Motion 1: Under the "deferred happiness model" of parenting, there is strong emphasis on setting children up for a successful adulthood, including through a focus on academic or extracurricular achievement, structure, and discipline.

Under the "protected sphere model" of parenting, there is strong emphasis on "letting children be children", including through a focus on playtime and personal enjoyment.

For the purposes of this debate the Lone Star Tick is a tick that causes Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a serious (e.g. vomiting, nausea, headache), permanent, non-inheritable and uncurable allergic reaction to animal meat. Other symptoms are very mild.

Grandslam Island, part of the Slam archipelago in the Bay of Grand, houses the Slammers, an isolated tribe. The Slammers have never had contact with the outside world, and never will; they do not have modern technology. If you are born on Grandslam Island, basic food security is guaranteed, and Grandslam Island will not suffer from sea-level rise in your lifetime.

Under a no fault medical insurance scheme, medical injuries are automatically compensated for by the government without a need to prove a practioner was at fault. As a part of this scheme, people are not allowed to sue practioners for medical malpratice. New Zealand has already adopted this scheme.

Under a 'capitation' (or 'per head') model, GPs have a list of patients enrolled or assigned to receive medical care from them. They are then paid a fixed amount per patient per period of time, regardless of how many medical services they provide. The capitation payment may vary with demographic factors (e.g. age). This is used in the UK. Under a 'fee-for-service' model GPs are paid for each individual medical service they perform (e.g. checkup, prescription, etc.). This is used in Australia and the US."

A charity license permits a not-for-profit organisation to collect donations and exempts it from paying taxes. For the purposes of this debate, organisations without a charity license would be barred from collecting donations and would be required to pay taxes.

India currently imposes substantial tariffs on most of its international trading partners. On all of its trade the average tariff rate is about 15%. It imposes higher tariffs on certain industries such as automobile manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture. It also imposes higher tariffs on certain countries as an anti-dumping measure, especially China. In its 2023-24 Annual Budget, the Indian government increased tariffs on several items, including private jets, helicopters, plastic goods, jewelry, high-gloss paper, and vitamins. 

Unlike in Australia, or the US, Indian criminal law predominantly falls under the jurisdiction of the federal government, rather than state governments. 

On July 13, 2024, at a rally near Butler, Pennsylvania, Thomas Matthew Crooks shot at Donald Trump with an AR-15–style rifle from a nearby rooftop while Trump was giving a speech. Crooks wounded Trump's ear.