Topics - Debate and Extemp

*UPDATED 2/8*

CX will use the NSDA 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.

LD will use the NSDA Jan/Feb 2023 topic: Resolved: Justice requires open borders for human migration.

PF will use the NSDA February 2023 topic: Resolved: In the United States, right-to-work laws do more harm than good.

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Congress will follow the TFA Scaffold for Spring 2023 and use the following items of legislation:

7L Congress (online): Prelims 26-30, Finals 1-5

Park Congress (in person): Prelims 6-10, Semis 1-5, Finals 26-30

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7L WSD (online) will follow the below schedule of topics --

R1: This House would ban lethal autonomous weapons.

R2: This House regrets the rise in popularity of the True Crime genre (e.g. Netflix's Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the My Favorite Murder podcast).

R3: impromptu

R4: This House believes that rehabilitation should be prioritized over retribution in criminal sentencing.

Semifinals: This House supports mandatory voting in national elections.

Finals: impromptu

2/8 UPDATE - THIS MOTION WILL NOT BE DEBATED: Elim 3 (if needed - Finals): This House regrets the rise of slum tourism.

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Park WSD (in person) will follow the below schedule of topics --

R1: In art and popular culture, This House believes that creating new lead characters for minorities (e.g., Black Panther, Shang-Chi, and Gamora in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) is preferable to recasting them in existing roles already played by other actors/communities (e.g., Ghostbusters, The Little Mermaid).

R2: impromptu

R3: This House, as the United States, would publicly recognize Taiwan as a sovereign nation.

**UPDATED 2/8 R4: This House would remove veto power from permanent members on the UN Security Council.

Semifinals: impromptu

Finals: This House supports privatized asteroid mining.

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Extemp topic areas:

Domestic Extemp on both sides of the swing:

R1: U.S. Economics and Business

R2: Environment and Energy

Semifinals: Election Politics

Finals: US Foreign Policy

International Extemp on both sides of the swing:

R1: Europe

R2: International Economics

Semifinals: Central and South America

Finals: International Diplomacy

Novice Extemp will use a mix of both topics. Questions will be different for each side of the swing, but will fall under the same topic areas.