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Resolved: In the United States, organized political lobbying does more harm than good.

A list of briefs for this book appears below the fold.

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METADEBATE

• LOBBYING DEFINED
  
• VERY PRECISE DEFINITION OF LOBBYING REQUIRED TO DEBATE ITS MERITS
  

PRO EVIDENCE

• LOBBYING INTRODUCES DIRTY MONEY TO POLITICS
  
• PROMISED REFORMS FROM RECENT SCANDALS HAVEN’T BROUGHT REFORM
  
• REFORMS WON’T FIX LOBBYING
  
• REFORMS/RULES AREN’T ENFORCED
  
• LOBBYING FUNDS EXTRAVAGANT TRIPS FOR POLITICIANS
  
• SHOULD REFORM/LIMIT LOBBYING
  
• LOBBYING DISTRACTS LAWMAKERS
  
• LOBBYING HURTS THE PUBLIC INTEREST
  
• LOBBYING MEANS UNEQUAL ACCESS FOR THOSE WITH CASH MONEY
  
• LOBBYIST-FUNDED TRAVEL INAPROPRIATE
  
• CONTINGENCY FEE LOBBYING ILLEGITIMATE
  
• SHOULD STOP REVOLVING DOOR
  
• A/T: LOBBY = SPEECH
  
• A/T: TRANSPARENCY/DISCLOSURE FIXES LOBBYING PROBLEMS
  
• A/T: LOBBYING IS PROTECTED BY THE 1ST AMENDMENT
  

CON EVIDENCE

• PRO ARGUMENTS ARE UNNECESSARY HYSTERIA
  
• 1ST AMENDMENT PROTECTS LOBBYING
  
• LOBBYING IS A CRITICAL PART OF DEMOCRACY
  
• LOBBYING IS CRITICAL TO INFORMING CITIZENS
  
• CONGRESS USES LOBBYISTS AS A CRITICAL PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
  
• LOBBYING SERVES MANY PUBLIC INTEREST CAUSES
  
• LOBBYING ALLOWS CITIZENS TO PRACTICE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
  
• CONTINGENCY LOBBYING ALLOWS LOBBYING TO THOSE THAT CAN’T AFFORD THE PROCESS
  
• DISCLOSURE FIXES LOBBYING HARM
  
• CRITICISMS OF LOBBYING ARE UNINFORMED AND SIMPLISTIC
  
• STATES HAVE ACTED TO MAKE LOBBYING LESS SCANDAL-PRONE
  
• LOBBYING REFORM HAS MADE LOBBYING LESS SCANDAL-PRONE
  
• DON’T LIMIT LOBBYING, INSTEAD, INCREASE THE VOLUME OF ALL VOICES
  
• TRANSPARENCY MAKES LOBBY LESS SCANDALOUS
  
• A/T: VOICE EQUALITY ARGUMENTS