Current Debate Topics from the National Speech and Debate Association
Policy Debate – 2020-21
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..
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..
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
January and February
Resolved: States ought to ban lethal autonomous weapons.
PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE
January
Resolved: The National Security Agency should end its surveillance of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents.
February
Resolved: On balance, the benefits of urbanization in West Africa outweigh the harms.
January
Resolved: The National Security Agency should end its surveillance of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents.
February
Resolved: On balance, the benefits of urbanization in West Africa outweigh the harms.
Big Question – 2020-21 Topic
Resolved: Mathematics was discovered, not invented.
Resolved: Mathematics was discovered, not invented.