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Policy Debate – 2022-2023 Topic
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its security cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in one or more of the following areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity.

Policy Debate -- 2023-2024 Topic
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase fiscal redistribution in the United States by adopting a federal jobs guarantee, expanding Social Security, and/or providing a basic income.
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Public Forum Debate: Resolved: The benefits of AI in education outweigh the harms.

Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Resolved: In the United States, public K-12 schools ought to eliminate academic tracking.
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Possible 2022-2023 Topics

2022 September/October
  • Resolved: The United States ought to implement a single-payer universal healthcare system. <<-- Actual Topic
  • Resolved: The United States should legalize the sale of human organs.
  • Resolved: The United States ought to ban the use of germline genetic engineering in humans.
2022 November/December
  • Resolved: The People’s Republic of China ought to prioritize environmental protection over economic growth. <<-- Actual Topic
  • Resolved: Singapore’s Ethnic Integration Policy is unjust.
  • Resolved: The Republic of Korea ought to abolish military conscription.
2023 January/February
  • Resolved: Justice requires open borders for human migration. <<-- Actual Topic
  • Resolved: The United States federal government’s plenary power over Indigenous Nations ought to be substantially limited.
  • Resolved: The European Union has an obligation to accept climate refugees.
2023 March/April
  • Resolved: In the United States, municipal governments ought to adopt participatory budgeting.
  • Resolved: In the United States, public K-12 schools ought to eliminate academic tracking.
  • Resolved: The justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ought to be term-limited. <<-- Actual Topic
2023 National Tournament
  • Resolved: It is unethical for individuals to consume the meat of non-human animals.
  • Resolved: Deterrence is a morally just function of punishment.
  • Resolved: Government employees have a moral obligation to leak classified information to address injustice. <<-- Actual Topic

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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 2022-2023 Topics

2022 September/October – Topic Area: Environmental Infrastructure
  • Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase its investment in high-speed rail. <<-- Actual Topic
  • Resolved: The United States should substantially increase domestic extraction and production of rare-earth minerals.
2022 November/December – Topic Area: Military Strategy
  • Resolved: The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue should establish a formal security alliance.
  • Resolved: The United States’ strategy of Great Power Competition produces more benefits than harms. <<-- Actual Topic
2023 January – Topic Area: West Asia
  • Resolved: On balance, Israeli rapprochement towards Arab states produces more benefits than harms.
  • Resolved: The United States Federal Government should increase its diplomatic efforts to peacefully resolve internal armed conflicts in West Asia. <<-- Actual Topic
2023 February – Topic Area: Economy
  • Resolved: In the United States, right-to-work laws do more harm than good. <<-- Actual Topic
  • Resolved: On balance, the United States’ adoption of the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act of 2021 would produce more benefits than harms.
2023 March – Topic Area: South and Southeast Asia
  • Resolved: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should formally recognize the National Unity Government (NUG) as the legitimate government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
  • Resolved: The Republic of India should ratify the Artemis Accords. <<-- Actual Topic
2023 April – Topic Area: Technology
  • Resolved: The United States Federal Government should ban the collection of personal data through biometric recognition technology. <<-- Actual Topic
  • Resolved: The United States Federal Government should establish global standards for artificial intelligence.
2023 National Tournament – Topic Area: Civics
  • Resolved: The United States should adopt ranked-choice voting for its federal elections. <<-- Actual Topic
  • Resolved: The United States should end lifetime appointments for Article III judges.​

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2021-2022 Big Questions
Resolved: On balance, societies benefit from religious belief and practice.