Round 5: Tossup 10
Note to moderator: Read answerline carefully. Note to Players: Description Acceptable. A 2005 article by James Ho about this right argued that Plyler v. Doe refuted Peter Schuck’s 1985 book on it. The 1924 Snyder Act eliminated an exception to this right created by Elk v. Wilkins. Jacob M. Howard attached an exemption reading “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” to this Jus Soli principle. An exemption to this right was held to only apply to diplomats by United States v. (*) Wong Kim Ark. Trump v. Barbara concerns a 2025 Executive Order attempting to end this right for children of non-permanent residents, who are often attacked as “anchor babies.” For 10 points, the 14th Amendment grants what right to babies born in the U.S? ■END■
ANSWER: birthright citizenship [accept jus soli before mention; accept descriptions indicating that a person receives citizenship automatically if they are born in the U.S.; prompt on citizenship with “what right guarantees a method of obtaining citizenship?” before “born” is read; accept citizenship after “born” is read]
<Social Science - Other, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 05
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Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✕ | 6 | 100% | 17% | 33% | 82.00 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 2 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 70.50 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 102.33 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 50% | 25% | 88.75 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 20% | 20% | 93.40 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 67% | 0% | 73.67 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 50% | 25% | 77.25 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 76.25 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 80% | 20% | 20% | 102.00 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 63% | 13% | 74.63 |