Resolutions

Prelims
[Open Gov ballots - Open Opp ballots; Novice Gov ballots - Novice Opp ballots]

Round 1
This House should advocate for the adoption of a uniform civil code in India. [13-12; 5-1]

Round 2
Open: This House, as the government of Iran, should significantly increase lethal military aid to Armenia. [12-13]
Novice: The US federal government should significantly increase its lethal military aid to Armenia. [4-2]

Round 3
School districts should ban all or almost all homework. [8-17; 2-4]

Round 4
The US Constitution should be amended to impose term limits on members of Congress. [15-10; 4-2]

Round 5
This House regrets the narrative that future technologies will save us from climate change and its impacts. [14-9; 5-1]

Elims
(Gov listed first)

Open Octas & Novice Semis

A. This House, as a Russian citizen who wants to actively oppose the Putin regime, would remain in Russia rather than emigrate.

B. This House prefers monetary reparations paid by Western art museums for stolen artifacts rather than the repatriation of these artifacts to formerly colonized countries.

C. US state governments should ban primary and secondary private schools and convert at least some of the existing ones to public schools.

Open Quarters & Novice Finals

A. The UN Security Council’s deployment of Kenyan-led armed forces to Haiti will do more harm than good.

(open) MVLA PB vs Head-Royce CR [2-1]

B. The US federal government should implement a cap and trade system for greenhouse gases.

(open) Washington DT vs Campolindo WC [2-1]

(open) Campolindo LR vs Windward SM [2-1]

(novice) Campolindo BY vs Lowell KS [3-2]

C. This House, as African countries, should prioritize increasing their trade with China over increasing their trade with the United States.

(open) Bard GB vs Evergreen/Gunn MT [0-3]

Open Semis

A. This House believes that it is preferable to the status quo that Argentina adopts the US dollar as its currency.

B. This House believes that American cities should prioritize funding public transportation over electric vehicle subsidies.

MVLA PB vs Evergreen/Gunn MT [2-1]

Campolindo LR vs Washington DT [3-0]

C. ECOWAS should militarily intervene in Niger.
Info Slide: ECOWAS is a political, economic and military alliance of countries in West Africa.
In July 2023, a military coup in Niger (pronounced nee-JERR) overthrew the elected president. ECOWAS subsequently suspended Niger’s membership.

Finals

A. This House would prohibit the use of artificial intelligence in prep time in parliamentary debate.

B. This House regrets the rise of index funds.

C. This House believes the United States should break up large tech companies.

MVLA PB vs Campolindo LR [1-2]