Counterplans on the Topic

1. Counterplans on the Topic The Honorable James R. Stevenson, Ph.D, J.D., M.D., Th.D., A.F., A.D.N.

2. Private actor CPs • Free market vs. federal funding and direction • Contract private organizations • “Prizes” CP • Private actor fiat • Great solvency evidence both ways • Bureaucracy/NASA sucks sometimes • So do private companies • NB: politics, spending (budget tradeoff)

3. Agent & Process CPs • Do the plan through another agent or legislative process • XO • NASA • DOD • Delegation • Commission • Courts • NB: Politics • Sketchiness rating: 2-3/5

4. Process CPs, cont. • Crucial blocks: • AT: Perms • AT: Links to politics • AT: Rollback • Theory • Spreading out the 1AR is key

5. Affvs Process CPs • Solvency deficits—funding, rollback, credibility • Offense on the NB • CP links to politics • Perm/competition tricks (do the CP) • Theory • Includes all of the plan • Reduces debate to politics

6. International actor CPs • Do the plan through another country—test “US key” warrant • India • China • Japan • UN • EU • NB: Politics, other DAs to America • Sketchiness: 2/5 – but coop w/ x country is worse

7. Int’l actor CPs, cont. • Crucial blocks: • Solvency front + backlines • Heg bad • Generic DA answers—UQ tricks • Theory • The debate will probably come down to US leadership vs your net benefit and a solvency deficit

8. Affvs Int’l Actor CPs • US key warrants*** • Leadership • Economy • Available tech/funding • Relations advantages/DAs • Country-specific DAs • Answer the NB • Theory

9. Consult CPs • Consult another country/entity over the plan + relations NB • NATO • Japan • China • EU • Russia • Sketchiness rating: 5/5 • Make that like 10/5

10. Consult CPs, cont. • Consult is a game of its own • Crucial blocks • Perm: do both • Perm: do plan and consult (on something else) • Perm: do CP • Lie perm • Rollback perm • Consult isn’t normal means • Delay • Functional > textual competition • You really need to be block heavy/spread the 1AR

11. Answering consult CPs • See previous page—go perm-crazy • Answer the NB—it probably sucks (esp. UQ) • Theory is very viable. Very, very viable. • The block will try to spread out the 1AR—so either go all in on one or two args or flow really well

12. Advantage CPs • Solves an advantage or impact—stacked together to solve as much of the 1AC as possible • NB: Politics, case/impact turns • Often requires only a few solvency cards and a politics link shield block • Sketchiness: 1/5 (worse if each plank is conditional)

13. Advantage CPs, cont. • Common advantage CPs: • Global warming—RPS, adaptation • Competitiveness—education/fix NCLB • Hegemony—end strength, nuke carriers* • Terrorism—multilateral terror prevention • Economy—stimulus/investment** *less effective on this year’s topic **less effective in current economic environment

14. Answering Advantage CPs • Don’t read generic advantages/impacts! • Solvency deficits • Perm • CP links to net benefit (ptx) • DAs to CP

15. Word PICs • PIC out of a certain word in the resolution/plan • Often critical in nature • “Manned”/“Unmanned” • “Development” • Old classics: “Should” “The USFG”

16. Answering word PICs • Don’t say stupid words in your plan text, e.g. “manned” or “unmanned” • Theory, theory, theory

17. Other random, stupid CPs • Condition CP • Sunset CP • Delay CP