Motion Library

Searchable motions for debate prep.

Search by format, difficulty, theme, event, date, and the central clash each motion is designed to test.

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Dossier Method

Read motions with a method.

Define the actor, isolate the burden, predict the strongest counter-case, and decide which impact can be compared at the end of the round.

Actor Map

Identify who acts, who pays, who gains, who is excluded, and who becomes evidence for someone else's claim.

Clash Map

List the two or three disputes that will decide the round. Everything else is scenery unless it moves weighing.

Judge Lens

Ask what an adjudicator can compare at the end: probability, magnitude, principle, reversibility, or democratic legitimacy.

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Published Motions

The vault is searchable.

Search by motion text, format, theme, or event. Each result is rendered as a match dossier.

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Motion Dossier Templates

Prep should leave fingerprints.

These are the recurring case files speakers should build before tournaments, workshops, or ICDL rounds.

CASE.FILE
GovernmentMechanismBurden

Model the world after the motion passes. Then defend that world against its best objection.

CLASH.MAP
OppositionRebuttalTurns

Do not answer everything. Answer the premise that keeps the government case standing.

WEIGH.LOG
AdjudicationImpactComparative

Write the ballot before speaking: why this harm, this probability, this principle, now.