Two weeks ago Isaiah McPeak and Kawika Vellalos had their last in-tournament debate, as both are seniors at Patrick Henry College. The resolution asked NCFCA veteran and winner of 4 parliamentary tournaments Tim Snyder and his trusty partner, former NCFCA national champion Grace Lichlyter, to advocate that “Russia is the greatest threat to the United States” (or something like that).
While NATO research was available to prep, Isaiah and Kawika took a somewhat unconventional approach to calculating the “greatest threat” to the U.S. Watch for some lively parliamentary debating–a format that bans evidence but does allow interruption.
I couldn’t really tell how to do that without seeing the case you’re using. Essentially, you’d need to take a solid look at your case and figure out a few key reasons why you believe it is crucial to uphold the Rule of Law even though sometimes we might have to sacrifice economic prosperity or whatever the opposing value is to do so. Once you have those reasons, distill them into one or two RTP’s. Once again, I’m not sure what case/resolution you’re dealing with, but some possible RTP’s could be “Increased Stability” “Only way to ensure functioning government” “Purpose of criminal justice system” etc.