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| Date | Tournament | Round | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-01 | Brandeis IV | 1 | THW require all isolated religious communities (eg. Hasidic Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.) to give all 18-year-olds a 'Rumspringa'. |
| 2018-12-01 | Brandeis IV | 2 | THW significantly tax vacant homes |
| 2018-12-01 | Brandeis IV | 3 | THW ban media sources from taking institutional stances on the innocence or guilt of people who have been charged with a crime, but not yet convicted or acquitted |
| 2018-12-01 | Brandeis IV | 4 | THBT environmental organizations should start a campaign of sabotage and destruction against major pollution companies |
| 2018-12-01 | Brandeis IV | 5 | This house regrets South Africa's rainbow nation narrative |
| 2018-12-01 | Brandeis IV | 6 | THW pay politicians the median wage in their country |
| 2018-12-01 | Brandeis IV | Novice_Final | TH prefers a world in which children are raised to aspire to be single rather than married |
| 2018-12-01 | Brandeis IV | Open_Quarters | This house believes that the southern african development community (SADC) should pursue political union |
| 2018-12-01 | Brandeis IV | Open_Semis | TH regrets art that glorifies gaining material wealth |
| 2018-12-01 | Brandeis IV | Open_Final | THBT the ACLU should work to maximize civil liberties regardless of ideology. |
| 2016-01-12 | Brandeis IV 2016 | 1 | THW significantly reduce funding for schools that perpetuate inaccuracies in their teachings of indigenous history |
| 2016-01-12 | Brandeis IV 2016 | 2 | THBT social movements should abandon the tactic of publicly shaming individuals in order to accomplish change |
| 2016-01-12 | Brandeis IV 2016 | 3 | THP a tech industry characterized by multiple smaller firms rather than one dominated by a few large players (e.g. Google Amazon Facebook in status quo) |
| 2016-01-12 | Brandeis IV 2016 | 4 | TH, as the US, would re-impose sanctions on Myanmar until the Rohingyas receive political representation |
| 2016-01-12 | Brandeis IV 2016 | 5 | THW require news websites and publications to provide opposing points of view on all politically contested issues |
| 2016-01-12 | Brandeis IV 2016 | 6 | THBT governments should provide significant financial incentives for urban citizens to move to rural areas |
| 2016-01-12 | Brandeis IV 2016 | Novice_Final | THS unfettered free trade |
| 2016-01-12 | Brandeis IV 2016 | Open_Quarters | THR South Africa's withdrawal from the ICC |
| 2016-01-12 | Brandeis IV 2016 | Open_Semis | THBT minority comedians should not play up stereotypes based upon their own identity within performances |
| 2016-01-12 | Brandeis IV 2016 | Open_Final | THW delicense corporations that do not engage in social responsibility proportional to their profit margins (e.g. campaigns to end hunger in a community, giving away portion of profit to charity, implementing more environmentally friendly business operations etc.) |
| 2015-12-05 | Brandeis IV | 1 | THW ban plea bargaining |
| 2015-12-05 | Brandeis IV | 2 | THS the use of coercive economic and diplomatic measures against states in which serious environmental damange to natural resources of share global importance is occurring |
| 2015-12-05 | Brandeis IV | 3 | THW ban surgical genital alteration procedures for minors that are not strictly medically necessary for bodily or sexual function |
| 2015-12-05 | Brandeis IV | 4 | TH welcomes the rise of for-profit education in developing countries |
| 2015-12-05 | Brandeis IV | 5 | THW ban the use of religious rhetoric and symbols in political campaigns |
| 2015-12-05 | Brandeis IV | 6 | TH supports a three-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflcit |
| 2015-12-05 | Brandeis IV | Open_Quarters | THBT retribution should not be a part of the criminal justice system. |
| 2015-12-05 | Brandeis IV | Open_Semis | THB abortions that are based on the fetus showing signs of non-fatal physical and developmental disabilities |
| 2015-12-05 | Brandeis IV | Open_Finals | THS universal jurisdiction for crimes against humanity. |
| 2014-01-01 | Brandeis IV | 1 | THR the commercialization of religious holidays. |
| 2014-01-01 | Brandeis IV | 2 | THBT universities should ban all fraternities and sororities. |
| 2014-01-01 | Brandeis IV | 3 | TH, as the Mexican government, would end its war against the drug cartels. |
| 2014-01-01 | Brandeis IV | 4 | THR the use of feminism as an advertising tactic. |
| 2014-01-01 | Brandeis IV | 5 | THW ban all youth wings of political parties in developing countries. |
| 2014-01-01 | Brandeis IV | 6 | THBT protesters should not use memorials as sites for protest. |
| 2014-01-01 | Brandeis IV | Novice_Finals | THS a lower income tax for women than men. |
| 2014-01-01 | Brandeis IV | Open_Quarters | THP Facebook's policy of only removing content that users report as objectionable to a policy where Facebook itself independently determines restrictions on content. |
| 2014-01-01 | Brandeis IV | Open_Semis | THBT all information marked as classified by governments should become available to the public within 50 years. |
| 2014-01-01 | Brandeis IV | Open_Finals | THW allow communities to vote to suspend police supervision. |
| 2013-12-06 | Brandeis IV | 1 | THBT children should be banned from attending religious services. |
| 2013-12-06 | Brandeis IV | 2 | THBT the use of chemical weapons in a defensive capacity against enemy combatants should not be a war crime. |
| 2013-12-06 | Brandeis IV | 3 | THW criminalize the possession and use of Bitcoins. |
| 2013-12-06 | Brandeis IV | 4 | THW make government assistance to historically marginalized cultural groups contingent on policies to combat traditional gender inequality. |
| 2013-12-06 | Brandeis IV | 5 | THBT all universities should create separate career tracks for teaching and research. |
| 2013-12-06 | Brandeis IV | 6 | THBT the NFL should issue automatic lifetime bans to players convicted of domestic violence or sexual assault. |
| 2013-12-06 | Brandeis IV | Open_Quarters | THW require the state to compensate individuals who face criminal prosecution but are not found guilty. |
| 2013-12-06 | Brandeis IV | Open_Semis | THBT Germany should renew the ban on the publication of Mein Kampf. |
| 2013-12-06 | Brandeis IV | Open_Finals | THBT the LGBT movement should not take a position on whether sexual preferences are a choice. |