Lincoln-Douglas Debate Briefs

Resolved: The United States should adopt a wealth tax. 

Resolved: The United States ought to require that workers receive a living wage.

Resolved: The primary objective of the United States criminal justice system ought to be rehabilitation.

Resolved: The United States ought to substantially reduce its military presence in the West Asia-North Africa region.

Resolved: The United States ought to implement a single-payer universal healthcare system.

Resolved: The member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for medicines.

Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee universal child care.

Resolved: States ought to ban lethal autonomous weapons.

Resolved: The United State ought to provide a federal jobs guarantee.

Resolved: In a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory.

• Resolved: In the United States, workers ought to have the legal right to vote for representatives on corporate boards.
• Resolved: The United States ought to adopt a proportional representation system for elections to the House of Representatives.
• Resolved: The United States ought to expand the application of the Public Trust Doctrine to wildlife habitats.
• Resolved: The United States ought to end its use of secondary sanctions on other countries.
• Resolved: Social media companies ought to be legally responsible for content posted by users on their platforms.
• Resolved: The United States ought to legalize adult sex work.

Resolved: A just government ought to prioritize civil liberties over national security.

• Affirmative (BFI 2017)
• Negative (BFI 2017)