Tournament: JCCC | Round: Octas | Opponent: Kansas CG | Judge: Robinson, Ziegler, Jordan
Interpretation – ‘in the United States’ excludes energy produced outside of US airspace
Rense (citing US code under the 14th amendment) February 2008 “McCain Not A US Citizen,
Can't Be President?” http://rense.com/general81/cain.htm

Excerpted from http://www. ... reason of the place of birth.

Violation - The production of electricity occurs in space – THEN its transferred to stations ‘in the United States’
 George Dvorsky (serves as Chair of the IEET (Institute for Emerging Ethics and Technology) Board of Directors and also heads our Rights of Non-Human Persons program) November 2012 “How space-based solar power will solve all our energy needs” http://io9.com/5963955/how-space+based-solar-power-will-solve-all-our-energy-needs

Back in the late 1960s,  ... be comprised of massive receiving dishes.

Tournament: JCCC | Round: Octas | Opponent: Kansas CG | Judge: Robinson, Jordan, Ziegler
The Department of Energy should recommend The United States Air Force increase procurement contracts for electricity produced in the United States from Solar Powered Satellites as part of a technology neutral options framework within the quadrennial energy review scheduled for 2013

Proposing the plan as part of a QER spurs congressional adoption and reinvigorates investor confidence in clean energy, but transparency and ongoing dialogue are key--plan fails because of agency fragmentation and regional differences 

Moniz 12, Ernest J. “Stimulating Energy Technology Innovation.” Daedalus 141.2 (2012): 81–93. Web. 4 May 2012. 70514ERNEST J. MONIZ is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems and Director of the Energy Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served as Under Secretary of the Department of Energy and as Associate Director for Science in the Of½ce of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Of½ce of the President during the Clinton administration. He currently serves on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.   © 2012 American Academy of Arts and Sciences As Published http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/DAED_a_00148 Publisher MIT Press Version Final published version Accessed Tue May 15 22:46:45 EDT 2012 Citable Link http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/ 

However, pcast recommended a pragmatic  ... earn decent buyin from major stakeholders.

Clean energy solves warming – causes extinction
Dennis Jaynes, California Polytechnic State University Research with Dr. Preston, June 1, 2010 “Global Warming: Myths and Realities” digitalcommons.calpoly.edu p. 26-29

Considering all of the evidence that  ... to pass on to their children. 

Tournament: JCCC | Round: 5 | Opponent: Mo State CP | Judge: Ziegler
The 1AC aligns itself with the grammar of suffering that structurally excludes the Black Slave – this makes ethical or progressive action impossible because they prop up the institutions that make violence possible in the first place
Wilderson 10 – Frank B. Wilderson III, “Red, White and Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms,” Duke University Press, Feb 26, 2010. Google Books. P. 10-11.  LAP

Regarding the Black position, some  ... gates of Columbia University awaits an answer

The alternative is reparations – dispossession HAS NOT ENDED reparations WILL NOT END IT- this contradictory demand is a realization of the futility of reform and activates the potentiality of a TRUE REVOLUTION- all of our economic structures are build on the backs of slaves, it will not be over until those who have been dispossessed CONTROL THE ECONOMY

Hartman and Wilderson 03
(Saidiya V., African American Lit, Columbia, Frank B. the III, Drama, Berkeley, “The Position of the Unthought,” Interview of Saidiya V. Hartman by Frank B. Wilderson III, Qui Parle 13.2, Spring/Summer, p. 195-199) 

F.W - And  living  ... would have to call for revolution. 

Tournament: JCCC | Round: Octas | Opponent: Kansas CG | Judge: Ziegler, Robinson, Jordan
Immigration will pass now, but a large margin in Senate is key.
Christian Science Monitor, 3-14, p. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2013/0314/CPAC-surprise-optimism-about-immigration-reform

A top Republican pollster and a  ... see that in the near future.”

Plan will require substantial capital--strong opposition
Jeff Foust, "Making the Case, Again, for Space-Based Solar Power," SPACE REVIEW, 11--28--11, http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1978/1

Missing from the rollout of the  ... , but political ones as well. 

Political capital is key.
Dallas Morning News, 1-2-2013, p. www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20130102-editorial-actions-must-match-obamas-immigration-pledge.ece

The president’s words to NBC’s David  ... an interview on Meet the Press Sunday

Immigration reform key to economy --- numerous reasons.
---Innovation ---Investment capital ---Aging workforce
Huffington Post, 2-7-2013, Why Our Economy Demands Immigration Reform, p. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathanmiller/immigration-reform-economy_b_2639092.html

When it comes to restoring strong ... which is clearly far too low.

US growth is key to global economic recovery
Caploe 09 (David, PhD in International political economy from Princeton, “Focus still on America to lead global recovery,” The Straits Times, 8/2/12)

IN THE aftermath of the G ... must certainly help. This crisis began 

Global nuclear war.
Kerpen ‘8 National Review Online, October 28, 2008 Phil Kerpen, policy director for Americans for Prosperity From Panic to Depression?, http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OWQ3ZGYzZTQyZGY4ZWFiZWUxNmYwZTJiNWVkMTIxMmU= 

It’s important that we avoid all  ... armed conflicts on an even greater scale

Tournament: JCCC | Round: 5 | Opponent: Mo State CP | Judge: Ziegler
Text: The United States Federal Government should acquire electricity from modular light water nuclear reactors with electrical output less than 300 megawatt electrical for its military installations in the United States. 

The CP only incentivizes light water reactors. The plan’s open-ended incentive would be available for other SMR designs. Companies are designing thorium SMRs for military installations.
Dan Yurman, 4/13/2012. Publishes a blog on nuclear energy titled 'Idaho Samizdat’ and is a frequent contributor to ANS Nuclear Café. “Nuclear start-ups have stretch goals,” The Energy Collective, http://theenergycollective.com/dan-yurman/82076/nuclear-start-ups-have-stretch-goals.
*Kirk Sorensen = NASA aerospace engineer

On his website Kirk Sorensen writes  ... would not be pursuing NRC licensing.

Thorium undermines global uranium demand
I.B Lambert, 2012. Geoscience Australia, Secretary General 34th IGC. “Global Uranium And Thorium Resources: Are They Adequate To Satisfy Demand Over The Next Half Century?” Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol 14, meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2012/EGU2012-2544.pdf.

This presentation will consider the adequacy  ... base over the next half century.

That destroys Kazakh economic modernization.
Gregory Gleason, 12/14/2011. Professor at the University of New Mexico and the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. “KAZATOMPROM LOOKS EAST,” Central Asia Caucasus Institute Analyst, http://cacianalyst.org/?q=node/5683/print.

BACKGROUND: Kazakhstan’s uranium industry is  ... , India, Japan and Korea.

Kazakh economic development is a key model for Central Asia—instability would spread and trigger Central Asian conflict.
Margarita Assenova et al, 2008. Director of Institute for New Democracies @ CSIS; with Natalie Zajicova, Program Officer (IND); JanuszBugajski, CSIS NEDP Director; IlonaTeleki, Deputy Director and Fellow (CSIS); BesianBocka, Program Coordinator and Research Assistant (CSIS). “Kazakhstan’s Strategic Significance,” CSIS Institute for New Democracies, http://eurodialogue.org/Kazakhstan-Strategic-Significance.

The decision by the Organization for  ... in exporting capital to its neighbors. 

Central Asia conflict will escalate to US-Russian nuclear war—network-centric warfare compresses decision-making times and triggers miscalculation.
McDermott 11—Roger McDermott, Honorary senior fellow, department of politics and international relations, university of Kent at Canterbury and senior fellow in Eurasian military studies, Jamestown Foundation December 6, 2011, “General Makarov Highlights the “Risk” of Nuclear Conflict,” Eurasia Daily Monitor, http://www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=38748andtx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=27andcHash=dfb6e8da90b34a10f50382157e9bc117

In the current election season the  ... War would wish to chew on. 

Tournament: JCCC | Round: 3 | Opponent: Baylor BE | Judge: Winfrey
Text: The United States federal government should enter into variable power purchase agreements for liquid fluoride thorium reactors.

Solves all of case and prolif – produces no waste
Clark, ’11 Duncan, November, The Guardian, “What is thorium and how does it generate power?, http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/01/what-is-thorium-nuclear-power

Thorium is a radioactive chemical element  ... of the world's energy before 2030.

Light water reactors causes widespread proliferation
Sokolski 4 (Henry, Executive Director – Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, in the Preface of "A Fresh Examination of the Proliferation Dangers of Light Water Reactors," NPEC, 10-19, http://npec.xykon-llc.com/files/20041022-GilinskyEtAl-LWR.pdf)

The U.S. and  ... made of pure weapons grade plutonium.

Proliferation causes a perfect storm of instability that ensures nuclear war
Sokolski 9 (Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, serves on the U.S. congressional Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, Avoiding a Nuclear Crowd, Policy Review June and July 2009 http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/46390537.html

There are limits, however,  ... their critics, would ever want. 

Tournament: JCCC | Round: 3 | Opponent: Baylor BE | Judge: Winfrey
The United States federal government should:
End loan guarantees and subsidies to nuclear energy
Build SMR expertise at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Establish a new SMR licensing pathway
Reform waste management by ending federal control over waste 

Government interference turns SMR development- reforming regulations and nuclear waste management solves- creates a stable environment- no government involvement now
Spencer and Loris ’11 (Jack Spencer is Research Fellow in Nuclear Energy in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, and Nicolas D. Loris is a Research Associate in the Roe Institute, “A Big Future for Small Nuclear Reactors?”, February 2, 2011, LEQ)

Small modular reactors (SMRs)  ... a sustainable nuclear waste management strategy.

Absent the counterplan- the aff will generate SMR’s that fail and cause industry collapse- turns case
Spencer and Loris ’11 (Jack Spencer is Research Fellow in Nuclear Energy in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, and Nicolas D. Loris is a Research Associate in the Roe Institute, “A Big Future for Small Nuclear Reactors?”, February 2, 2011, LEQ)

Transitioning to a New Era of  ... necessary reforms to make this happen.

Tournament: JCCC | Round: 1 | Opponent: KCKCC CM | Judge: Munday
Interpretation: the aff must remove regulations whose explicit intent is to make energy production impossible  

restriction is a regulation
the free dictionary 2005 ("restriction," http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/restriction

restriction n. any limitation on  ... into the title of each owner.

“on” indicates the object of restriction
Merriam-Webster 2012
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on?show=0andt=1345475371

a —used as a function  ... salt short on cash

this means the restriction has to intend to directly divert production
Ludwig von Mises Institute, no date (XXIX. RESTRICTION OF PRODUCTION
The Nature of Restriction, accessed 8/16/12, http://mises.org/humanaction/chap29sec1.asp) 

We shall deal in this chapter  ... compared with the consequences of nonintervention.

Tournament: JCCC | Round: 1 | Opponent: KCKCC CM | Judge: Munday
The aff’s ontological commitment to security causes serial policy failure

Burke 2007 (Anthony Burke, Int'l Studies @ U of New South Wales, “Ontologies of War,” in Theory and Event, Vol. 10, Iss. 2)

This tells us much about  ... however ineffective, dysfunctional or chaotic.  

root cause of conflict--Insecurity is inevitable

Burke 2007 (Anthony Burke, Int'l Studies @ U of New South Wales, “Ontologies of War,” in Theory and Event, Vol. 10, Iss. 2)

And what would be mankind's  ... obstacles, useful or obstinate matter. 

Reject the aff as an instance of the violent logic of security

Burke, School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland 2002 Anthony, Aporias of Security, Alternatives 27

It is perhaps easy to become  ... what its shimmering possibilities might be.