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	FULERTON 1AC Tournament: \| Round: \| Opponent: \| Judge: BSERVATION ONE: INHERENCY LACK OF CLARITY IN UNITED STATES TRADE SANCTIONS POLICY IS PREVENTING CRITICAL WEB BASED TECHNOLOGY FROM REACHING SYRIA UNDERMINING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND POLITICAL ORGANIZING Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) June 15, 2009 [Danny O’Brian. “Trade Sanctions and Web 2.0: Are US Regulations Hurting Free Speech in Iran?https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/sanctions-and-web] DESPITE THE ASSAD REGIME’S REPRESSIVE NATURE, IT IS UNITED STATES SANCTIONS POLICY AND NOT ASSAD THAT IS THE PRIMARY OBSTACLE TO WIDESPREAD INTERNET USE IN SYRIA. THE RESULT IS AN AFRONT TO THE VERY DIGNITY OF SYRIAN CITIZENS Idaf 2010 (“The US Censors Syrian Internet.” 1/24. http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/?p=5164) REGULATORY UNCERTAINTY REGARDING INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY IS UNDERMINING ACTIVISM AND DISSIDENCE IN SYRIA. WEB SERVICES IN PARTICULAR ARE CRITICAL FOR SYRIANS ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE ONLINE Baker 10 (Baker, Lee “The Unintended Consequences of U.S. Export Restrictions on Software and Online Services for American foreign Policy and Human Rights. Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Volume 23, Number 2 spring 2010) ENGAGING THE ASSAD REGIME IS UNACCEPTABLE- WE HAVE A PRIMA FACIE BURDEN TO SHUN EVIL. SHUNNING EVIL ACTS IS THE ONLY WAY TO PRESERVE THE MORAL ORDER, WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT ALL FUTURE HARMS IN THIS DEBATE. Beversluis, 89 ( Eric H. Beversluis, ON SHUNNING UNDESIRABLE REGIMES: ETHICS AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS, Public Affairs Quarterly Volume 3, Number 2, April, 1989) THE INTERNET IS CRITICAL TO FREE SPEECH AND THE SPREAD OF DEMOCRACTIC CULTURE. THE INTERNET FACILITATES CREATIVITY AND MAKES DEMOCRACY ITSELF MORE SALIANT Balkin 4 (Jack Balkin “Digital Speech and Democratic Culture: A Theory of Freedom of Expression for the Information Society” NYU Law Review, April 2004) Syria is not looking to outsiders to solve their problems. The Obama administration has done nothing to delegitimize Assad’s rule. Only withdrawing Ford will sway power away from the regime. Badran 11 (Tony Badran, research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=319001&MID=0&PID=0, 10/6/11) FURTHERMORE, PROTECTING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION IS CRITICAL TO CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ALLOWING ORDINARY INDIVIDUALS TO BE THE ARCHITECTS OF THE FUTURE Balkin 4 (Jack Balkin “Digital Speech and Democratic Culture: A Theory of Freedom of Expression for the Information Society” NYU Law Review, April 2004) THE ULTIMATE IMPACT IS EXTINCTION. OUR VERY SURVIVAL REQUIRES THE PROTECTION OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH. THIS ALLOWS THE CREATIVITY NECESSARY TO SOLVE SOCIETY’S GREAT PROBLEMS Gaskill 11 [Jay B. Gaskill, Attorney at Law, “Creativity and Survival: Building a World Renaissance Using the American Model” http://www.jaygaskill.com/creativityandsurvival.pdf] Plan: THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT SHOULD RULE THAT THE APPLICATION OF TRADE SANCTIONS AGAINST SYRIA TO WEB 2.0 SERVICES IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. OBS 2: Solvency THE PLAN PROTECTS THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITATES INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY GOING TO SYRIA Luhr 11 [Nadia Luhr, Juris Doctor Candidate, University of North Carolina School of Law, 2011, “Iran, Social Media, and U.S. trade Sanctions” The First Amendment Implications of U.S. Foreign Policy. 5/10] EXEMPTING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FROM TRADE SANCTIONS WILL PROVIDE REGULATORY CLARITY AND ALLOW US COMPANIES TO PROVIDE INTERNET TECHNOLOGY TO SYRIA Baker 10 [Baker, Lee “The Unintended Consequences of U.S. Export Restrictions on Software and Online Services for American foreign Policy and Human Rights. Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Volume 23, Number 2 spring 2010] JUDICIAL PROTECTIONS OF DIGITAL FREEDOM ARE NECESSARY TO ENSURE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION. LEGAL RIGHTS IN PARTICULAR ARE AN IMPORTANT CHECK ON STATE POWER Balkin 4 [Jack Balkin “Digital Speech and Democratic Culture: A Theory of Freedom of Expression for the Information Society” NYU Law Review, April 2004] THE PLAN ACTIVELY FACILITATES DEMOCRACY IN SYRIA IN A NON-IMPERIALIST MANNER Digital Daya 10 [“Facebook: A Platform for 21st Century Politics Winning Hearts and Minds on the World Wide Web”, April 2010,http://www.digitaldaya.com/admin/modulos/galeria/.../143_rkv69046.pdf]	01/13/12

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FULERTON 1AC
- Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
- BSERVATION ONE: INHERENCY
  
  LACK OF CLARITY IN UNITED STATES TRADE SANCTIONS POLICY IS PREVENTING CRITICAL WEB BASED TECHNOLOGY FROM REACHING SYRIA UNDERMINING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND POLITICAL ORGANIZING
  
  Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) June 15, 2009 [Danny O’Brian. “Trade Sanctions and Web 2.0: Are US Regulations Hurting Free Speech in Iran?https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/sanctions-and-web]
  DESPITE THE ASSAD REGIME’S REPRESSIVE NATURE, IT IS UNITED STATES SANCTIONS POLICY AND NOT ASSAD THAT IS THE PRIMARY OBSTACLE TO WIDESPREAD INTERNET USE IN SYRIA. THE RESULT IS AN AFRONT TO THE VERY DIGNITY OF SYRIAN CITIZENS
  
  Idaf 2010 (“The US Censors Syrian Internet.” 1/24. http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/?p=5164)
  REGULATORY UNCERTAINTY REGARDING INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY IS UNDERMINING ACTIVISM AND DISSIDENCE IN SYRIA. WEB SERVICES IN PARTICULAR ARE CRITICAL FOR SYRIANS ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE ONLINE
  
  Baker 10 (Baker, Lee “The Unintended Consequences of U.S. Export Restrictions on Software and Online Services for American foreign Policy and Human Rights. Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Volume 23, Number 2 spring 2010)
  ENGAGING THE ASSAD REGIME IS UNACCEPTABLE- WE HAVE A PRIMA FACIE BURDEN TO SHUN EVIL. SHUNNING EVIL ACTS IS THE ONLY WAY TO PRESERVE THE MORAL ORDER, WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT ALL FUTURE HARMS IN THIS DEBATE.
  Beversluis, 89 ( Eric H. Beversluis, ON SHUNNING UNDESIRABLE REGIMES: ETHICS AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS, Public Affairs Quarterly Volume 3, Number 2, April, 1989)
  THE INTERNET IS CRITICAL TO FREE SPEECH AND THE SPREAD OF DEMOCRACTIC CULTURE. THE INTERNET FACILITATES CREATIVITY AND MAKES DEMOCRACY ITSELF MORE SALIANT
  Balkin 4 (Jack Balkin “Digital Speech and Democratic Culture: A Theory of Freedom of Expression for the Information Society” NYU Law Review, April 2004)
  Syria is not looking to outsiders to solve their problems. The Obama administration has done nothing to delegitimize Assad’s rule. Only withdrawing Ford will sway power away from the regime.
  Badran 11 (Tony Badran, research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=319001&MID=0&PID=0, 10/6/11)
  FURTHERMORE, PROTECTING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION IS CRITICAL TO CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ALLOWING ORDINARY INDIVIDUALS TO BE THE ARCHITECTS OF THE FUTURE
  
  Balkin 4 (Jack Balkin “Digital Speech and Democratic Culture: A Theory of Freedom of Expression for the Information Society” NYU Law Review, April 2004)
  THE ULTIMATE IMPACT IS EXTINCTION. OUR VERY SURVIVAL REQUIRES THE PROTECTION OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH. THIS ALLOWS THE CREATIVITY NECESSARY TO SOLVE SOCIETY’S GREAT PROBLEMS
  
  Gaskill 11 [Jay B. Gaskill, Attorney at Law, “Creativity and Survival: Building a World Renaissance Using the American Model” http://www.jaygaskill.com/creativityandsurvival.pdf]
  Plan:
  THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT SHOULD RULE THAT THE APPLICATION OF TRADE SANCTIONS AGAINST SYRIA TO WEB 2.0 SERVICES IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
  OBS 2: Solvency
  
  THE PLAN PROTECTS THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITATES INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY GOING TO SYRIA
  
  Luhr 11 [Nadia Luhr, Juris Doctor Candidate, University of North Carolina School of Law, 2011, “Iran, Social Media, and U.S. trade Sanctions” The First Amendment Implications of U.S. Foreign Policy. 5/10]
  EXEMPTING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FROM TRADE SANCTIONS WILL PROVIDE REGULATORY CLARITY AND ALLOW US COMPANIES TO PROVIDE INTERNET TECHNOLOGY TO SYRIA
  
  Baker 10 [Baker, Lee “The Unintended Consequences of U.S. Export Restrictions on Software and Online Services for American foreign Policy and Human Rights. Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Volume 23, Number 2 spring 2010]
  JUDICIAL PROTECTIONS OF DIGITAL FREEDOM ARE NECESSARY TO ENSURE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION. LEGAL RIGHTS IN PARTICULAR ARE AN IMPORTANT CHECK ON STATE POWER
  
  Balkin 4 [Jack Balkin “Digital Speech and Democratic Culture: A Theory of Freedom of Expression for the Information Society” NYU Law Review, April 2004]
  THE PLAN ACTIVELY FACILITATES DEMOCRACY IN SYRIA IN A NON-IMPERIALIST MANNER
  
  Digital Daya 10 [“Facebook: A Platform for 21st Century Politics Winning Hearts and Minds on the World Wide Web”, April 2010,http://www.digitaldaya.com/admin/modulos/galeria/.../143_rkv69046.pdf]

01/13/12

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