2018 Empire Debates
Are you looking for the motions that were debated on the 2018 Empire Debates ? It was held on the 3/10/2018. If you were there, please check the motions and tell me if anything is wrong. Also, leave a comment and tell us how did you enjoy the tournament.
Here are the motions:
Round 1 motion: THR the choice by gun control activists to focus on mass shootings as the primary consequence of gun violence
Round 2: THP the English Rule to the American Rule* *Info Slide: The English Rule requires that the loser in a lawsuit pays the winner’s legal fees, and is observed by nearly every Western democracy. In the United States, however, the boThis House sides pay their own attorney fees unless otherwise specified by the judge (this is rare).
Round 3: This House Believes That political parties should actively prohibit candidates wiThis House radically different beliefs from running under the party name
Round 4: This house, as a major news agency, would only publish positive reviews of minority-focused media (Queer Eye, Moonlight, Call Me By Your Name)
Round 5: THR the prominence of religious rehabilitation programs in prisons
Novice final motion: This House Believes That all national economic policy (taxation, monetary policy, tariffs, etc) should be set by an appointed panel of economists rather than by elected officials
The Open Semi Final motion: This house, as an emerging economy, prefers supporting domestically-based banks to the exclusion of multinational financial institutions (for example, providing support to Banco de Mexico and the businesses and individuals who use BdeM in Mexico, but not those who bank at HSBC Mexico).
The Open Final motion: THP a conception of human rights which derives its authority from a divine being rather than a secular source.
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