2020-2021
Varsity
Round 1 Topic: In United States environmental policy, this House prefers market incentives to direct regulation.
Round 2 Topic: The proliferation of nuclear weapons is more responsible for the decline in interstate conflict than is the expansion of economic interdependence.
Round 3 Topic: The United States federal government should significantly increase its labor protections for agricultural workers in the United States.
Round 4 Topic: The Federative Republic of Brazil should significantly increase its investment in nuclear energy.
Round 5 Topic: The United States federal government should significantly increase its military presence in outer space.
Quarterfinals:
Qtrs A: The United States federal government should significantly increase its economic development of the Arctic Ocean.
Qtrs B: The United States federal government should implement a federal jobs guarantee.
Qtrs C: The United States federal government should adopt a domestic carbon emissions trading scheme.
Semifinals:
Semi A: The Commonwealth of Australia should sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Semi B: The People’s Republic of China should forgive significant bilateral debt obligations of one or more countries in Central Asia.
Semi C: Ukraine should complete its member action plan to become a member of NATO.
2019-2020
Varsity
Topic Area: US Visa Reform
1. The United States federal government should nationalize public utilities in the United States.
2. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria should significantly reduce its cooperation with the Bashar al-Assad government.
3. Facebook should apply its third-party fact-checking program to politicians.
4. The United States federal government should significantly expand the J-1 Visa program.
5. The United States federal government should implement a mandatory national military service program.
QA. The Russian Federation should significantly reduce its military presence in the Central African Republic.
QB. The United States federal government should significantly increase its support for drug crop eradication in the Republic of Colombia.
QC. The United States federal government should legalize sex work in the United States.
SA. The People’s Republic of China should significantly increase the yuan reference rate.
SB. The United States federal government should significantly increase its offensive use of cyberwarfare.
SC. The United States federal government should ban the production of firearms for civilian use in the United States.
FA. The United States federal government should significantly increase its investment in electricity access expansion in sub-Saharan Africa.
FB. This house would abolish Gender.
FC. The proliferation of theory in high school parliamentary debate does more harm than good.
Novice
Topic Area: Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
1. The United States federal government should establish a national $15 minimum wage.
2. The United States federal government should lift its embargo on the Republic of Cuba.
3. Japan should significantly increase its development of nuclear weapons.
4. The California State Government should remove its mandate on school start times.
FA. The United Kingdom should allow Northern Ireland to remain in the European Union Customs Union.
FB. The United States federal government should completely withdraw its military presence from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
FC. The United States federal government should place a significant tax on carbon emissions in the United States.
2018-2019
VARSITY
1. Approving Proposition 10 (2018) would do more good than harm.
2. The California State Government should mandate exemptions from ordinary zoning rules (such as height, density, and parking requirements) for new housing units constructed near major transit stops and high-quality transit corridors.
3. The Supreme Court of the US should allow the video recording of its proceedings.
4. The US federal government should militarily intervene in Yemen to oppose the Saudi-led intervention.
5. On balance, a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be better than a two-state solution.
S. The US federal government should implement a policy to phase out the use of cash in the US economy.
F. The US federal government should significantly increase its lethal military assistance for the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria.
NOVICE
1. The California State Government should raise the gas tax.
2. The US federal government should ban the production and importation of meat for human consumption.
3. The US federal government should adopt a single payer healthcare system.
4. The use of plea bargaining in the US criminal justice system does more harm than good.