Affirmative Plans from Greenhill

  We have compiled all of the plan texts from the Greenhill tournament for you!  We have organized them by case area with the following results:

Below are the plan texts.  Use this list to develop your negative strategies and make sure you are prepared to answer these types of cases at your next tournament!

Welfare (13)

The United States Supreme Court shall grant cert to Sanchez v. San Diego County and rule that barriers for cash assistance programs, specifically verification extremism, violates the 4th and 14th amendment, reaffirming its ruling in Goldberg v. Kelly.

The Supreme Court of the United States should rule that differential benefit requirements for single women under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Requisite funding and enforcement provided.

The United States Federal Judiciary should distinguish the decision in Wyman v. James to the facts by prohibiting conditions on eligibility for welfare.

The US federal government should amend the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act to exclude work requirements.

In an appropriate test case the United States Supreme Court will rule that barriers to accessing social services for people living in poverty are presumptively invalid and must be subject to equal protection analysis, reaffirming its holding in Goldberg v. Kelly that people have a property interest in accessing services for which they qualify.

The United States federal government should provide a basic income guarantee to all persons living in poverty in the United States.

The United States federal government should remove all eligibility requirements which preclude persons without homes from accessing social services in the United States.

The United States federal government should substantially increase antipoverty block grants to state and local governments that maximize community participation in social service development.

The United States federal government should lift restrictions based on marital, sexual, or childbearing choices on social services provided through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families act.

The United States federal government should substantially increase social services for persons living in poverty in the United States.

The United States federal government should establish welfare as universal entitlement for the dispossessed.

The United States federal government should amend Title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase home and community-based attendant services.

The United States federal government should extend social services to non-citizens living in poverty in the United States.

Legal (11)

The United States Supreme Court should rule that international law mandates free legal aid to indigent asylum applicants.

The United States federal government should no longer restrict filing Class Action Lawsuits by organizations or attorneys receiving funding from the Legal Services Corporation.

The United States Supreme Court shall grant writ of certiorari to the next available test case and overturn Lassiter v. Department of Social Services on 14th Amendment due process grounds, guaranteeing a right to court-appointed counsel for topically designated persons in all civil cases involving basic human needs as per American Bar Association recommendations.

The United States federal government, via the department of justice, should appoint, train, and provide technical assistance to sufficient numbers of American Indian lawyers as assistant United States attorneys for the prosecution of non-Indian versus Indian sexual assaults in Indian country.

The United States federal government should remove the application of the LSC restrictions to state, local, private and other non-LSC funds that legal aid organizations receive, restrictions on LSC funds that interfere with the ability of legal services attorneys to protect their clients' rights, and restrictions that prohibit representation of immigrants regardless of immigration status

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York should rule for the plaintiffs in Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation B v. Legal Services Corporation* on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

The United States Supreme Court should extend the Gideon v. Wainwright decision to affirm a universal right to legal counsel to persons living in the United States on the grounds that it has a lasting obligation to address de facto discrimination under the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.

The United States Supreme Court should rule that there is a right to counsel in civil cases for indigent people in the United States on the grounds that refusal to grant counsel violates treaty obligations under the International Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

The United States federal government should eliminate restrictions on the use of the Legal Service Corporation's funds for class-action lawsuits.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency should guarantee that detainees at immigrant detention centers in the United States have full access to government provided free legal counsel.

Through the Legal Services Corporation, the United States federal government should provide legal services, including class action lawsuits and representation in the legislature, to individuals regardless of their immigration status.

Medicaid (8)

The United States federal government should determine that same-sex marriage status is not a criterion for excluding Medicaid access

The United States Congress will eliminate all immigration status restrictions on Medicaid eligibility for documented and undocumented immigrants living in the United States.

The United States federal judicial branch should rule that using immigration status as an eligibility consideration for Medicaid is unconstitutional.

The United States Supreme Court should overrule Harris v. McRae on the grounds of equal protection.

The United States federal government should approve and fund all 1115 and 1915 Medicaid waivers.

Congress should increase Medicaid coverage for eligible persons regardless of citizenship.

The United States federal government should extend eligibility for Medicaid to all otherwise qualified persons in poverty in the United States regardless of citizenship status.

The United States Federal Government should require that Medicaid cover personal attendant services, and allow those eligible to choose their providers.

Education (6)

The Department of Defense should substantially expand the pre-enlistment educational programs within the Armed Forces, GED Plus and College First, [for persons living in poverty in the United States.]

The United States congress should pass legislation that funds an expansion and improvement in Head Start programs through increased salaries and more advanced educational curriculum

The United States federal government should increase allocations to reform the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to mandate the most objectively rigorous uniform accountability standards for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through career and technical education programs and to recruit and maintain quality teachers for Title 1 schools in the United States.

The United States federal government should expand Head Start by modeling Head Start services after the services provided by the Abecedarian project.

The United States federal government should substantially increase need-based allocations under Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to include uniform proficiency standards for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through career and technical education programs.

The Department of Defense should substantially expand the Army General Education Plus Enlistment Program.

Health Care (6)

The United States federal government should create a government run health insurance program targeted at people living in poverty in the United States.

The food and drug administration and the centers for disease control should implement an emergency use authorization to substantially increase h1n1 adjuvant vaccines for topicality designated individuals in the United States.

The United States federal government should create a federally run health care insurance program, targeted at persons living in poverty in the United States. Requisite funding will be provided.

The United States Federal Government should pass legislation offering a public health care option to compete with private insurers, to persons living in poverty, regardless of citizenship or immigration status.

The United States federal government should create a low-cost healthcare insurance program for persons living in poverty in the United States. 

The United States Supreme Court should rule that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcements must provide proper medical care to all detainees living in the US on the grounds that current practices are in violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Homelessness/Housing(6)

The Federal Judiciary should rule that Clark v. Community for Creative Nonviolence and by effect all laws which criminalize homelessness are invalid as unconstitutionally overbroad and vague per the Feldman evidence, and that therefore all public spaces must function as space for homeless shelters.

The United States Supreme Court should rule that people without a permanent address should be provided access to no-fee post office boxes.

The United States Federal Government should increase social services for persons living in poverty in the United States by removing eligibility requirements regardless the recipient has an address.

The United States Supreme Court should rule that all persons otherwise eligible for government housing must receive those services regardless of local production or consumption of medical marijuana on the grounds that the Controlled Substance Act's prohibition on locally produced or consumed medical marijuana exceeds the scope of Congressional power under the Commerce Clause.

The United States Supreme Court should affirm a right to housing.

The United States federal government should substantially increase support for the Section 8 House Choice Voucher Program.

Abortion (4)

The United States Supreme Court should rule in a broad opinion in line with Stare Decisis that the Hyde Amendment is unconstitutional under equal protection.

The United States Supreme Court should overturn Harris v. McRae (448 U.S. 297 (1980)) by holding that restrictions on the provisions of Medicaid funding for abortion violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The United States Supreme Court Should Overrule its Decision in Harris v. McRae (448 U.S. 297 (1980)) By Holding That Restrictions on the Provision of Medicaid Funding for Abortion Violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

The United States federal judiciary should rule that restrictions on Medicaid funding for abortions are unconstitutional under the Thirteenth Amendment's prohibition of involuntary servitude.

Broadband Access (4)

The United States federal government should fund access to fiber optic broadband under the Universal Service Fund.

The United States federal government should include access to and provide all necessary funding for broadband in Lifeline and Linkup.

The United States Federal Communications Commission should include access to broadband in Lifeline and Linkup.

The United States Federal Government should expand Lifeline and Link-Up to include Broadband services.

Food(3)

The United States Department of Agriculture should substantially increase funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and remove the quality control system.

The Food and Nutrition Service should amend the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children to include a fifty percent cash value voucher system utilizing Electronic Benefits Transfer for the Farmer's Market Nutrition Program and the Senior Farmer's Market Nutrition Program.

The United States federal government should create additional benefits for produce through the supplemental nutritional assistance program.

Native Americans(2)

The United States federal government should substantially expand the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, including culturally appropriate foods procured from Indian producers using traditional agricultural practices.

The United States federal government should substantially increase the Food Delivery Program on Indian Reservations.

Domestic Violence(2)

The United States federal government should fully fund the Violence Against Women Act and Family Violence Prevention and Services Act programs for persons living in poverty.

The United States federal government should substantially increase social services in rural areas of the United States for treatment related to domestic abuse. Specifically the increase should include increases in funding for counseling, treating physical trauma, child care, transportation, shelters and monetary compensation for costs patients incur as a result of seeking treatment. Social services will be administered free of charge

Employment(2)

The United States federal government should guarantee employment for unemployed persons living in the United States.

The United States federal government should establish a public service employment-assured jobs program.

Refugee Policy (1)

The United States federal government should remove the cap on accepted refugees from the Republic of Iraq and provide all necessary resources to substantially increase resettlement of Iraqi refugees in the United States.

Mental Health Care(1)

The United States federal government will increase mental health care services for veterans living in poverty as necessary.

Other(3)

The United States federal government, using section 5 authority provided under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, should provide just compensation to property owners affected by the listing of the Lost River sucker, the shortnose sucker, and the Coho salmon.

The United States federal government should provide necessary funding for topical provisions of Title X of the energy independence and security act of 2007 for ex-felons.

The United States federal government should add cars to the list of eligible purchases for the Individual Development Accounts tax credit program and eliminate the vehicle asset test in federally funded, work support programs.

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