Yale IV Fall 2021

1. Round 1THW create medical bodies with the power to prevent individuals in professional sports from continuing their sporting careers (i.e. due to serious injuries)Practise this motion
2. Round 2THP a world where international trade is regulated by practices and norms developed by merchants rather than agreements developed by governmentsPractise this motion
3. Round 3THP a world where the dominant norm is one of open relationships* *Open relationships refer to relationships in which both partners have liberty to have sex with people outside of the relationship.Practise this motion
4. Round 4THBT Supreme Courts should refrain from practicing judicial review in the early years of emerging constitutional democraciesPractise this motion
5. Round 5THBT the US should establish diplomatic relationships with the Taliban regime in AfghanistanPractise this motion
6. Partial Double QuarterfinalsTHBT India should remove subsidies and protections on farms (i.e. free electricity, employment guarantees, minimum support prices) in favor of massively expanding the manufacturing sectorPractise this motion
7. QuarterfinalsTHP a moral system that perceives morality to stem from duties as opposed to rightsPractise this motion
8. SemifinalsTHBT limiting the negative effects of U.S. monetary policy on foreign economies should become an explicit part of the Federal Reserve’s mandate.Practise this motion
9. Grand FinalTHP a world in which religions follow a Gadol rather than an official supreme leaderPractise this motion
10. ESL FinalsIn parliamentary systems, THBT governments should be formed through a union of parties from conflicting sides of the political spectrumPractise this motion
11. Novice FinalsTHP undergrad programs (BA) that follow the holistic education model to ones that follow the specialisation modelPractise this motion

1. Round 1THBT it is immoral for the typical Yale undergraduate to work at a hedge fund after collegePractise this motion
2. Round 2THW expel Turkey from NATO.Practise this motion
3. Round 3THBT the environmental movement should oppose any green policy initiatives and candidate platforms that do not also make racial and economic justice a central priority.Practise this motion
4. Round 4In pluralistic societies, TH prefers official recognition of major religions as "public law corporations" to laïcité.Practise this motion
5. Round 5This house believes that emerging markets should de-dollarize their economiesPractise this motion
6. Round 6This House Supports the creation of a Supreme Court of FacebookPractise this motion
7. QuarterfinalsTHBT the left should apply its advocacy for reduced penalization and incarceration to all crimes, including those for which the left presently demands a more forceful policy response (e.g. gun violence, sexual assault, hate crimes)Practise this motion
8. SemifinalsTHR the focus of venture capital on expanding market share over achieving profitability.Practise this motion
9. Grand FinalTHBT 21st century western liberal democracy will fail to defeat the challenge of right-wing populism.Practise this motion
10. Nov FinalTHBT it is preferable to pursue civil rights protections via the legislative process rather than the legal system.Practise this motion

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