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Category: 2012-2013
NYU 2013 Quarterfinals: Swarthmore Mok-A-Wak-A v. Chicago Bacon Pancakes
Case: Don’t kick alcoholics out of long-term subsidized housing. Gov: Swarthmore Mok-A-Wak-A PM: Andrew Waks MG: David Mok-Lamme Opp: Chicago Bacon Pancakes LO: Jon Haderlein MO: Alice Li [expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” trigclass=”arrowright”]Chicago Bacon Pancakes won.[/expand] Thanks to Jon Haderlein for the recording.
TCNJ 2013 Quarterfinals: NYU / Syracuse v. Swat Mok-a Wok-a
Link to Audio Source Case: Government welfare programs should not drug test recipients. Opp countercased, conceding that most welfare programs should not condition benefits on drug testing, but that housing programs should continue to test and condition housing based on passing tests for illegal drugs other than marijuana. Gov: NYU / Syracuse PM: David Kopel […]
UChicago 2013 Semifinals: Brandeis Fighting Dumbos v. Syracuse A
Case: In the status quo, you must pass an indigency test in order to be eligible for a public defender in the criminal justice system. The indigency test should be removed and regardless of indigency, individuals should be eligible for a public defender if the other conditions are met. Gov: Brandeis SW PM: Rich Weisbach […]
Stanford 2013 Round 5: Chicago A v. Yale BZ
Case: As a Catholic archbishop, should you require Sunday school teachers to say an oath in which prospective teachers swear that they believe all of Catholic doctrine? Opp chose not to require the oath. Government: Chicago A PM: Jon Haderlein MG: Alice Li Opposition: Yale BZ LO: Zach Bakal MO: Joanna Zheng [expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” […]
Smith 2012 Finals: Yale CK v. Yale CD
Case: In a scenario in which a coach paid athletes to violate the rules of football and hurt other players with the intention of causing injuries, the government should prosecute the coach. Opp called tight. Government: Yale CK PM: Robert Colonel MG: Ben Kornfeld Opposition: Yale CD LO: Max Dovala MO: Andrew Connery [expand title=”Results” […]
Brandeis 2013 Quarterfinals: Syracuse Denny Crane v. Chicago A
Case: You are writing the script for the movie, Beowulf. Do you write the movie the way it was actually written, or in a way that maintains the story of the original book? Government: Syracuse Denny Crane PM: David Kopel MG: Anthony Rini Opposition: Chicago A LO: Jon Haderlein MO: Alice Li [expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” […]
Rutgers 2013 Round 5: GW / W&M Hybrid v. Kant Sandwich A
Case: You are Barack Obama who has been given the power of inception for a single use. We say, use it on Kim Jong-Un to make North Korea liberalize. Opp may defend incepting any other individual with any other idea, or may choose not to use the power. Government: GW / W&M Hybrid PM: Aaron […]
Rutgers 2013 Round 4: Kant Sandwich A v. Hopkins CI
Case: You are an altruistic atheist of creating a major world religion, should you create a religion with metaphysical incentives like an afterlife, or one without such incentives but which still says that certain actions are inherently morally good or bad. Government: Kant Sandwich A PM: David Kopel MG: Keith Barry Opposition: Hopkins CI LO: […]
Nationals 2013 Semifinals: Yale CK v. Syracuse A
Case: The United States should adopt a consumption tax to replace the income tax. Government: Yale CK PM: Robert Colonel MG: Ben Kornfeld Opposition: Syracuse A LO: David Kopel MO: Samm Costello [expand title=”Results” notitle=”true” trigclass=”arrowright”]Syracuse A won on a 4-3 decision.[/expand]