Potential 2023-2024 LD and PF Topics Announced
The NSDA has announced the potential LD and PF topics for the 2023-2024 season. Voting for the September/October topics opens on August 1st, and the topics will be announced on August 8th.
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Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee the right to housing.
Resolved: The United States ought to substantially increase the use of nuclear power to generate electricity.
Resolved: The United States ought to establish a public option for banking.
Resolved: States ought to prohibit resource extraction within the Arctic Circle.
Resolved: The United States ought to prohibit the extraction of fossil fuels from federal public lands and waters.
Resolved: The United States federal government ought to implement a Social Wealth Fund.
Resolved: The United States federal government ought to substantially strengthen its obligation of trust responsibility toward Indigenous Nations.
Resolved: The United States ought to recognize Iraqi Kurdistan.
Resolved: The United States ought to substantially reduce its military presence in the West Asia-North Africa region.
Resolved: The primary objective of the United States criminal justice system ought to be rehabilitation.
Resolved: An inquisitorial justice system is preferable to an adversarial justice system.
Resolved: In the United States, the use of eminent domain to promote private enterprise is unjust.
Resolved: In a democracy, a people ought to have the right to secede from their government.
Resolved: Democracies ought to have electoral gender quotas.
Resolved: In a democracy, non-citizen residents ought to have the right to vote in national elections.
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its military presence in the Arctic.
Resolved: The benefits of European Union enlargement outweigh the harms.
Resolved: The United States federal government should forgive all federal student loan debt.
Resolved: On balance, the benefits of school choice programs in the United States outweigh the harms.
Resolved: The United States federal government should repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Resolved: On balance, the benefits of the Chevron deference doctrine outweigh the harms.
Resolved: The Federative Republic of Brazil should prioritize its environmental protection over its economic development.
Resolved: The United States federal government should ban single-use plastics.
Resolved: In the United States, collegiate student-athletes should be classified as employees of their educational institution.
Resolved: The United States federal government should restore the banking regulations of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010.
Resolved: The Republic of Korea should develop nuclear weapons.
Resolved: The United Nations should abolish permanent membership on its Security Council.
Resolved: The United States should establish a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement with the European Union.
Resolved: On balance, the benefits of the EU-Mercosur free trade deal outweigh the harms.
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