Tossup
Elmer Gertz sued this group in a case whose majority opinion argued that the “actual malice” standard did not apply to private citizens. Harry Dean testified to the Warren Commission that this group had hired Cuban exiles to assassinate JFK. A 1962 meeting at Palm Beach’s Breakers Hotel was set up to discuss this group by a presidential candidate whose eventual support for them is discussed in Rick Perlstein’s Before the Storm. This group’s second president was killed on Korean Air Lines Flight 007. General Edwin Walker resigned after distributing pamphlets from this group, whose second president was Larry McDonald. Scholars have challenged the idea that William Buckley distanced the National Review from this group in order to promote a more “respectable” brand. For 10 points, Robert Welch founded what anti-communist society? ■END■
Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 22 | 100% | 0% | 23% | 102.59 |