Resolutions

Topic Area

Sports

Open Prelims [Gov wins - Opp wins]

Round 1 [5-8]
The United States congress should pass, and the president should sign, a law revoking Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption.

Round 2 [6-7]
In the event of a China-Philippines armed conflict in the South China Sea, the United States Federal Government should invoke the US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty.

Round 3 [6-6]
Vietnam’s recent anti-corruption efforts have done more harm than good.

Round 4 [4-8]
The Democratic Party should nominate Kamala Harris rather than Joe Biden as its 2024 Presidential candidate.

Round 5 [6-7]
The US federal government should significantly increase its investment into Project Pele.
[Project Pele is a US Department of Defense program. The project’s objective is to design, build, and demonstrate a prototype mobile nuclear reactor within five years, following the Defense Scientific Board study recommendations.]

Open Quarters (Gov listed first)

A. Elite MBA programs should abolish their policy of grade non-disclosure.

Washington KG vs Berkeley KM [0-3]

MVLA PB vs Berkeley BF [3-0]

B. This House believes that the creation and implementation of the Las Vegas Sphere will do more harm than good.

C. The US federal government should forgive all publicly held student debt in the United States.

Irvington GS vs Menlo-Atherton SH [0-3]

Menlo-Atherton ST vs Gunn NT [3-0]

Open Semis

A. On balance, the development of China’s Belt and Road Initiative has done more harm than good.

B. The US federal government should ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
[UNCLOS is an international agreement that establishes a legal framework for all marine and maritime activities.]

MVLA PB vs Menlo-Atherton SH [3-0]

Menlo-Atherton ST vs Berkeley KM [2-1]

C. This House believes that China will launch a full-scale military invasion of Taiwan by 2030.

Open Finals

A. The US federal government should mandate all AI companies to watermark AI-generated images and videos.

B. The US federal government should ban the usage of copyrighted works in training artificial intelligence models without the expressed consent of the copyright holder.

C. The United Kingdom should ban the use of AI for biometric surveillance technology in public spaces.

Menlo-Atherton ST vs MVLA PB [1-2]

Novice [Gov ballots - Opp ballots]

Round 1 [7-4]
The NCAA should end its prohibition on payments to student athletes from colleges and universities.

Round 2 [5-6]
The US federal government should significantly increase its investment in nuclear energy power plants.

Round 3 [6-5]
Musical artists should prohibit posthumous releases of new music.
[Rapper Tyler, the Creator noted in a 2023 article that his will prohibits posthumous release of new music.]

Round 4 [5-6]
The US federal government should implement a 100% inheritance tax.

Finals
N/A (close-out)