Pro Con Debate Challenge State Warm up
2024 — Online, IL/US
Pro Con Debate Challenge
Event Description:
The Pro Con Debate Challenge is an event for Illinois Teams to become exposed to debate competition. Students will write an affirmative or pro case and a negative or con case. They will then practice and record themselves delivering those speeches in one continuous video that can be up to 10 minutes in length. Students may choose from the following topics:
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Public Forum:
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Resolved: In the United States, collegiate student-athletes should be classified as employees of their educational institution.
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Resolved: The United States federal government should restore the banking regulations of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010.
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LD Potential Topics:
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Resolved: The primary objective of the United States criminal justice system ought to be rehabilitation.
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Resolved: An inquisitorial justice system is preferable to an adversarial justice system.
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Resolved: In the United States, the use of eminent domain to promote private enterprise is unjust.
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Policy Debate Topic:
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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.