Law Debate Topics for Students

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• Lol very well then. The way I see it, citizens of the United States of America are legally adults when they turn 18. They are able to drive, vote in elections, and even decide to join the armed forces. The not only have the opportunity the make important life dicisions, but…
• In this debate, I will argue that the legal drinking age for the United States should be lowered to 18, while the Con will debate that it should state at 21. Due to problems with the previous debate, this will be a redo of the original. Round 1 will be dedicated to the…

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• ? Still winning ?
• ? Im winning ?

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• This is the final round so my response is short and mostly a conclusion with a few short responses. Civilian oversight is majority rule because a group of civilians is likely to represent the ideology held by the majority. Because people will make decisions based on what they…
• I'm writing this late at night after a very long soccer game and homework. My body is tired and aching, I'm in my comfy bed, and my eyes droop down. I blink them every couple minutes to try to stay awake. Given this, my response won't be that extensive or sound sexy.Zaradi…

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• Sigh...
• Voters, here is something ironic about my opponent not arguing last round.

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• True America is based on equality, However, i could argue that the particular group brought it on themselves. Your issue shouldn't be with the "police profiling" it should be with your peers that have gone before you and have broken the law and brought this negative attention…
• You had one point: It is an inconvenience but it stops crime. How about this: America is a country that is supposedly based on equality. If you only target one group for a crime, that is discrimination and reineforces that racism is alright. Racism and prejudice is not alright…

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• Thanks to Shab for accepting this battle to the death debate.Untraditionally, I will not be laying out a framework for this debate yet. Instead, I am merely going to present facts this round, which I will use to make my case in the next round. Assume that my framework is…
• Other than that, everything (excluding blatantly anti-debate practices like Google Doc links to avoid the character limit) is fair game. Definitions"Should" implies moral desirability. A "living constitution" is one that " . . . changes over time, and adapts to new…

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• Therefore, if he is to beat me, it has to be with arguments already made. With that, I will go to Crystallization (voting issues in favor of PRO): 1. Value- Societal Welfare ---I am the ONLY one in this debate to offer a value. In LD debate, values have essential importance…
• OFF-CASE 1 My opponent contends that ought implies moral importance and that morality can never exist. --> 1) Ought could imply morals AND pragmatism. ---Lucky for me, I achieve both. I am moral when I look out for the community and reach out to the culprits, yet I am pragmatic…

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• My opponent concedes all my points, he has no case, thus I have affirmed the resolution. For further review of my arguments just look at the rounds previous.
• First my opponent doesn't respond to my definition of a marriage and therefore it can be assumed he accepts it. As of right now the definition of a marriage for this round is: Marriage: the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long…

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• Yes, I did format the debate to be primarily a legal one, but not strictly according to current state of affairs. For example, SinceThe Supreme Court is a "review court", The Appellant/Petitioner on my side has the burden of proof in a review court.This means that it has…
• he copied and pasted all of that information except for the last paragraph or two; 3/4 of your argument was someone else's. I don't get why this is a big deal since I cited my sources and put quotations on those paragraphs. So there is no foul. Also, you wanted to discuss the…

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• Hi what's up
• I stand pro because kids should be guided thru there there lives to be helped and be raised because if a kid was left on his own to grow up and fend for he or she then they would not turn out well they would end up most likely sterling or destroying things and the world would…

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• The driving age is way too low. In some states kids can drive as young as 14. The amount of car accidents that happen with minors is off the charts. Kids are allowed to start driving as they are just starting to mature. There are way too many car accidents with the youth, kids…
• All of your information is your opinion. None of it is proven facts or studies. You keep arguing that keeping teens off the road won't do anything, but that is your own opinion, studies show otherwise. http://www.news-record.com... There are specific facts in this source…

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• Since my opponent has forfeited, I extend m last argument as my closing statements. As a closer to that, I have shown how most of my opponent's arguments fail either due to technical reasons (hunting scenario) or because he ignored the guidelines. He refuted nothing…
• I will make this short and sweet. I started the debate. I set guidelines. You accepted the debate and with it the guidelines. I recognize that punishing people for everything in your definition is ludicrous. THAT IS WHY I SET GUIDELINES! I don't need to defend them because I…

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• 1.August 13, 1808 Francis B. Palmer made his will, leaving his daughters Mrs.Riggs and Mrs. Preston small legacies along with leaving the remainder of his estate to Elmer E. Palmer his grandson. (1.1.1) 2. Elmer lived with the testator at the date of the will and was 16 when…
• There is no way to tell that the testator would have potentially changed it , but that still leaves time for him to have changed it. Elmer did not give his grandfather this time to do so. Elmer himself knew his grandfather could have changed his will at any given time which is…

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• Do you think International Court Of Justice exercises its jurisdiction arbitrarily ? For me, it does on its assumption theory that it can assume its jurisdiction even though a state is its member or not . In other words -Do you see political dominance and its role beyond ? I…

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• I disagree because I killed a man once and I was looking at life, but I got a plea bargain and only got 30 years and now I am out of prison because I broke out. Don't tell anyone though I am in hiding. So I will describe what I did first I killed the man then I ran away. Then I…

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• The definition of overly militarized involves two components. First, it involves the employment of weapons, equipment, and tactics that are disproportionate to the tangible threat. Second, it is an overall force posture that is overly aggressive to the point of being…
• American Police, as most recently seen in the ongoing Ferguson, Missouri unrest, are overly militarized. BoP is shared. Overly Militarized = the employment of weapons, equipment, and tactics that are disproportionate to the threat. An overly aggressive posture that is…

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• Due to absence of titles from my opponent, I will create my own titles. ::Hate:: "In either instance, hate is the motivational force behind the burning. " Untrue, what you did here is omit all examples when there's no hate. For the sake of being short I will simply give you 3…
• Before I begin, I will answer my opponents question: Q."In this instance, do you refer to flag burning in general or flag burning out of hate (rather more often out of hate)?" A.We will be discussing two different instances. One instance a person does it without hate and in…

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• First, in my opponents opening paragraph, he makes the point that we must have a combination of both discovery of fact and due process. Of course I agree! As he showed, you very clearly have to have some of both. But my opponent draws the wrong conclusion from this. He states,…
• Thanks to my opponent for his response! And I apologize for taking so long to post my argument. I first want to say, at one point in my opponents debate he states, "Breaking the laws to uphold them isn't very effective, as such a discovery of fact outlook would have to put an…

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• First of all, for the purposes of this debate (unless disputed) "riparian landowner" shall mean an individual or organisation that owns property that borders either the sea or a tidal river estuary. The Marine and Coastal Access Bill will enshrine the right of the British…
• I understand that my opponent's account has been closed so I shall make no further arguments.

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• Where is the right time then Joey? Are you telling me a person is going over seas to risk his life for our country isn't a good enough reason to drink alcohol. Also you are speaking for the entire youth saying they all would come in and do all the wrong things. You have no…
• The drinking age should be eliminated because alcohol is indeed dangerous and can cause accidents but it would not just be the youth of our nation being involved in the accidents. An 18-year-old can join the military to fight and possibly die for his country, but he can"t drink…

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• Thank you for the response, I will begin by pointing out several fallacies in your argument. You said: "The government is not trying to take away assault rifles from the military if that's what your insinuating I'm saying. My argument is that an assault rifle is an unnecessary…
• You said: "You first need to know that the government does not intent on taking guns that have practical use. They want to enforce more strict rules against the purchasing of semi-automatic rifles. " I must first point out this is not factual, and you have yet to define…

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• Well those people being stupid isn't going to change they will always be stupid so why punish the majority for the stupidity of the few? The age should basically be lowered on the simple fact of if I am an adult when I turn 18 I should have the choice to destroy my body with…
• Your point of lack of education has some merit to it but if we did not spend millions of dollars telling kids don't do drugs and spent that money on educating them on how to be better people in making decisions we wouldn't have as many problems with drunk driving. If they have…

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• Cell phones in cars can be regulated, unlike other distractions
• People should not explain in car on phone why they are running late.

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• To begin my closing statements, I think I will reiterate the topic of discussion. That being "Copyright laws are antithetical to the principle of free expression." I though this would make an important inclusion, since it appears that my opponent has forgotten this. It was…
• I must confess a degree of personal incredulity regarding the claims of my opponent. My consternation originates, primarily, from two separate segments of their response. The first issue I have is with the idea that constitutional rights are not absolute. The second is with the…

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• Definitions: Violent offender: A person who commits a crime that does physical harm to another person Incarcerated: Sentenced to spend time in a prison for their crimes.
• The Difference Between Violent and Non-Violent OffendersWith a violent criminal the harm that they can cause is much more immediate, more irreversible and more possesses more potential to end or ruin lives. While Non-Violent offenders should be punished the drawbacks of prison…

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• You are talking about a country based on freedom. Having the government control your life is totalitarianism not freedom. Yes, we should wear seat belts, there are thousands of things we "should" do, but should we be forced to do them? No. The government should stay out of our…
• Thanks for taking the debate. I want to start by saying breaking down every word I wrote with your discount psychology doesn't help your case, it is just pathetic. I will just jump into the ridiculous points you made. Not to say you didn't try to make good points, but they were…

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• Texting while driving is downright the most despicable and selfish thing you can do on the road. Drunk driving reduces your reaction time and alertness, while texting and driving puts both of those at their worst because you are completely taking your eyes off the road. A…

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• What if the people taking care of these dogs actually had malicious intents? Many times families can seem loving towards their pets, but in reality they may not be. It is more of a risk to give the option of owning a powerful breed to people like I just described than to allow…
• Thank you for posting your argument regardless of mine not being there. I do agree with you that people have the fault not the dogs; however, dogs have no power on what people decide to do with them. As you said, people could decide to breed poodles to fight, but they do not…

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• ---Considering my opponent has forfeited the last round, all of my arguments still stand. ---I'd like to briefly review my points. ---Point 1: Nothing productive happens between the hours of 11:00 p. m. and 5:00 a. m. that is unsupervised. I'd like to use three scenarios to…
• ---Seeing as my opponent has not posted any argument, just attacked my own, I must only defend/build my argument. ---Point 1: Nothing productive happens between the hours of 11:00 p. m. and 5:00 a. m. that is unsupervised. Productive is a positive thing, not negative.…

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• I accept the challenge and I will be debating "Pro"

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• Thanks, Tucktovich, for instigating this debate. I accept your format and look forward to a fun and educational exchange of ideas. I accept the definitions of legal entity and contract law, but request a redefinition of marriage. Marriage: a personal, monogamous union between…
• My opponent has made several very interesting arguments in his round 2 rebuttal. I too will avoid addressing my opponent's arguments this round and, instead, will insert my final arguments. My opponent is in favor of de-legalizing marriage so that anyone can form personal…

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• Sorry, I was caught up with with other things. I will forfeit the debate to you as I failed to the initial premises.
• Before I get into the parameters, I just want to point out that I want to learn how debate and refute arguments better. I believe facing persons who are more experienced will lead to better conditioning (not a debatable topic haha) in my own skill because I like debating. That…

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• But there should be no need for a police force in the first place, throughout any time period. If people were to fix themselves, a police force would be made useless. No matter what the people did use before the police where invented, the point is that if man where less violent…
• First off, I never said anything about others paying for your broken wrist. I only said that breaking a wrist is something uncontrollable, that can happen to anyone, which also includes illness. I apologize if you interpreted health care to mean insurance. I'm only talking…

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• Three strikes responds only to future illegal downloads.
• Graduated response warnings deter further piracy

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• in order to reduce fatalities, injures, and property damage cause by the most dangerous groups of drivers, the driving age for getting a license should be raise nationally to 21 years old.
• By the use of the word "rigid" in your explanation of my proposition shows that you may not completely understand what I am proposing. I am not suggesting that 21 be the starting point for gaining driving skills. By implementing a GDL system to the age of 21 age, college…

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• first off my opponent claims that taking away access to even a small part of the right to bear arms is unlawful but if it is unlawful to take away handguns it is also unlawful to take away their access to nuclear weapons or rocket launchers. Secondly how does my opponent plan…
• My opponent said that handguns are used in self defense but couldn't they also use knifes or rifles for self defense as well as martial art techniques like karate. My opponent also said that it would be unconstitutional to put bans on handguns "A well regulated Militia, being…

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• I am questioning the relevance of bringing religion into the decision. At no point in my argument states religion as being a condition not to be considered a reasonable man. You have also failed to address the speciation that the grandfather had pervious wishes to remove Elmer…
• Pro Argues #14 "The court is bound by already existing rules not appeal to conscience" It is true that the court is bound by already existing rules and, "Law lists the ways in which a will can be altered."(517.3.8) However, "There's no written law in making a will that says you…

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• If you truely do not care, why are you taking the negative position? It is cool, I am just a curious cat. A side note: Same sex marriage has nothing to do with incest. They are separate issues.
• Stop right there. There is nothing wrong with two men or two women getting married. There is no harm in that. I am a Side A bisexual. If I fall in love with a woman, you would try to stop us from getting married? What gives you the right to tell people what to do? It is okay to…

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• When someone kills one person they take the life of a they have no right to taking. A crime is a crime even if it is the nicest person alive who just switched they have no right to get away with making the most important choice there is to life.

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• I have read it. And I think you should see that I am playing the devils advocate here.
• I will be arguing as pro, and that the US (United States) should hand over the control of our courts and law enforcement to the Military. Opponent will be delegated as con. Round 1 - Acceptance ONLY Round 2 - Arguments Round 3 - Rebuttal Round 4 - Arguments Round 5 - Closing…

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• 1. My point is not to prove that I can eliminate usage. My point is that drug legalization is more beneficial than criminalization. The Frasier Institute found that marijuana legalization (only one drug) in Canada (a smaller nation) would generate $2 billion in tax revenue.…
• I. "Prostitutes are often raped. " This is true. it is a sad truth. But if prostitution were legalized, this would not happen. 70% of Target employees are not raped in their profession, because they can go to the police and report the crime. They are protected. Prostitutes are…

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• I would first like to point out that in the digital age, music artists are making more money than ever [1], thus music artists should have little to complain about. Revenue from digital sales have been on the decline and incline for a while, but overall total revenue has been…
• For this debate, I would like to take the argument that pirating copyrighted materials (music, movies, software, etc.) online should be legal in the U.S., and that the act of pirating materials should not lead to any form of legal punishment. For reference let us define the…

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• My summary and conclusion are that it is unconstitutional for a random search and seizure. The lockers are the effects of the students, and as such are subject to the same laws as a house. The tenent must give permission, or the landlord must. However this must only occur if a…
• My opponent has already forfeited the debate because this round is for rebuttals only. The most he could do is rebut my argument.

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• General debate on free speech laws in most countries.

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• 1) It is the right of the people to have effective law enforcement. 2) At times, in some nations there is a lack of effective law enforcement. 3) The only available remedy at that point is for the citizens themselves to enforce the law.

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• I apologize for forfeiting the previous round. If voters see fit, they should give conduct points to my opponent. I agree with the majority of YYW's points. What I disagree with is the conclusion YYW derives from them. I've tried to boil his argument down and this is what I…
• Thanks for taking the debate YYW. Suppose you see the word "HELP" inscribed on the sidewalk in front of an office building. It could immediately be asked, what does it mean? You consider the scenario and come up with all sorts of plausible answers. Perhaps the author was a kid…

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• Let's start with the definition debate. He claims that the rights are only bound by legal principles, but the definition that HE provides stipulates that they can also be derived from "ethical theory." This is important because it DIRECTLY LINKS IN to the justification as to…
• My opponent's response to my case was interesting, yet flawed. I will start with his definitions. He defines ownership as "legal right of possession." I propose the alternate definition of the " possession with the right to transfer possession to others" from Princeton WordNet…

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• My opponent begins his round by clarifying, " I didn't state 'responsibility for patriotism' but responsibility for respecting the symbols of freedom and Democratic ideals of the Forefathers of any country." Still, I disagree with this statement. We don't have a responsibility…
• I'll begin by addressing Con's first point: the idea that flag burning somehow neglects a responsibility. I completely negate the idea that patriotism is an obligation. Patriotism is neither a right nor a responsibility. Moreover, one can still feel patriotic even if they burn…

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• If over population is already a problem, then how does segregating have anything got do with that? It doesn't. Its just dividing up what you've already got for the common good of the prisoners. the barriers can move to allow for the fluctuation.
• No extension would be needed. Just divide up the pace there already is. Keep the violent offenders in one area, and the non violent offenders in another area. It would help keep peace and order, the violent offenders will have the maximum security and guards that they need and…

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• Firstly, I would love to tell the Con that 'the society we prosper in is ours and if all of us become selfish , just think about us and not work for the society' would be completely absurd and mean. Domestic violence has become a critical issue and it's high time we make…
• I can comprehend your views on Domestic Violence , but i have points to make that would object your views. Firstly , as you mentioned 'Home is a Castle' and the people should not be binded with laws at least in their homes. But this doesn't imply that you will torture or assert…