Sayonara Consult CP, we hardly knew ye
To get a good understanding of why a lot of the debate community absolutely loathes the Consult Counterplan you should read Casey Harrigan's long post about it from the Nuke Topic on the Georgia Debate blog. Needless to say it's an abusive CP that drives judges and debaters up the wall and usually relies on evidence cut completely out of context.
This card is Casey Harrigan's retort to the Consult CP, and it's a card that should probably be in every squad's backfiles. Enjoy.
Binding consultation crushes U.S. leadership
Carroll 9 (James FF, Notes & Comments Editor – Emory International Law Review, J.D. with Honors – Emory University School of Law, “Back to the Future: Redefining the Foreign Investment and National Security Act's Conception of National Security”, Emory International Law Review, 23 Emory Int'l L. Rev. 167, Lexis)
n221. See Thomas Friedman, Op-Ed., 9/11 is Over, N.Y. Times, Sept. 30, 2007, § 4, at 12. This does not mean, however, that foreign countries should hold a veto over U.S. foreign or domestic policies, particularly policies that are not directly related to their national survival. Allowing foreign countries or international institutions to veto or modify unrelated U.S. policies would make a mockery of our foreign policy and destroy the credibility of American leadership. International cooperation does not require making our policy subservient to the whims of other nations. See generally The Allies and Arms Control (F.O. Hampson et al. eds., 1992). Seealso Khalilzad, supra note 177.