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1NC Alien Word PICPlan text: replace alien with undocumented persons

The term alien inspires an usthem dichotom! that sti"mati#es immi"rants$ causes racism$and %usti&ies human ri"hts a'uses a'road ( pre&er undocumented person)ohnson *+ [Kevin R., Professor of Law, University of California at Davis, COLLOQUIUM PROCEEDIN!"P#NEL ONE" $#LIEN!$ #ND %&E U.!. IMMIR#%ION L#'!" %&E !OCI#L #ND LE#L CON!%RUC%IONO( NONPER!ON!), *+ U. Miai Inter-#. L. Rev. */, le0is1

International 23an ri42ts iss3es in t2e Unite5 !tates o6vio3sly are s2a7e5 6y any fa8tors. My fo83s in t2is essay is on an iss3e t2at, at first 4lan8e,i42t a77ear insi4nifi8ant. Nonet2eless, it 4reatly infl3en8es t2in9in4 in t2e Unite5 !tates a6o3t a88e7tan8e of ii4rant sfro ot2er 8o3ntries as well as t2is nation:s res7onse to ref34ees fleein4 23an ri42ts a63ses in t2eir 2oelan5s. Myto7i8 relates to terinolo4y an5 s7e8ifi8ally to t2e 3se of t2e wor5 $alien,$ n; a ter of art 3se5 e0tensively in 5is83ssin4 t2e le4al ri42ts of ii4rants int2e Unite5 !tates. aliens 2ave a 382 saller

63n5le an5 en?oy far fewer 8onstit3tional an5 stat3tory 7rote8tions. n* Citi=ens 8an vote an5 en?oy ot2er 7oliti8al ri42ts, s382 as ?3ry servi8e.#liens,no atter w2at t2eir ties to t2e 8o3nity, en?oy liite5 7oliti8al ri42ts. %2ey8annot vote an5 ris9 5e7ortationif t2ey en4a4e in8ertain 7oliti8al a8tivities t2at, if t2ey were 8iti=ens, wo3l5 6e 8onstit3tionally 7rote8te5. n/ Non8iti=ens [@*A1 8annot sit on ?3ries 5e8i5in4 t2e fate offellow non8iti=ens 82ar4e5 wit2 8ries, t2ere6y ens3rin4 t2at t2e ?3ry ost 5efinitely will not refle8t a 8ross se8tion of t2e 8o3nity. nB Per2a7s osti7ortantly, aliens 8an 6e 5e7orte5 fro t2e 8o3ntry w2ile 8iti=ens 8annot 6e. (or e0a7le, 3n5er t2e ii4ration laws, an alien 8onvi8te5 of 7ossessionof ore t2an t2irty 4ras of ari?3ana ay 6e 5e7orte5, nA w2ile a 8iti=en 8onvi8te5 of ass 3r5er 8annot 6e. n %2e 8on8e7t of t2e alien 2as ore

s36tle so8ial 8onse3en8es as well. Most i7ortantly, it 2el7s to reinfor8e an5 stren4t2en nativist sentient towar5e6ers of new ii4rant 4ro37s, w2i82 in t3rn infl3en8es U.!. res7onses to ii4ration an5 23an ri42tsiss3es .#liens 2ave lon4 6een 3n7o73lar in t2e Unite5 !tates, t2o342 t2e 7arti83lar 5isfavore5 4ro37 2as varie5 over tie. Over two 8ent3ries a4o, t2e8o3rts of t2e vario3s states were 7er8eive5 as 6ein4 3nfair in t2e treatent of t2e


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8lassifi8ations all-too-fre3ently are e7loye5 as a 7ro0y for ra8e. #liena4e 5is8riination, t2o342 overin8l3sive6e8a3se it in8l35es 7ersons w2o are not inorities, allows one to 5is7ro7ortionately 5isa5vanta4e 7eo7le of 8olor.

The stru""le a"ainst racism must 'e one without concession,emmi *-H#l6ert> Professor Eerit3s of !o8iolo4y, University of Paris> Ra8is) 74. ;/ DRCL one 3st not even let t2e onster in t2e 2o3se, es7e8ially not in aas9. %o 4ive it erely a foot2ol5 eans to a34ent t2e 6estial 7art in 3s an5 in ot2er 7eo7le, w2i82 is to5iinis2 w2at is 23an. %o a88e7t t2e ra8ist 3niverse to t2e sli42test 5e4ree is to en5orse fear, in?3sti8e an5

violen8e. It is to a88e7t t2e 7ersisten8e of t2e 5ar9 2istory in w2i82 we still lar4ely live. It is to a4ree t2at t2eo3tsi5er will always 6e a 7ossi6le vi8ti Han5 w2i82 [7erson1 an is not [t2eself1 2iself an o3tsi5er relativeto soeone else. Ra8is ill3strates in s3, t2e inevita6le ne4ativity of t2e 8on5ition of t2e 5oinate5> t2atis, it ill3inates in a 8ertain sense t2e entire 23an 8on5ition. %2e anti-ra8ist str344le , 5iffi83lt t2o342 it is,an5 always in 3estion, is n evert2eless o ne of t2e 7rolo43es to t2e 3ltiate 7assa4e fro aniality to23anity. In t2at sense, we 8annot fail to rise to t2e ra8ist 82allen4e

.epresentations o& racial$ "endered$ and class/centric discourse in immi"ration polic! should'e e0aluated &irst ( the racist implications o& the term alien mae 0iolence and ci0il stri&e

ine0ita'le)ohnson 2[Kevin R., #sso8iate Dean for #8a5ei8 #ffairs an5 Professor of Law, University of California,Davis !82ool of Law. #.


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so8ial 8onstr38tion of ra8e. %2is arti8le o3tlines t2e 83rrent state of t2e analysis of ra8e in ii4ration law s82olars2i7. Ultiately, t2e st35y oft2e ra8ial i7a8ts of t2e ii4ration laws will not 4o i4nore5. %2e 3estion is si7ly one of tiin4. I 8onten5 t2at t2is i7ortant analysiss2o3l5 not 6e ar4inali=e5 or left to t2is 4eneration of ra8e s82olars to 5e6ate aon4 t2eselves. %2e 5ay will 8oew2en t2e 8onsens3s will 6e t2at ra8e is 8entral ,not 7eri72eral, to a f3ll 3n5erstan5in4 of o5ern ii4ration an5nationality law an5 7oli8y.#s s82olars, we s2o3l5 strive to see t2at 5ay 8oe sooner rat2er t2an later. 'e all 3sten4a4e in t2is 8entral 3estion if we are serio3sly intereste5 in eit2er ii4ration or ra8e relations in t2e U nite5!tates. %2is arti8le also 82allen4es s82olars intereste5 in ii4ration to en4a4e serio3sly t2e infl3en8e of ra8e on t2e laws an5 t2eir enfor8eent. %o 5oso, we 3st 6e4in 6y 6rin4in4 t2e se7arate 5is8o3rses on ii4ration law to4et2er an5 8o6ine t2e e07lanatory 7ower of t2e two o5es of analysis.%2is will re3ire soe oveent 6y all involve5. On t2e one 2an5, ra8e s82olars s2o3l5 wor9 to intervene in t2e 8onventional ii4ration ven3es an5

$ainstrea$ ra8ial 8riti3es of ii4ration law. %2ey also s2o3l5 not i4nore t2e intri8a8ies of t2e law an5 t2e o77ort3nityto reveal 2ow fa8ially ne3tral 5o8trine in fa8t 5is8riinates a4ainst ra8ial inorities an5 ay 2i5e invi5io3sotives. Do8trine 3st 6e en4a4e5 to reveal t2e 2i55en vesti4es of ra8is. On t2e ot2er 2an5,ainstreaii4ration s82olars s2o3l5 atte7t to a55ress t2e serio3s 3estions 7ose5 6y t2e inority ii4rations82olars2i7. Inte4ration of ra8e 7roises to offer a f3ller 7i8t3re of t2e 7rere3isites for f3ll e6ers2i7 in t2e Unite5 !tates, one of t2e areas ofainstrea ii4ration s82olars2i7. n;A+ Ma?ority s82olars s2o3l5 9ee7 in in5 t2at ii4rants to5ay ore li9ely t2an not are 7eo7le of 8olor, w2i82

4reatly 8o7li8ates atters. P3t si7ly, not all ii4rants are 8reate5 e3al in t2e Unite5 !tates.'e 3st 63il5 into t2e6o5y of ii4ration law s82olars2i7 t2e infl3en8e of ra8e, as well as t2at of 8lass, 4en5er, an5 se03al orientation.%2ese iss3es are too i7ortant for ii4ration s82olars an5 U.!. so8iety to i4nore any lon4er. Ironi8ally, ii4rationlaw s82olars 2ave s7ent ore tie analy=in4 t2e wor9 of Peter


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Counterplan 2NC

The net 'ene&it outwei"hs the sol0enc! de&icit

a3 .acism ( the word alien creates racial connotations that sti"mati#e immi"rants$ "enerall!people o& color$ as extraterrestrial outer space in0aders ( this sti"mati#ation causes 0iolenceand is a decision/rule ar"ument ( the passa"e &rom animalit! to humanit! is renderedimpossi'le when we accept e0en the sli"htest de"ree o& racism

'3 4iolence ( )ohnson e0idence indicates that ne"ati0e representations o& immi"rants throu"hword choice create social stri&e and con&licts that riss escalation throu"h irrationalxenopho'ic actionc3 5uman ri"hts a'uses ( ne"ati0e representations o& immi"rants %usti&! human ri"hts a'uses

'ecause immi"rants &leein" a'use can no lon"er see social re&u"e in the 6nited 7tates ( thisriss nuclear war and extinction5uman .i"hts We' *8[#n Intro538tion to t2e &3an Ri42ts Moveent Create5 on G3ly *F, ;B Laste5ite5 on Gan3ary *A, ;, 2tt7"www.2rwe6.or4intro.2tl1

%2eUnited Nations Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and UN Human Rights convenants were

written and implemented in the aftermath of the Holocaust, revelations coming from the Nuremberg war crimestrials, the Bataan Death March, the atomic bomb, and other horrors saller in a4nit35e 63t not in i7a8t on

t2e in5ivi53als t2ey affe8te5. # w2ole lot of 7eo7le in a n36er of 8o3ntries 2a5 a 8risis of 8ons8ien8e an5fo3n5 t2ey 8o3l5 no lon4er loo9 t2e ot2er way w2ile tyrants ?aile5, tort3re5, an5 9ille5 t2eir nei426ors. Manyalso reali=e5 t2at a5van8es in te82nolo4y an5 82an4es in so8ial str38t3res 2a5 ren5ere5 war a t2reat to t2e

8ontin3e5 e0isten8e of t2e 23an ra8e. Lar4e n36ers of 7eo7le in any 8o3ntries live5 under thecontrol of tyrants, having no recourse but war to relieve often intolerable livingconditions3 Unless soe way was fo3n5 to relieve t2e lot of t2ese 7eo7le, they could revolt andbecome the catalyst for another wide-scale and possibly nuclear war. (or 7er2a7st2e first tie, re7resentatives fro t2e a?ority of 4overnents in t2e worl5 8ae to t2e 8on8l3sion t2at6asi8

23an ri42ts 3st 6e 7rote8te5, not only for the sake of the individuals and countriesinvolved, but to preserve the human race.
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Counterplan 2NC ( 9i"nit!The term alien creates racial notions o& citi#enship that destro! the indi0idual di"nit! o&immi"rants and &orce social ostraci#ation)ohnson *+ [Kevin R., Professor of Law, University of California at Davis, COLLOQUIUM PROCEEDIN!"P#NEL ONE" $#LIEN!$ #ND %&E U.!. IMMIR#%ION L#'!" %&E !OCI#L #ND LE#L CON!%RUC%IONO( NONPER!ON!), *+ U. Miai Inter-#. L. Rev. */, le0is1

[@*/1 %2e ter alien serves as a 5evi8e t2at intelle8t3ally le4itii=es t2e istreatent of non8iti=ens an5 2el7sto as9 23an s3fferin4. Co4nitive 5issonan8e t2eory fro 7sy82olo4y,w2i82 7osits t2at t2e 23an in5 strives tore8on8ile in8onsistent 72enoena , 2el7s to e07lain t2e 3tility of t2is intelle8t3al 5evi8e . nB Persons 2ave5i4nity an5 t2eir ri42ts s2o3l5 6e res7e8te5. #liens 2ave neit2er 5i4nity nor ri42ts.


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Counterplan 2NC ( AT: Alien isnt .acistThe term alien carries racist implications)ohnson *+ [Kevin R., Professor of Law, University of California at Davis, COLLOQUIUM PROCEEDIN!"P#NEL ONE" $#LIEN!$ #ND %&E U.!. IMMIR#%ION L#'!" %&E !OCI#L #ND LE#L CON!%RUC%IONO( NONPER!ON!), *+ U. Miai Inter-#. L. Rev. */, le0is1

%2e $alien$ 2as in8reasin4ly 6e8oe asso8iate5 wit2 ra8ial inorities in t2e o5ern 5e6ate a6o3t ii4ration. %2e wor5s $alien$ an5 $ille4al alien$ to5ay 8arry s36tle ra8ial 8onnotations. %2e 5oinant ia4e of t2e alien oftenis an 3n5o83ente5 Me0i8an or soe ot2er 7erson of 8olor, 7er2a7s a &aitian, C2inese, or C36an 7ersontravelin4 6y sea fro a 5evelo7in4 nation. %reatin4 ra8ial inorities 7oorly on t2e 4ro3n5 t2at t2ey are aliensor ille4al aliens allows 3s to re8on8ile t2e view t2at $we are not ra8ist$ an5 t2e 5esire to ins3late o3rselves fro8ertain 4ro37s of 7ersons viewe5 as 5ifferent, ra8ially or ot2erwise. n+ #. !oe E0a7les" Me0i8ans, &aitians, C36ans #s t2e8ent3ry 8oes to a 8lose, 8on8ern wit2 ille4al aliens in t2e Unite5 !tates 5oinates 5e6ate over ii4ration refor. $%2e ille4al alien is sai5 to snea9into t2e Unite5 !tates, insin3ate 2iself into o3r i5st, 2i5e, reain wit2o3t as9in4 7erission. %2e intro?e8tion lan43a4e, lan43a4e of overste77in4, is

6ot2 literal an5 3nista9a6le.$ nF %2o342 t2e ter ille4al alien is seein4ly ra8e ne3tral, it is relatively easy to5is8ern w2i82 non8iti=ens are t2e ones t2at 7rovo9e 8on8ern. !t35y of t2e 3se of t2e terinolo4y in 8onte0t reveals t2at,7arti83larly in t2e !o3t2west, t2e ter refers to 3n5o83ente5 Me0i8ans an5 7lays into stereoty7es ofMe0i8ans [@*+/1 as 8riinals . n;%2e terinolo4y 6etter as9s nativist sy7at2ies t2an t2e 7o73lar

verna83lar t2at it re7la8e5--$wet6a89s,$ w2i82 is even ore 8losely lin9e5 to Me0i8an ii4rants. n* %2e lin9 6etween $ille4al aliens$an5 Me0i8an 8iti=ens often 4oes 3nstate5. n/ %2e 8o3rts, wit2 little e07lanation, often 2ave a77roa82e5 t2e $ille4al ii4ration 7ro6le$ as an

e08l3sively Me0i8an 7ro6le. (or e0a7le, G3sti8e a88e7tan8e 6y ille4al aliens of ?o6s on s36stan5ar5 ters as to wa4es an5 wor9in4 8on5itions 8an serio3sly 5e7ress wa4es8ales an5 wor9in4 8on5itions of 8iti=ens an5 le4ally a5itte5 aliens> an5 e7loyent of ille4al aliens 3n5er s382 8on5itions 8an 5iinis2 t2eeffe8tiveness of la6or 3nions. %2ese lo8al 7ro6les are 7arti83larly a83te in California in li42t of t2e si4nifi8ant infl30 of ille4al aliens fro nei426orin4Me0i8o. nB


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.eps 1st 2NC

The e&&ects o& representations are a 0alua'le metric ( e0aluate the impact to representations o&the plan 0s3 the counterplan

13 .epresentations are crucial to immi"ration polic! ( 1NC )ohnson e0idence indicates thatrepresentations are lo"icall! prior to the outcomes presented in the 1nc ( "endered and racialrepresentations throu"hout immi"ration polic! are the historical underl!in" motions 'ehind&laws in immi"ration polic!$ and internal stereot!pes a'out immi"rants shape the insularacademic scholarship within the studies and impact scenarios the! cite

23 The net 'ene&it is an ad0anta"e ( promotin" insular scholarship '! excludin" a &ocus onrepresentations allows un&ettered racism to continue within immi"ration polic! ( ,emmie0idence indicates thats a decision rule

.epresentations in immi"ration theor! should 'e prioriti#ed o0er the costs and 'ene&its o& theplan)ohnson 2[Kevin R., #sso8iate Dean for #8a5ei8 #ffairs an5 Professor of Law, University of California,Davis !82ool of Law. #.


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e72asi=e t2at" if we 2ar6ore5 any 5o36ts as to t2e 8onstit3tionality of instit3tional 83sto5y over 3na88o7anie5 ?3veniles, t2ey wo3l5s3rely 6e eliinate5 as to t2ose ?3veniles ... w2o are alien s. (or reasons lon4 re8o4ni=e5 as vali5, t2e res7onsi6ility for re43latin4t2e relations2i7 6etween t2e Unite5 !tates an5 o3r alien visitors 2as 6een 8oitte5 to t2e 7oliti8al 6ran82es of t2e (e5eral overnent ... . Over no8on8eiva6le s36?e8t is t2e le4islative 7ower of Con4ress ore 8o7lete ... . %23s, in t2e e0er8ise of its 6roa5 7ower over ii4ration an5 nat3rali=ation,

Con4ress re43larly a9es r3les t2at wo3l5 6e 3na88e7ta6le if a77lie5 to 8iti=ens. n %2e G3sti8e !tevens: 5issent 83t to t2e 2eart of t2eatter 6y 8onsi5erin4 t2e i7a8t on 82il5ren" &ow a res7onsi6le a5inistrator 8o3l5 7ossi6ly 8on8l35e t2at t2e7ra8ti8e of 8oin4lin4 2arless 82il5ren wit2 a53lts of t2e o77osite se0 in 5etention 8enters 7rote8te5 6y 6ar6e5-wirefen8es, wit2o3t 7rovi5in4 t2e wit2 e538ation, re8reation, or visitation,w2ile s36?e8tin4 t2e to ar6itrary stri7 sear82es, wo3l5 6ein t2eir 6est interests is ost 5iffi83lt to 8o7re2en5.n Note t2e salient 5ifferen8e in lan43a4e 6etween t2e

two o7inions . On t2e one 2an5, G3sti8e !8alia,w2o rea5s t2eir 8onstit3tional ri42ts restri8tively, 8alls t2e $alien ?3veniles$ soet2in4a9in to ?3venile 5elin3ents. On t2e ot2er 2an5, G3sti8e !tevens, w2o wo3l5 fin5 in t2eir favor, 8alls t2e $82il5ren.$ #lt2o342 t2ere43lation 5ire8tly affe8te5 82il5ren, its 5isPte i7a8t on 3n5o83ente5 82il5ren fro Me0i8o an5 Central #eri8a 4enerally went i4nore5. n+


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AT: Polic! .ele0ance

Polic! rele0ance creates insular scholarship in immi"ration polic! ( )ohnson indicates thatwhite male academics will cite each other and pro0e their own assumptions are correct$creatin" inaccurate in&ormation and precludin" a "enuine 'rea with racial immi"ration polic!

The! con&late their role as polic!maers ( we are students in a de'ate round$ our &rameworallows us to e&&ectuate real chan"e in socio/political sphere throu"h criticism3 Talin" a'outnuclear war and the politics 9A does nothin" &or us3 Thats the e! internal lin to educationand polic! de'ate3

4iew the riti as a polic! option ( polic!maers and state actors can re%ect assumptions anddiscourse that maes war ine0ita'le and to use lo"ic to thin up new conceptions o& peace o0eranarch!3


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AT: .awls=nl! we sol0e / nothin" spills o0er &rom our con&lated role as polic!maers in this de'ate round( the onl! sol0enc! &or .awls is to 'ecome political citi#ens that critici#es the pro'lemsinherent within the s!stem3

Critici#in" >o0ernment policies is a democratic dut! ( our &ramewor &ul&ils our ci0icresponsi'ilit!Noa Choms!, 7rof at NJU *F?@H2tt7"www.82os9y.info5e6ates*FF/;;*.2t 'as2in4ton Post,Nove6er *

Noa C2os9y" I 5on:t re8all 2avin4 e07resse5 any 2atre5 for eor4e


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AT: .eal World

13 We are real world ( moralit! and reconstruction o& social and international norms happen inpolic!main" all the time3 .oe 0 Wade and ='amas so&t power politics pro0es3

23 We are hi"h school students ( we are here to learn what is wron" and ri"ht with certainpolicies %ust lie polic!maers$ howe0er$ the onl! internal lin to polic!main" is to 'ecomeeducated as students to uestion the merits o& action '! the "o0ernment and 'ecome 'etterpolitical citi#ens in the &uture

@3 9e'atin" contri0ed internal lins and impro'a'le impact scenarios is not real world$ onl! thea'ilit! to uestion and create chan"e throu"h new conceptuali#ations o& "endered 0iolence istrul! real$ their &ramewors creates sedated indi0iduals complicit with 0iolence3


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AT: 7teals The 1AC


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AT: Wei"h The A"ainst The Case

13 This doesnt sol0e an! o& our standards ( ne"ati0e &lexi'ilit!$ 'est polic! option$ andeducation are all disads to their interpretation3

23 The riti isnt 0ia'le except as a discourse PIC ( this means that an! reason wh! our &orm o&education is "ood is o&&ense &or us3

@3 The counterplan is the onl! lo"ical alternati0e to the riti (

A3 =ur e0idence explicitl! endorses replacin" the word alien

D3 The onl! other alternati0e that maes sense would 'e to re%ect alien discourse ( this wouldeither entail re%ectin" the parts o& the plan text that use alien discourse$ which is the same as

what the counterplan does$ or re%ectin" alien discourse in "eneral$ which is 0a"ue and doesntha0e a sol0enc! ad0ocate ( this would 'e comparati0el! worse &or a&& "round3


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AT: Perm ( 9o Doth

7till lins to the net 'ene&it ( the word alien implies a racial notion o& otherness and tri""ersall o& our impacts


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AT: Perm ( 9o The CP

Perm do the CP se0ers out o& the word alien ( this maes the a&& conditional and destro!s allne"ati0e "round3

And$ permutations are %ust a test o& competition ( i& the! win the perm it means thecounterplan "oes awa! and we can wei"h the a"ainst the case3


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Textual Competition >ood

13 Textual competition is e! to CP "round / itEs e! to test speci&ic claims o& the a&&irmati0e /clari&ication isnEt enou"h

23 Textual competition is e! to 9A lins / Dud"et tradeo&& and politics lin e0idence aredependant on lac ad0ocac!

@3 ItEs not what the! did itEs what the! %usti&! / without speci&icit! in the plan text$ the 2ac has theoption to mae a'usi0e clari&ications

83 ItEs not in&initel! re"ressi0e / all we as &or is a not 0a"ue plan text$ resolutional constraintschec 'ac their ar"ument

3 )usti&ies 4a"ue plan texts / their interpretation allows &or a&& am'i"uit! throu"hout the 1AC /this destro!s de'ate and education

+3 CF canEt chec / their interpretation has sewed the Inc strate"! and CP "round /clari&ication onl! %usti&ies more a&&irmati0e conditionalit!

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