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Resolved: In the United States, the principle of jury nullification is a just check on government.

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METADEBATE

• JURY NULLIFICATION DEFINED
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION CATEGORIZED
  
• “JURY NULLIFICATION” LABEL OVERAPPLIED
  
• WHAT ARE MODERN EXAMPLES OF JURY NULLIFICATION?
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION MUST BE ANALYZED ON A CASE-BY-CASE ANALYSIS
  

AFFIRMATIVE

• JURY NULLIFICATION HAS A CRITICAL HISTORY IN AMERICAN JURISPRUDENCE
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION WAS CRITICAL IN US PROTESTS AGAINST BRITISH RULE
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION HAD SUPPORT AMONG THE AMERICAN FOUNDERS
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION IS GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION IN INHERENT IN THE CONCEPT OF JURIES
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION PROTECTS AGAINST GOVERNMENT OPPRESSION
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION SHOULD BE PART OF JURY INSTRUCTIONS
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION ALLOWS FOR COMMUNITY VALUES IN THE COURTROOM
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION ALLOWS FOR MEANINGFUL APPLICATION OF THE LAW
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION HELPS MINORITIES FIGHT OPPRESSION
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION IS A CRITICAL TOOL IN A ZEALOUS DEFENSE
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION IS CRITICAL TO BATTLE PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT
  
• CURTAILING JURY NULLIFICATION BAD: DIMINISHES THE POWER OF THE JUDICIARY
  
• CURTAILING JURY NULLIFICATION BAD: HURTS THE POWER OF THE JURY
  
• CURTAILING JURY NULLIFICATION BAD: HURTS MINORITY PARTICIPATION IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
  
• A/T: JURY NULLIFICATION = ANARCHY
  
• A/T: SUPREME COURT IS AGAINST JURY NULLIFICATION
  
• A/T: NULLIFICATION CUTS BOTH WAYS
  
• A/T: JURIES WILL BE BIASED
  
• A/T: JURY NULLIFICATION HURTS RULE OF LAW
  
• A/T: PEPPER EVIDENCE/PEPPER EVIDENCE INDICTS
  
• A/T: NULLIFICATION HURTS THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH
  
• A/T: NULLIFICATION IS UNETHICAL
  

NEGATIVE

• HISTORY OF JURY NULLIFICATION DOESN’T CLEARLY SUPPORT THE CONCERT
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION SHIELDED RACISTS ATTACKS IN THE SOUTH DURING RECONSTRUCTION
  
• MODERN JURISPRUDENCE IS AGAINST JURY NULLIFICATION
  
• THE MODERN STATE HAS MOVED AWAY FROM NULLIFICATION AS A LEGAL STRATEGY
  
• SHOCKING IGNORANCE OF JURIES DIMINISHES THE JUSTIFICATION OF JURY NULLIFICATION
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION INVITES CHAOS TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION WORKS AGAINST THE RULE OF LAW
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION INVITES ANARCHY
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION DENIES DUE PROCESS
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION HURTS CRIME VICTIMS
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION HURTS THE SEPARATION OF POWERS
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION LEADS TO UNEQUAL APPLICATION OF THE LAW
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION HURTS THE JURY PROCESS
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION IS A VIOLATION OF THE JUROR’S OATH
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION ALLOWS FOR VENGEFUL CONVICTIONS
  
• JURY NULLIFICATION ALLOWS FOR BIASED CONVICTIONS
  
• RACIAL DISPARITIES IN JURIES MEAN THAT JURY NULLIFICATION IS DANGEROUS
  
• ENCOURAGING NULLIFICATION IS UNETHICAL
  
• A/T: JURY NULLIFICATION IS CONSTITUTIONAL
  
• A/T: NULLIFICATION PROTECTS RIGHTS
  
• A/T: BUTLER/RACE-BASED ADVOCACY FOR JURY NULLIFICATION