Task
Marshal Your Case
Stakes
A tribunal verdict that beats the steelman is the one that wins your portfolio’s case — and the one a judge believes.
Steelman the side you’re going to argue against.
Take the tribunal motion (or any view you disagree with). Build its STRONGEST form — the opposition research you’d do before attacking (200–300 words):
- Re-state the opposing view so well its holder would say "yes, that’s exactly it." No scarecrows, no sneering.
- Best evidence — the two strongest facts or arguments on THEIR side (that you supply).
- Genuine agreement — one thing in their view you actually concede is right.
- Only now — your rebuttal, aimed at this strong version, in one paragraph.
You pass when a person who HOLDS the opposing view would read your steelman and nod — and when your rebuttal attacks that strong version, not a weaker one you slipped in.
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