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

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)

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

Process CPs, cont.•Crucial blocks:

▫AT: Perms▫AT: Links to politics▫AT: Rollback▫Theory

•Spreading out the 1AR is key

Aff vs 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

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

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

Aff vs Int’l Actor CPs•US key warrants***

▫Leadership▫Economy▫Available tech/funding▫Relations advantages/DAs

•Country-specific DAs•Answer the NB•Theory

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Word PICs•PIC out of a certain word in the

resolution/plan•Often critical in nature•“Manned”/“Unmanned”•“Development”•Old classics: “Should” “The USFG”

Answering word PICs•Don’t say stupid words in your plan text,

e.g. “manned” or “unmanned”•Theory, theory, theory

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