficking sanctions against one or more of the following: Germany, India, People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia.
-The United States federal government should substantially increase anti-human-trafficking sanctions against one or more of the following: Germany, India, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia.
The United States federal government should substantially increase sanctions against human trafficking sanctions in or more of the following: Germany, India, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia.
The United States federal government should substantially increase human trafficking sanctions against one or more of the following: Germany, India, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia.
The United States federal government should substantially increase sanctions against human trafficking in one or more of the following: Germany, India, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia.
The United States federal government should substantially increase sanctions against human trafficking on one or more of the following: Germany, India, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia.
Do we need an its?
-Cort says no, if the aff says other countries or UN, that’s cool…..
The United States federal government should substantially increase its diplomatic engagement, economic engagement, and/or military engagement with the Russian Federation.
-do we need all three forms of engagement in the topic?
The United States federal government should substantially increase its diplomatic, economic, and/or military engagement with the Russian Federation.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic and/or military engagement with the Russian Federation.
The United States federal government should establish a policy substantially changing its nuclear weapons strategy.
The United States federal government should substantially change its nuclear weapons strategy.
-Can we move beyond strategy?
-What is non-T counterplan ground?
-Looking at the phrase strategy, yes but its not the intent….
The International Monetary Fund should lead the G-20 in a coordinated response to cryptocurrency regulations.
-what can the IMF do?
The International Monetary Fund should establish binding regulations of cryptocurrencies.
-Is there enough lit to sustain an entire year of this?
-There is some agreement of looking at a list, but there was some stalling.
-Rich: the aff gives them the power to do so.
New wording: The International Monetary Fund should establish regulations of cryptocurrencies.
New wording: The International Monetary Fund should establish regulation of cryptocurrencies.
The United States federal government should ratify or accede to, and implement, one or more of the following: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Trans-Pacific Partnership, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
The United States federal government should ratify or accede to, and implement, one or more of the following: Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Trans-Pacific Partnership, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce direct commercial and/or foreign military sales of arms from the United States.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its development and/or military assistance to the Republic of India.
-Cort: Should the topic be intergovernmental aid or not?
-Does DA to non-governmental authorities explode the topic list, maybe not.
-Is legislating it into the topic bad?
The United States federal government should substantially increase its aid to improve water resources in one or more of the Least Developed Countries in Asia and/or Oceania.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its water resource management aid to one or more of the following countries: Egypt, Iraq, Niger, Pakistan, Somalia, and/or Sudan.
-I suggest changing aid to assistance, deleting countries and inserting a colon, and eliminating the oxford comma.
-Who writes about US action?
-What does neg ground look like?
The United States federal government should substantially increase its water resource management assistance to one or more of the following: Egypt, Iraq, Niger, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its development assistance toward one or more of the following countries: Iran, Saudi Arabia and/or Syria.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its constructive engagement toward one or more of the following countries: Iran, Saudi Arabia and/or Syria.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its constructive engagement toward one or more of the following: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its constructive engagement with one or more of the following: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
The United States federal government should substantially curtail its use of deadly force in other countries.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its support of one or more of the following: United Nations Environment Programme, World Bank, World Health Organization.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its support of international cooperation in the Arctic.
The International Monetary Fund should establish regulation of cryptocurrencies.
The United States federal government should substantially reduce Direct Commercial Sales and/or Foreign Military of arms from the United States.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its water resources management assistance to one or more of the following: Egypt, Iraq, Niger, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its constructive engagement with one or more of the following: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan.
-Each state/organization gets to vote for the 5 topics they desire.
-We will go from 6 to 5 (final ballot).
Topics that came out of the Marshall Subcommittees: This is the order from website, ballots, etc.
-took out refugees because it would be a huge part of this year’s immigration topic.
Resolved: The Supreme Court of the United States should overturn one or more of the following: Ex Parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942), Zivotofsky v. Kerry, 576 U.S. ___ (2015), Zivotofsky v. Clinton, 566 U.S. 189 (2012), Medellín v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008), United States v. Alvarez-Machain, 504 U.S. 655 (1992) or Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004).
Resolved: The Supreme Court of the United States should overturn one or more of its decisions in one or more of the following areas: unlawful enemy combatants, enforcement of treaties, customary international law, extraterritorial application of United States law.
Are we concerned with the words DA? This will be up to the room tomorrow for a final direction.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its support for international cooperation on sustainable development in the Arctic.
-Is the phrasing support for international coop on--the way to go?
Resolved: The United states federal government should substantially increase its assistance to reduce anti-human-trafficking in Southeast Asia.
-And southeast asia is good, it should be included somewhere to debate.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its diplomatic engagement, economic engagement and/or military engagement with the Russian Federation.
Resolved: The United States federal government should establish a policy substantially changing its nuclear weapons strategy.
Resolved: The International Monetary Fund should lead the G-20 in a coordinated response to cryptocurrency regulations.
The original paper did not have an international focused action, this comes from a CP strategy in the paper. This helps with the fopo focus of the year.
Resolved: The United States federal government should ratify or accede to, and implement, one or more of the following: Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Trans-Pacific Partnership, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its authorization of direct commercial and/or foreign military arms sales.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce direct commercial and/or foreign military arms sales from the United States.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its aid to improve water resources in one or more of the Least Developed Countries in Asia and/or Oceania.
-Limiting the scope to include area is key.
​Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its development assistance toward one or more of the following countries: Iran, Saudi Arabia and/or Syria.
Here are the final 10 topics that will head into tomorrows vote to reduce to 5 resolutions for the first national ballot. I am the author of both Supreme Court and Infrastructure.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce the authority of the President of the United States in one or more of the following areas: weapons of mass destruction, immigration, indefinite detention.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its civil rights protection in the United States in one or more of the following areas: indefinite detention, housing, voting rights.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase funding and/or eligibility for one or more of the following: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Medicaid enrollment, Housing Choice Vouchers Program.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially expand eligibility and/or coverage for its Medicare and/or Medicaid programs.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its regulation of one or more of the following in the United States: genetically modified foods, biofuels, pesticides, concentrated animal feeding operations, crop insurance.
Resolved: The United States federal government should implement substantial nationwide limitation on local law enforcement agencies in the United States of one or more of the following: use of force, profiling, military technology.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase the protection and/or resiliency of one or more of the following Critical Infrastructure Sectors in the United States: Communications; Emergency Services; Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste; Water and Wastewater Systems.
Resolved: The United States should adopt substantial nationwide reform of its federal elections in one or more of the following areas: campaign finance, Electoral College, redistricting, right to vote.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase incentives for development and/or use of renewable energy in the United States.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase progressive taxation, the federal minimum wage or consumer lending regulation in the United States.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase economic, diplomatic and/or military pressure on the Russian Federation.
All of these wordings are subject to minor changes in the morning, but these are the ones that will probably be voted on in the morning. Full notes from the discussions can be found below.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its protection in the United States of one or more rights in Articles 7 and 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
This topic will not advance to the ballot on Sunday at the request of the author, look at the full notes below for his reasons why.
​Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding and/or regulation of higher education in the United States in one or more of the following areas: loan programs, tuition, federal financial aid.
-There is a huge partisan divide in the literature, increasing RE is a little more balanced than increasing regulations.
-Renewable vs Alt (wants to make Nuclear an option for the negative, and it minimizes licensing debate for the affirmatives).
Greg-Does the word development make Renewable energy possible to be expanded?
Me: Does this make grid improvement topical?
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase progressive taxation, the federal minimum wage or regulation of lending practices in the United States.
-Last night discussion, things like Fed Reserve policy is topical under the last portion of the resolution which would: 1) expand the topic, 2) expand beyond the core of other aspects of the resolution (he reads a list) adding commercial, or to individuals on either side of lending practices does not yield good results.
-Do we change the name from Income Inequality?
The United States federal government should substantially increase its protections of economic, social, and/or cultural rights in the United States.
Cort/David: does protections need to be plural? The answer feels like no……is it enhancing current rights?
[New Wording]: The United States federal government should substantially increase its protection of economic, social, and/or cultural rights in the United States.
The United States federal government should substantially increase its protection in the United States of economic, social and/or cultural rights as defined by Article [ ] the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
New working area, limit to articles?
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its protection of rights in the United States as defined by Articles 7 and 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
-Cort’s concern: some or all of?
Resolved: The United Nations should substantially increase its protection of one or more sites in Africa on the United Nations’ World Heritage Convention’s List of World Heritage in Danger.
-This resolution could allow things like adding Peacekeepers as protection could be topical.
-It is highly unlikely that something could be taken off between now and the next topic, things could be added, the body meets in the summer, so there may not be a big change during the course of the topic.
David’s Follow Up: What is the negative ground?
A Handfull: Do we need to have a geographic limiter?
Resolved: The United Nations should substantially increase its protection of one or more sites in the Arab States on the United Nations’ World Heritage Convention’s List of World Heritage in Danger.
This drops after the straw vote at the suggestion of the author.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase elementary and/or secondary educational funding in one or more of the following areas: charter schools, for-profit schools, concurrent enrollment, dual enrollment.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase elementary and/or secondary educational funding for and/or regulation of in one or more of the following areas: charter schools, for-profit schools, concurrent enrollment, dual enrollment.
-Author: do we drop it to just charter schools?
-Do we add online schools?
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its elementary and/or secondary education funding and/or regulation in the United States.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its regulation of one or more of the following in the United States: genetically-modified foods, biofuels, pesticides, concentrated animal feeding operations, crop insurance, sustainable agriculture practices.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its regulation of one or more of the following in the United States: genetically modified foods, biofuels, pesticides, concentrated animal feeding operations, sustainable agriculture.
-1:20 callback, look at “sustainable agriculture” vs “sustainable agricultural practices” and look at subsidies. Look at adding subsidies, look at maybe sustainable ag out, crop insurance back it.
- Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its regulation of one or more of the following in the United States: genetically modified foods, biofuels, pesticides, concentrated animal feeding operations, crop insurance.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase economic and/or diplomatic pressure on the Russian Federation.
-Concern 1: its, pressure doesn’t function the same in both economic pressure, The US can do third party things that cause economic pressure within Russia.
-Do we add the military?
-Do we change it to coercive diplomacy?
The authors like the topic as is.
-Do not like Coercive Diplomacy as it excludes economic pressure, and taking economic pressure out might kill a large part of solvency ground, they would like economic pressure and/or coercive diplomacy.
-Coercive diplomacy = threat of force, where as military pressure is use of force.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase the affordability of higher education in the United States in one or more of the following areas: loan programs, tuition stabilization, federal financial aid.
-David: affordability creates a problem, can that be dropped? And how is tuition different from FFA?
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase the affordability of higher education in the United States in one or more of the following areas: loan programs, tuition, federal financial aid.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding and/or regulation of higher education in the United States in one or more of the following areas: loan programs, tuition, federal financial aid.
-Sam: could we change the topic to look at “cost of entry to” or cost of attendance? Ultimately no changes were made.
If you are interested in looking at the source papers for all of these papers we will discuss tomorrow, you can look at the NFHS website (http://www.nfhs.org/sports-resource-content/nfhs-cx-debate-topic-selection-meeting/).
Here are the 8 wordings we are going to work with throughout the day on Saturday. Below each resolution you will find notes from the Marshall Subcommittee (the groups that have the first discussion on each topic). We will begin tomorrow at 8:30 am cst. I'll post my notes/updates throughout the morning tomorrow . If you have questions, you can comment here, send me notes through Twitter, Facebook Messenger or Text me and I will include your thoughts to the committee in the morning.
The assigned times for each paper will be posted tonight so you can know when you can influence the room.
-Better than just Fossil fuel focus, because it may become too partisan.
Resolved; The United States federal government should substantially increase progressive taxation, the federal minimum wage or regulation of lending practices in the United States.
-Are we OK with the word regulation existing in this topic that makes the back end bidirectional?
-Limit to just Africa (list goes from 55 to 21, and becomes a little broader than military protection).
-Tied to funding in certain areas.
-What are the differences between Concurrent and Dual enrollment? (There is a discussion in the large group that highlights some differenes that are too numerous for me to write down).
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its regulation of one or more fo the following in the United States: genetically-modified foods, biofuels, pesticides, concentrated animal feeding operations, crop insurance, sustainable agriculture practices.
The United States federal government should substantially increase the affordability of higher education in the United States in one or more of the following areas: loan programs, tuition stabilization, federal financial aid.
-Makes the topic all about affordability etc.
Africa, NATO and UN all drop (Topics 3, 4 and 5).
See the previous post for the 10 wordings. The delegates from each state will select their top 5. We will immediately drop from 10 to 7 resolutions. Then we will drop to 6 then 5, I will add which resolution gets dropped as we go along!
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