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Lewis and Clark Caselist
The following caselist was collected at the Lewis and Clark Tournament this
past weekend. The information includes disclosure information on all of
the open teams and some of the junior and novice teams. School, Team Name,
and Case Name are on the first line. Then comes the plan text, case
structure and key sources.
One note: Disclosure forms are new to the Northwest and so many forms came
back in with paraphrases of the plan text. We tried to track down the
actual texts for those that we suspected, but a few may have slipped
through. Please correct any mistakes.
For those people who were at Lewis and Clark: Professor Hunt put more
categories on the disclosure form than are represented below.
Unfortunately, too many of the forms were filled out incompletely so I left
that information out so that there was equal disclosure.
Thanks for everyone's help.
--Jamey Dumas
Gonzaga University
CEU BA -- Native Sovereignty (Amend SMCRA)
The SMCRA (Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act) should be amended
according to the advocacy of Navajo President Albert Hale and should
contain these following provisions: recognition of native regulatory
primacy, the allowance of deterent taxation by native governments, recovery
programs funded 100% thru reallocation of OSM money in current reclamation
programs, and full transfer of authority from the Office of Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation to native nations. Current SMCRA regulation
limited to coal mines shall be expanded to include all mines on native
lands. All logistical provisions will be done normally and optimally.
O1: Mining on native lands is bad.
O2: Returning control to Native Americans solves.
S1: Mining Destroys the Enviroenment (water and air pollution)
S2: Sovereignty transforms society (solves wider consciousness, racism,
sexism, militarism and police state).
Judity Royster, Tulsa Law Journal, 1994
CEU Kelley and Muranaka -- Native Sovereignty (Amend SMCRA)
The SMCRA (Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act) should be amended
according to the advocacy of Navajo President Albert Hale and should
contain these following provisions: recognition of native regulatory
primacy, the allowance of deterent taxation by native governments, recovery
programs funded 100% thru reallocation of OSM money in current reclamation
programs, and full transfer of authority from the Office of Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation to native nations. Current SMCRA regulation
limited to coal mines shall be expanded to include all mines on native
lands. All logistical provisions will be done normally and optimally.
O1: Mining on native lands is bad.
O2: Returning control to Native Americans solves.
S1: Mining Destroys the Enviroenment (water and air pollution)
S2: Sovereignty transforms society (solves wider consciousness, racism,
sexism, militarism and police state).
Judity Royster, Tulsa Law Journal, 1994
CEU Zahler and Westerfield -- Municipal Waste
Pass Richardson municipal waste bill to reduce incinerators and encourage
recycling. Use sulfer based coal polymer concrete.
O1: Status Quo Uses Incinerators (instead of waste management)
O2: Incinerators Bad (doxins, heavy metals)
O3: Recycling Good
O4: Richardson bill only uses incinerators as last resort, increases recycling.
Erwin, Vermont Law Review, Spri 95
Gonzaga Brewer and McLoughlin -- Tradeable Emissions to Solve Warming
Use tradeable emission permits to decrease CO2 to 1990 levels by 2000.
O1: Warming is Happening and is True
O2: Tradeable Permits Solve Warming
S1: Sea Level Rise
S2: Diseases
S3: Hunger
S4: Conflict
Gonzaga Browder and Yake -- Vitrification
All nuclear waste will be vitirifed where it currently rests or is
produced. Funding from Yucca funds and Department of Transportation.
O1: Status Quo is Not Solving for Waste (which is bad, risks terrorism,
and encourages prolif).
O2: Vitrification Solves.
Gonzaga Hunsinger and Voight -- Methyl Bromide
Ban use, production and ownership of methyl bromide. The EPA under title
VI of the Clean Air Act will implement regulations banning all domestic
use, production (in agriculture and fumigation) and ownership of methyl
bromide in the United States.
O1: Use Continues. EPA phaseout by 2001. US ag is the largest user.
O2: Health Harms. Methyl bromide leads to acute health problems and
death. Is more poisonous than any other pesticides. Circle of Poison.
O3: Ozone Harms. Ozone is depleting fast. Methyl bromide is key.
Nonlinear. Many deaths and cataracts. Kills Phytoplankton. Threatens all
life.
O4: Ban Solves. EPA should act. US action is modelled. Banning restores
non-chemical alternatives. Solves ozone. History proves.
Gonzaga Headridge and Westergren -- Hazardous Waste
Expand definition of hazardous waste to include incinerator ash and
domestic sewage. Expand enforcement of CERCLA and RCRA.
O1: Inherency (Loopholes = no waste reduction)
O2: Solvency (Expanding CERCLA and RCRA closes loopholes)
A1: Harms Health and Environment
A2: Ecoimperialism (North/South, Stop duming waste in other countries.)
Obstler, Yale Journal of International Law, Winter 91
Adler, American University Law Review, Winter 1991
Meyers, Georgetown International Law Journal, 1992
Gonzaga Moburg-Jones and Peterson -- Nitrogen Oxides
The EPA will regulate nitrogen oxides through a tradeable permit system
without any command and control components. The EPA will establish the
system to require the full reductions legislated by the 1990 Clean Air Act.
O1: Inherency. EPA is not effectively regulating NOx now.
O2: Harms. Smog. Acid Rain. Species.
O3: Solvency. Tradeable permits solve.
Black and Pierce, Columbia Law Review, 1993.
Tietenberg, Combatting Global Warming, 1992.
Gonzaga Olson and Purdy -- Environmental Labeling
Adopt uniform definitions and standards promulgated by EPA. Defintions and
standards based on Green Report II. Plan modeled after David Welsh's
proposal. Enforcement through EPA and State and FTC co-op.
O1: Deceptive Eco-Marketing is Growing
O2: Status Quo Regulations do not Solve Deception
O3: Solvency -- Federal Government should adopt uniform EPA definitions to
solve for the environment.
Lewis & Clark Hager and Huey -- Environmental Racism
Solve environmental racism thru Bullard's environmental justice framework.
Implement LULU point system to redistribute pollution.
1: Health. Minority communities are getting lots of bad pollution dumped
on them.
2: Riots. Environmental racism is causing riots.
3: Racism. Morally wrong. Environmental genocide.
Bullard
Lewis & Clark Hager and Huey -- Environmental Discourse
Change the framework of environmental discourse from a microphase to a
macrophase discourse.
No change can occur until the real problem of environment is discussed.
Thomas Barry 1995, Andrew McLaughlin 1993
Lewis & Clark Siver and Ellis -- Beef to Bison
The BLM, USFS and other relevant federal agencies will increase regulations
on the beef industry by: eliminating subsidies and increasing grazing
fees; requiring ranchers to raise bison; requiring ranchers to convert to
bison production, penalties for noncompliance are aquisition of lands;
requiring ranchers to take down fences.
O1: Inherency. Subsidies.
O2: Solvency. Bison solve.
A1: Drug resistant disease. Beef will lead to, bison won't.
A2: Habitat. Saves the ecosystem and species.
A3: Famine. Beef use of grain causes starvation.
Lewis & Clark Shaw and Hobbs -- Beef to Bison
The BLM, USFS and other relevant federal agencies will increase regulations
on the beef industry by: eliminating subsidies and increasing grazing
fees; requiring ranchers to raise bison; requiring ranchers to convert to
bison production, penalties for noncompliance are aquisition of lands;
requiring ranchers to take down fences.
O1: Inherency. Subsidies.
O2: Solvency. Bison solve.
A1: Drug resistant disease. Beef will lead to, bison won't.
A2: Habitat. Saves the ecosystem and species.
A3: Famine. Beef use of grain causes starvation.
Northwestern State Martin and Hoffpauir -- Environmental Tabacco Smoke
Stop smoking inside all businesses. Use EPA and OSHA.
C1 Tobacco kills people. Second hand smoke kills.
C2 Plan solves.
Oregon Kerwien and Bauer -- Light Pollution
Congress and EPA use local plans to decrease light pollution.
Fully-shielded fixtures and LPS bulbs.
O1: Inherency
O2: Harms (Light Polution bad and is increasing)
O3: Solvency (plan solves)
A1: Dark Skies
A2: Astronomy
International Dark Sky Association
The Vanishing Universe, 1994
Oregon Lee and Lininger -- Decrease logging.
Repeal salvage rider. Designate federal forests as protected wilderness.
O1. Criteria is Wilderness
O2. Forest in crisis now.
O3. Solvency
Fox, Devall
Oregon Vollieque and Gough -- Casini Mission
The US Federal Government will increase regulation of the Space Industry by
implementing a "no-production of plutonium 238 for energy use" in space
policy. Plan will be enforced by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
O1: NASA and Pentagon in Bed Together. They're committed to a nuclear
space program.
S1: Nuclear Production Contaminates Workers
S2: Accidents Terrible -- Worldwide Cancer
S3: Solar Power could Replace Nuclear
Oregon Vollieque and Gough -- Ban Uranium Mining
The US Federal Government through appropriate regulatory agencies, will set
the level of domestic production and emission of radium and radon by the
mining industry through the process of uranium mining to zero by banning
uranium mining.
O1: Inherency
A1: Uranium Kills
Pacific ??? -- Cigarettes
$2 tax per pack.
O1: Harms - 10 million die worldwide each year, teens sucked into addiciton.
O2: Inherency - No Enforcement Laws
O3: Solvency - Increasing tax leads to decrease use, also raises money.
Everyone likes $2 per pack tax.
Pacific James and Hill -- Medical Waste
Create a universal definition of medical waste. Phase-out PVC, unclarify
fetuses as medical waste.
O1: Federal Government Not Acting Now
O2: Federal Defnition Need to Solve
A1: Incineration -- Phase Out PVC Solves (dioxin and mercury emission bad,
case solves)
A2: Asthma -- Incinerators lead to asthma.
A3: Fetuses -- Proper Burial, fetuses are being burned.
Publid Health Reports 96, O'Connel 92
PLU HY -- Lawn Mowers
Department of Agriculture will advocate a switch to push mowers. All
companies manufacture wick engines instead of internal combustion engines.
And distribute informational literature. And, we ask, that the airlines be
quiet because it disturbs the birds.
O1: Inherency. Not happening now.
A1: Emisions are bad for you. Push and wick mowers solve.
(Nothing at birds.)
Puget Sound All -- Indoor Air Pollution
The U.S. federal government will increase regulations to substantially
decrease the domestic emission of environmental pollutants by adopting
regulations requiring industries to decrease the emission of indoor air
pollutants. Our plan will be based on the suggested OSHA regulations which
include the following: implement an indoor air quality compliance program
following ASHRAE standards for clean air; keep main heating and coolling
systems operating 24 hours a day; devise procedures during renovation and
remodeling activities that restrict entry of dust, paint, and other
contaminants; regulates humidity so that it never going above 60%;
maintains a log of indoor air comlaints and managements response; and
provides outside air ventilation when ever the building is occupied
Funding and enforcement guaranteed through OSHA.
Harms: People suffer from indoor air pollution.
Inherency: Nothing is being done now.
Solvency: Plan actions solve.
Washington Lester and Beal -- Tobacco
Ban cigarette advertising.
Washington Martin and Roberson -- Levins plan for energy efficiency.
The US government, after consultation with Amory Lovins, will implement his
energy efficiency program, including, but not limited to: fossil fuel
subsidies phaseouts, market regulation of the power industry, tax credits
to businesses to purchase efficient technology, etc. Funding through
redirection of fossil fuel subsidies.
I. Congressional action on energy program ensures fossil fuel dependency.
II. Sleep walking into disaster. Oil shocks coming. Lead to economic
depression. Chaos and war. US Agression slaughters millions. Global
nuclear war.
III. Government pushing will increase efficiency. Prevents pollution and
sustains the economy. Solves danger of oil war and restores stability.
Amory Lovins, Romm & Curtis, April, 1996, Atlantic Monthly.
Weber Dilsaver and Anthony -- Ballast Exchange
Congressional and Executive Order will pass NISA as proposed in HR3217 and
SB1660 as modeled after the Great Lakes Ballast Management Program.
Ballast water being dumped on the coasts. NISA equals dumping in the deep
ocean. Advantages species and diseases.
Senator John glenn & Congressional Testimony 9/19 and 9/24.
Weber Menzies and Schubert -- Ballast Exchange
Congressional and Executive Order will pass NISA as proposed in HR3217 and
SB1660 as modeled after the Great Lakes Ballast Management Program.
Ballast water being dumped on the coasts. NISA equals dumping in the deep
ocean. Advantages species and diseases.
Senator John glenn & Congressional Testimony 9/19 and 9/24.
Weber Smith and Whittaker -- Tradeable Permits to Solve Warming
EPA uses tradeable permits to decrease to 1990 levels by 2000.
Warming Occuring
Tradeable Permits Solve
Ice Age
Agriculture
Species
Disease
Western Washington Kleven and Pitt -- Ecotourism
Set aside federal parks as wilderness (based on watershed and maximum home
range). Permits and quotas for ecotourism.
O1 Ecotourism is not regulated.
O2 Solvency
A1 Wildness
A2 Species
Lewis '92, Foreman
Western Washington Keck and Turner -- Ecotourism
Set aside lands via watershed and maximize homerange standards. Restrict
liscensing and create tour quotas.
O1 Inherency
A1 Wilderness (10-20 years wilderness will be gone if ecotourism goes wild.
A2 Species
O2 Solvency (Regulations necessary before consciousness. Save thewild
via plan.)
Environmental Issues of Tourism and Recreation: Mielzkowski 1995.
Wildlife and Recreationists 1995.
Western Washington Sarruf and Haff -- Toxic Waste
Modify the Toxic Release List by adding seven new industries to it through EPA.
Harms: General pollution bad evidence and solvents bad, chemical accidents.
Inherency: Industries left off TR1.
Solvency.
Western Washington VanHorn and Foss -- Yucca Mountain
When the department of energy applies to the United States government's
nuclear regulatory commission for a liscense to dispose of nuclear waste at
Yucca mountain it will be denied. Current funding allocated for research
at Yucca will be shifted towards on-site storage and exploration of
alternatives until a safe solution is found.
O1: Waste Goes to Yucca
O2: Worst Place to Put It. Water contamination.
O3: Sovlency. Yucca bad, onsite good.
Unv: Native Americans
Beatty '96 Economist Apr 20, Gov Doc "Amending the Nuclear Waste Policy
Act" Mar2
Western Washington Yogi and Johnson -- Noise Pollution at National Parks
The FAA and NPS will adopt regulations requiring industries to decrease
noise in national parks. Ban overflights in some parks. Protect quiet in
some parks. Cap tour licenses.
I. Noise is a pollutant especially when in quiet national parks.
II. Reduced noise equals solitude which is good.
III. Reduced noise helps spirituality ceremonies of Native American peoples.
Whitman Symonds and Harris -- Particulate Matter
The EPA will issue a regulation establishing a performance standard
requiring all relevant industries to decrease the production and/or
emission of particulate matter 2.5 microns in diameter to 10 micrograms per
cubic meter.
O1: EPA fails to address particle pollution.
O2: Particulate pollution is deadly.
O3: Our standard solves for 56,000 lives/year.
NRDC [http://www.nrdc.org/nrdc/find/a.bresum.html]
LaRue, San Diego Union Tribune, March 29, 1995.
Archive created by Jonathan Stanton (jonathan@cs.jhu.edu)
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