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| Date | Tournament | Round | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-06 | Yale IV | 1 | THW abolish all occupational licensing. |
| 2016-11-06 | Yale IV | 2 | THBT western nations fighting the Islamic state should commit to the creation of an independent Kurdish state. |
| 2016-11-06 | Yale IV | 3 | This house believes that religious officials (e.g. priests, imams, rabbis) should not make statements in support of political policies, parties, or candidates. |
| 2016-11-06 | Yale IV | 4 | TH supports the continued remilitarization of Japan. |
| 2016-11-06 | Yale IV | 5 | THB that all museums, galleries, and cultural institutions should offer to return exhibits to their countries/communities of origin. |
| 2016-11-06 | Yale IV | 6 | THW nationalize credit rating agencies. |
| 2016-11-06 | Yale IV | Novice_Semis | THBT identity-based social movements should prioritize the majority population's acceptance of that identity over preservation of a distinct culture. |
| 2016-11-06 | Yale IV | Novice_Finals | TH fears the development of independent artificial intelligence. |
| 2016-11-06 | Yale IV | Open_Quarters | THBT a rise in global oil prices is in the interest of the West. |
| 2016-11-06 | Yale IV | Open_Semis | THS supreme court rulings based on natural rights not enumerated in constitutions. |
| 2016-11-06 | Yale IV | Open_Final | TH believes in God. |
| 2015-10-02 | Yale IV | 1 | THW ban religious K-12 schools |
| 2015-10-02 | Yale IV | 2 | THBT voters should be able to override the votes of their elected representatives on individual bills by two-thirds or greater referendum. |
| 2015-10-02 | Yale IV | 3 | THBT developed nations should pay reparations to developing nations that have experienced significant adverse consequences from climate change |
| 2015-10-02 | Yale IV | 4 | TH rejects the media's intentional humanization of those responsible for heinous acts or crimes. |
| 2015-10-02 | Yale IV | 5 | THBT the US should join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank |
| 2015-10-02 | Yale IV | 6 | Given the existence of a drug that dramatically increases mental capacity, THBT universities should ban and test for student use of the drug. |
| 2015-10-02 | Yale IV | Novice_Finals | THBT American feminists have an obligation to vote for a female presidential candidate. |
| 2015-10-02 | Yale IV | Open_Quarters | THW not vote for protest candidates in primary elections. |
| 2015-10-02 | Yale IV | Open_Semis | THW legalize graffiti in public spaces |
| 2015-10-02 | Yale IV | Open_Finals | THBT the EU should offer Greece full debt relief in exchange for its housing at least 200,000 Syrian refugees. |
| 2014-10-06 | Yale IV | 1 | THO the American charter school movement |
| 2014-10-06 | Yale IV | 2 | THW cooperate with any leader or regime to defeat non-state actors that systematically violate human rights |
| 2014-10-06 | Yale IV | 3 | THR the rise of dating and other websites that allow individuals to rate others based on past romantic interactions (e.g. Lulu) |
| 2014-10-06 | Yale IV | 4 | THBT institutional art credentials are bad for art |
| 2014-10-06 | Yale IV | 5 | TH, as an emerging democracy, would suppress domestic media providers in favour of international media providers |
| 2014-10-06 | Yale IV | 6 | THBT universities and other stakeholders should primarily consider teaching ability rather than research outputs when awarding tenure and allocating academic funding |
| 2014-10-06 | Yale IV | Open_Quarters | THW facilitate religious prosletysation in areas of high socio-economic deprivation |
| 2014-10-06 | Yale IV | Open_Semis | THS the use of forced population transfers that create separate, ethnically homogenous states as a solution to prolonged ethnic conflict |
| 2014-10-06 | Yale IV | Open_Finals | THBT, in the face of police repression, protesters have a right to non-lethal, but violent, proportional retaliation |
| 2013-10-06 | Yale IV | 1 | THB that teachers of history should deliberately overemphasize the contributions of marginalized groups. |
| 2013-10-06 | Yale IV | 2 | THBT for certain criminal offenses, torture is a just punishment. |
| 2013-10-06 | Yale IV | 3 | THBT oil exporting Islamic states should enact embargoes against states that pass laws discriminating against Muslims. |
| 2013-10-06 | Yale IV | 4 | THW require all low wage employees of large corporations to be unionized. |
| 2013-10-06 | Yale IV | 5 | THS the overthrow of democratically elected, authoritarian heads of state. |
| 2013-10-06 | Yale IV | Novice_Finals | THBT individuals should experiment with mind altering hallucinogenic drugs. |
| 2013-10-06 | Yale IV | Open_Quarters | THBT it would be principally just for a state that is unable to provide a social safety net to allow a greatly impoverished individual to sell themselves into slavery. |
| 2013-10-06 | Yale IV | Open_Semis | THBT countries should be required to post territory as collateral to receive IMF bailout funds. |
| 2013-10-06 | Yale IV | Open_Finals | In cases where individuals are convicted of leaking state secrets, THW allow their convictions to be nullified by a national referendum. |