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Welcome to the Official Website of Sheryl Kaczmarek, Director of Debate at Lexington H.S.

In these pages you will find course information for all of the debate classes offered at Lexington High School, in addition to information about all of the debate tournaments we will attend this school year.

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Please use the 2020-2021 Home link for all specific 2020-2021 DEBATE CLASS information, although the other pages also contain useful information. Thanks! Kaz
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Current Topics

Policy Debate – 2020-2021 Topic
Resolved: The United States federal government should enact substantial criminal justice reform in the United States in one or more of the following: forensic science, policing, sentencing.

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Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Possible 2020-2021 Topics

September/October 2020
  • Resolved: The United States ought to adopt a proportional representation system for elections to the House of Representatives. 
  • Resolved: In a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory. <-- Actual Topic
  • Resolved: Social media companies ought to be legally responsible for content posted by users on their platforms.
November/December 2020
  • Resolved: In the United States, workers ought to have the legal right to vote for representatives on corporate boards. 
  • Resolved: The United States ought to legalize adult sex work. 
  • Resolved: The United States ought to provide a federal jobs guarantee. <--Actual Topic
January/February 2021
  • Resolved: States ought to ban lethal autonomous weapons. <--Actual Topic
  • Resolved: The United States ought to expand the application of the Public Trust Doctrine to wildlife habitats.
  • Resolved: The United States ought to end its use of secondary sanctions on other countries. 
March/April 2021
  • Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee universal child care. 
  • Resolved: The United States ought to recognize a positive right to reproduce. 
  • Resolved: Direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising is unethical. 
National Tournament 2021
  • Resolved: A wealth tax is just. 
  • Resolved: Sin taxes are unjust. 
  • Resolved: A public health emergency justifies limiting civil liberties.

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NOVICE Lincoln-Douglas Debate -- The NOVICE topic lasts from September through November every year.
Resolved: Civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified.

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Public Forum Debate – Possible 2020-2021 Topics
September/October 2020: Healthcare
  • Resolved: The United States federal government should enact the Medicare-For-All Act of 2019. <-- Actual Topic
  • Resolved: On balance, centralized national responses to pandemics are more beneficial than decentralized responses. 
November/December 2020: Non-Proliferation Efforts
  • Resolved: The United States should adopt a declaratory nuclear policy of no first use. <-- Actual Topic
  • Resolved: The United States should substantially modernize its nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) systems. 
January 2021: Data Privacy
  • Resolved: The NSA should end its surveillance of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. <-- Actual Topic
  • Resolved: The United States should establish a federal data protection agency. 
February 2021: Intra-African Policy
  • Resolved: On balance, the benefits of urbanization in West Africa outweigh the harms.
  • Resolved: Exclusive rights to the use of the Nile River are harmful to African stability. 
March 2021: U.S. Space Policy
  • Resolved: Article IV of the Outer Space Treaty should be amended to ban anti-satellite weapons. 
  • Resolved: On balance, the benefits of creating the United States Space Force outweigh the harms. 
April 2021: International Economies
  • Resolved: The benefits of the International Monetary Fund outweigh the harms.
  • Resolved: On balance, cryptocurrency benefits emerging economies. 
National Tournament 2021: Free Speech
  • Resolved: In the United States, social media is beneficial for democratic values. 
  • Resolved: The United States federal government should no longer apply Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to Big Tech.


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