during the rebuttal section of a formal debate which team speaks first
Structure of policy debate The First Affirmative Constructive (1AC) is the first speech given in a round, presented by the affirmative team.
Evelyn Beatrice Hall In The Friends of Voltaire, Hall wrote the phrase: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"[4] (which is often misattributed to Voltaire himself) as an illustration of Voltaire's beliefs.[5][6][7] Hall's quotation is often cited to describe the principle of freedom of speech.