Law Debate Topics for Students — page 9

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• Marbury v. Madison 1 Cranch (5 U.S.) 137 (1803), is not relevant. It was in regard to appointments and judicial process...no were in the case is eminent domain mentioned. In fact relevant law in that case was: 1)U.S. Const. art. III, Section 2 Clause 2 and 2)Judiciary Act of…
• 5th Amendment: "nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation". I draw your attention to the,"...just compensation" portion. This clearly gives the government the right to take land. It as also been upheld by the courts that using said land for…

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• Sounds good. i will let you know when I can.
• Seeing as I only have two minutes left, I will forfeit this debate. I thank you for your time, but my class is about to end and I have to go. Your arguments were good ones.

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• PrefaceThis is the first debate I've done in over 6 months, and I'm excited to have it with a great opponent on a topic I've never done before.The resolution states that the US should 'abolish' affirmative action (henceforth AA.) This would require a law to be passed making it…
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• I believe there is a reason that the government legally describe youth offender as 12-18 yrs of age who acted with "DISCERNMENT" because they know already what they are doing, proven by professionals and it is tested. They will be inerviewd first and under a due process. My…
• Thank you for that answer. First, the definition of a YOUTH OFFENDER is 12-18 yrs of age who acted with DISCERNMENT. I believe during those age they already know what is GOOD and what is BAD. Mostly our crimes today are mostly juveniles who commits rape, murder, theft. etc…

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• Intro: Thanks to my opponent for a great debate. //Sexual Dimorphism// CON's thinks that physical fitness should be tested individually and those that do not achieve a satisfactory level of physical standard should not be let into the military. However, he missed the point that…
• Intro: Unjust discrimination should not be tolerate. However, men and women aren't the same I. Sexual Dimorphism My opponent and I agree on the following a. Men are on average more physical fit than females b. Physical fitness is important in the military However, PRO thinks…

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• The reason it is unconstitutional is because it infringes upon the rights of others. If someone does not want it, it should not be forced on them. But also, in case you haven't realized, this is socialism. Socialism is when the government takes care of life necessities. Health…
• I personally believe that President Barack Obama's Health Care Bill is unconstitutional. Why? Because you are making people getting something that they may not want. Actually statistics prove that more than 50% of Americans do not want anything to do with Obama's Health Care…

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• "We do not see the effects of what piracy has on the economy largely because piracy still is a relatively uncommon crime." It's not uncommon at all. According to a research paper by Colombia University: "Piracy is common." Some 46% of adults have bought, copied, or downloaded…
• "Its unnecessary to post the same words twice when they are on record." I disagree =) "It can be just as likely from your study that only 1% of your 46% are repeat offenders, and we would have no way of knowing." I'm sure the voters will strongly disagree with you here. I'm…

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• I'm arguing for marijuana legalization. Marijuana should be legalized on the fundamental principle of personal freedom. This is inherent to the founding of the U.S.A. Marijuana doesn't do enough harm to keep it legalized and keeping it legalized does more bad then good. I'm all…

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• My opponent's account is no longer active. We'll probably never know what the relation to copyright infringement was.
• My opponent has forfeited. Her ddo page indicates she has not been online for three days. My arguments are continued.

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• I want to solidify the question and then answer it.Should a bussiness have a right to refuse service. This is a yes or no question. Not sometimes or maybe. Should the government be allowed to force businesses to accept anyone from using the business or allow the businesss to…
• Should they have the right to refuse service taken away? The Civil Rights Act of 1964 explicitly prohibits restaurants from refusing service to patrons on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin. In addition, most courts don't allow restaurants to refuse service…

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• Now, in my case, I will prove that this polic/racial profiling is a no-no to the community, why? First, it is mainly discrimination and the core of racism. It is used to judge and show prejudice than to identify or distinguish a certain person. I believe that practice is a…
• Standard rules apply. R1- Acceptance. R2- Opening Arguments. R3- Continuation of Arguments. R4- Last round, only rebuttals and summary/closings (No new arguments are to be made). Racial/Police Profiling- refers to the use of an individual's race or ethnicity by law enforcement…

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• The drinking age was 18 in the past and it was raised for a reason. The UK is actually debating changing their drinking age , because of our example and that they have such a problem with binge drinking in younger people. They have seen that the numbers have dropped since the…
• Two of your arguments for lowering the age are not really valid. For example, just because you lower the drinking age , does not mean that underage drinking will stop. It will just be younger kids that are caught. Kids are drinking at 16 and 17 they will still drink at 16 and…

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• 1. //This statement is misleading, a school does not have to have proportionality when it comes to athletic enrollment to meet IX requirements. . To be in compliance with title IX a school must meet at least one of these three requirements: 1. ) Providing athletic participation…
• I'm sorry for the typo and the misunderstanding, in the comments i thought you were talking about the topic, like title IX... but sorry... Definitions accepted. To refute my opponent's points: 1) "promotes equal opportunity" this it does, but it does too well, in fact it does…

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• Parole is a way of rewarding good behavior. If the offenders don't participate in violent behavior, or using drugs, they have the opportunity to go back into society under the supervision of a parole officers. It provides the opportunity to return offenders to society as…
• The possibility of parole is effective in promoting good behavior in prisons because it gives them a reason to be good.

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• Creative commons allows existing work to be used as a building block by others
• If the public funds a product it belongs to them

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• BoP? Really? Bureau of prisons, What does this have to do with anyhing?
• I don't have an argument i just need some points for affirmative please, Thanks

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• As my opponent has forfeited the last two rounds, I shall briefly (really quickly this time, I promise) restate my points. Aff Case: 1) International law gives people rights. 2) International courts can deter crimes against humanity by making global leaders accountable. 3)…
• It seems my opponent has forfeited the last round, so I will just summarize my arguments. Pro Case (Neg has not argued against any of my points) 1) International justice provides security by giving humans rights which they can exercise. 2) International courts can prevent…

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• If you wear a black shirt, that means that you are a racist against white people.

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• lol, ok extend
• Ok, thats fine. Anyway, extend for the enitre debate then

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• The Necessary and Proper Clause - The Congress shall have Power - To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department…
• Victory.

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• Oh dear
• Thanks Con. My opponent ASSERTS that illegal immigration is bad, with literally no analysis. He only states: "giving them an education and allowing them to work in establishments for the same pay as regular citizens is unjust"The first part can be turned, since these immigrants…

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• There are two tiers to consider in terms of regulation of the freedom of speech. The first is the principle itself - does the government have the right to infringe upon freedom of speech at all (i.e., is there any justifiable reason); the second is the level to which it…
• Logos brings up a very reasonable argument; however, there are several reasons why this point of view is flawed; both for semantical/legal reasons, and for important, real life reasons as well. First of all, I would like to point out that although one may think the intent of…

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• My opponent debates well and clearly we agree upon more things than we disagree about. We both seem to agree that: 1. Sampling is NOT theft if no attempt is made to exploit the results for profit. [or at least that "if a piece of work is used in the privacy of your home without…
• I was under the impression that I had shown my position on wishing to debate morality rather than legality quite clearly as the opening sentence of my first round states this explicitly: ' If you wish to debate the legality of sampling please do not accept this debate. ' I…

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• Wow, that's you defense? "we are the children of stardust, spiritually, of the Divine Energy." Just kill me now. You're an unworthy worm, whose feeble mind can't comprehend anything actually logical or real. Going off on a completely unrelated tangent about stars and moons and…
• There is no need for birth certificates. Prove me wrong.

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• I would like to extend my thanks to Skeptik for taking the time to respond to this debate and I should like to start by making it clear that I fully accept my opponent's point that censorship on television should be avoided wherever possible and that people have the choice to…
• Last week, Carol Thatcher was sacked from her job as a presenter of a BBC lightweight current affairs television programme after making a racially insensitive remark which included the word "golliwog"* http://www.dailymail.co.uk... The news of this caused much wailing and…

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• Thank you for your observations. I accept your point that, if I overtake a car at over 70mph on a motorway, I am breaking the law. Indeed, I hold my hands up to that one - I rarely drive under the speed limit on motorways, unless of course I am held up by lane-hoggers! Also, I…
• Thanks for joining the debate. Just to clarify, I was talking about the UK, although similar arguments could apply in the US. The speed limit here is 70mph, although in practice, drivers travelling under 80mph on the highway are very rarely prosecuted. Also, it is illegal to…

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• Summary
• Guantanamo Bay Violates Fundamental Human Rights.

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• 1: G2;plājəG6;rīz/verbgerund or present participle: plagiarizingtake (the work or an idea of someone else) and pass it off as one's own.synonyms:copy, infringe the copyright of, pirate, steal, poach, appropriate; Morecopy from (someone) and pass it off as one's own.-Merium…
• 1:Bullying can be any form of behavior, physical or verbal, intended to berate, humiliate, scare, or harass another person. The behavior is usually repetitive, and can extend over a long period of time. Bullies are frequently in a position of power over their victims, either…

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• To justify a hate crime enhancement, you would have to justify that someone should be punished more severly because of their own beliefs. And for this reason, Hate Crime Enhancements are Unjust in the United States. Point 1. Constitutional Right. It is clearly written in the…

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• As this is the last round, this will be a general overview of the debate with some clarifications as well. Fairness My response to the evidence against rehabilitation's actual ability to succeed was small because the evidence in favor of the proposition was zero. Simply…
• Viewers should note that both con and I could agree that greater crimes warrant greater punishment. Retribution isn't only about punishment, but the purpose of punishment. So we could more severely punish rapists and murderers but do so only for the sake of deterrence or…

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• I would first like to address my case, then I will move on to my opponents case, ending with several reasons as to why I have won this debate. My opponent begins by saying that racism is not morally incorrect. This is outrageous. In the history of the United States, we have…
• So, my opponent begins by saying that racial profiling is beneficial when enforcing the law. Even if this were true, which it isn't, (addressed later) it is still racist and a morally incorrect action to take. Say that a dictator kills ten people to attempt to squash a…

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• If we were to get rid of this law, and if another derailment happens, it may be found that it happened because one employee was in the bathroom, and the other fell asleep, putting pressure to hire another employee to make sure there is always two employees in the control…
• It will be difficult for me to debate this for two reasons. One, I think regardless of anything I might say, there still should be a second, and two, I don't know any sources I could cite. I will accept this challenge to make sure there are no points that are overlooked. To…

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• Internet anonymity allows people to speak the truth without fearing harm to their careers
• Internet anonymity allows people to experiment and construct with new social identities

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• (This is a placeholder. We are doing a CP debate, which means that after two rounds of argumentation, both sides get to do a 'reply speech' summing up the debate and why they feel their side wins, starting with opposition. It is now time for Opp's reply speech, and Government's…
• I'm going to go into some rebuilding of my "partner's" case, and then I'm going to go into some extensive refutation, and talk about the comparative that we are looking at in this case and why even if what Cole tells you is true, what we are giving you is still going to be…

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• Inevitably protects entrenched interest groups (Church in Crucible, Muslims in Pakistan)
• People have a right to blaspheme

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• My debater makes a clear example of the reason I believe a child should be given rights, to protect them from backwards thinking individuals like this. To think a child is automatically your property or your object is horribly inhumane and objectifies the child; they aren't…
• When children are born to their parents, they are expected to spend the first several years of their lives (1-18) sealed within an invisible prison of bondage and social, personal, and sexual repression that society has refused to acknowledge for so long. Our youth are thought…

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• Extend my arguments.
• Here is my argument for why marijuana should be legal. "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" this is the basis for the so called unalienable rights that we Americans enjoy. The pursuit of happiness is a right for Americans, and this law tends to apply, most logically, to…

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• Fair enough. Make it illegal to give people some peace to grieve and to give the dead a break from these morons. Your move.
• You challenged me. If you honestly expected me to pass up the challenge and give you the points or however this system works simply because to argue in the precise format that you wanted was a bit more awkward than usual and my reply didn't seem to completely agree with what…

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• Lengthy copyright protection is extremely inefficient for the dissemination of works
• Long copyrights serve to severely limit access by the public to creative works

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• =====Counterarguments===== "First, I did not equate the act of tossing a ring/breaking off a marriage with treason. " ----> Well then it was somewhat confusing since I misinterpreted what you meant, but no matter. 1. The Analogy of the Ring to Flag Burning Let's assume that…
• =====Counterarguments===== "So the free speech clause of the first amendment reiterates that the federal government was granted no authority to abridge the freedom of speech. I believe most of us agree on the importance of this natural right in that it protects dissent and…

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• Okay, so I'm going to skip around a little bit on my arguments. For starters, on your Constitutional argument, I'll agree that the Constitution is just as much as a symbol as the flag as you had mentioned in your last speech. I have two things on this 1. Supreme Court cases can…
• Like you said, the flag is a symbol of America. It is also a symbol of our freedom, it is a tribute to those who have fought on behalf of our great nation, it is a symbol to those who have died to give you the right to protest in the first place. If you burn the flag, you not…

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• First and foremost, I reckon that we should emphasize and insist on legalization when person is 21. In that case he/she is more prepared for driving without any doubt. In this age people are more conscious and wise and car is not a toy for them but a transport meaning in the…
• Yes, I comprehend you but we never eradicate corruption because of its beginning starts from government. These all hotly-debated considerations about 21 age license system have its own reasons. For example a great myriad of rules concerning 18 age access were changed up on 21…

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• I will first reattack my opponent's case and then rebuild my own. His observation: He states that there is no document saying that the US has no duty to help protect the world against CAH. This is incorrect. The US is a charter member of the United Nations and the UN was…
• In this round I will first attack my opponent's case and then defend my own. My opponent began with a quick observation. While not a part of his case It is still necessary that I refute it so as to provide a clear and concise argument. He stated, "The US has a moral obligation…

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• My opponent's second and final round is comprised mostly of various definition of freedom. Which is fine and dandy but it has nothing to do with the resolution.The bulk of my opponent's argument says this:"Social Security is not keeping an eye of everyone, social security is…
• The resolution states: The US Government Can Keep An Eye On EveryoneSince no definition of everyone was given, I will provide one.Everyone: all people within the United StatesNow, I must show that this is true.First of all I want to point out that Con's argument is a jumbled…

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• Hello, This is my very first debate, I do not know much about the topic but I am aware of the media uproar that ensued to know the basics of what happened. Troy Davis was convicted of killing a cop, the evidence was circumstantial and DNA evidence was NOT used in the case... He…
• Not all cases need DNA evidence to suggest or prove that a particular person committed a particular crime. The Crime he was executed for occurred in Savannah Georgia where Davis assaulted a man with a pistol and officer Mark MacPhil tried to intervene. 7 witnesses claim to have…

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• P1- Just because a number of prisoners have committed more crimes after getting released out of prison, does not mean all prisoners will. There are some who take advantage of the numerous state, federal and local assistance programs to help them reintegrate into their…
• P1- According to the Epoch Times, prisons in places like Nebraska are at 155% of capacity. In California, courts have been ordered to drastically decrease their inmate population. This is because the housing of prisoners have created multibillion dollar expenses. Large sums of…

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• 1. 13 year olds working 1. How would a 13 year old live off of 20 hours of week of minimum wage, with no credit, no parental support and still succeed in schooling? Before World War II, people finished school at 8th grade (excluding higher education). College students still…
• 1. This of course ignores age limits by the states and federal government that would not permit a 13 year old to have active employment. I believe a 13 year old should be able to get a job and make a good salary. 2. Lastly, parents should be responsible for the actions of their…

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• # 1: Schools can balance out racially imbalanced schools by desegregating white and colored schools by migrating them together so you can have an equal racial mix. # 3: Judges can provide safer schools for colored students by having police in schools and by protecting the buses…
• 1: How can we balance out the nationality's in racially imbalanced schools? #3: How can judges provide safer schools for black and Hispanic students arriving in predominately white schools? #2: Can courts provide equal education for Black and Hispanic students coming to…

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• Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, "Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting." the other way that it could happen is through the voting rights act of 1965. Because…
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• First of all, I would like to clear some things up on some definitions because I believe that you have manipulated them to work for you. You give a definition of discrimination, in literal terms, but expect us to use the word in it's standard term, by that definition…
• I'm going to keep this short since it's midnight and it is due soon, sorry I didn't post sooner, I have been very busy. Since you are so fond of scenarios I'll use one for an example. Imagine that you are the chief of police and you have just been informed that crime rates are…