2021 - 2022
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its protection of water resources in the United States.
Novice / Junior-Varsity Case Areas:
- Water Rights
- Agriculture
- Fracking
- Tribal Waters
- Clean Water Act
2020 - 2021
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.
Novice / Junior-Varsity Case Areas:
- DNA
- Decarceration
- Mandatory Minimum
- Police training
- Juvenile detention
2019 - 2020
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce Direct Commercial Sales and/or Foreign Military Sales of arms from the United States.
Novice / Junior-Varsity Case Areas:
- Saudi Arabia
- Latin America
- Drones
- South China Sea
- Ukraine
- Africa
2018 - 2019
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its restrictions on legal immigration to the United States.
Novice / Junior-Varsity Case Areas:
- H1B Visas
- Travel Ban
- DREAM Act
- Border Restrictions
- Refugees/Asylum Seekers
- Legal Pathways to Citizenship for undocumented immigrants
2017 - 2018
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding and/or regulation of elementary and/or secondary education in the United States.
Novice / Junior-Varsity Case Areas:
- Charter schools / Private schools
- Special education
- Health & nutrition
- Gender / Ethnicity issues
- Curriculum / Standards
- Facilities
2016 - 2017
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic and/or diplomatic engagement with the People’s Republic of China.
Novice / Junior-Varsity Case Areas:
- Foreign Banking Investment
- Human Rights
- Pacific Rim
- China/Africa
- Health Care Diplomacy
- Energy/Environment
2015 - 2016
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance.
Novice / Junior-Varsity Case Areas:
- Prism (Examples of cases could involve bulk and metadata collection, NSA encryption issues, among others)
- Aerial Surveillance (e.g. drones, UAV)
- Border surveillance
- TSA
- COIN (This involves counterintelligence issues, domestic spies, any potentially threatening groups)
- Drug trafficking
2014 - 2015
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its non-military exploration and/or development of the Earth's oceans.
Novice / Junior-Varsity Case Areas
- Aquaculture
- Biomedical
- Pollution
- Desalination
- Energy
- Law of the Sea
2013 - 2014
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic engagement toward Cuba, Mexico or Venezuela.
Novice / Junior-Varsity Case Areas
- Cuban Embargo
- NAFTA
- Economic Assistance for Mexico
- Trafficking
- Fossil Fuel
- Infrastructure
2012 - 2013
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its transportation infrastructure investment in the United States.
Novice / Junior-Varsity Case Areas
- Airports/Aviation
- Waterways
- Rail Transportation
- Roads/Highways
- Ports
- Bridges
2011 - 2012
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its exploration and/or development of space beyond the Earth's mesosphere.
Novice / Junior-Varsity Case Areas
- Mars
- Solar Power Satellites
- Space Debris
- Resource Mining
- Space Militarization
- Asteroid Defense
2010 - 2011
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its military and/or police presence in one or more of the following: South Korea, Japan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Turkey.
Novice / Junior-Varsity Case Areas
- Remote weapons (including drones and landmines)
- Drug eradication
- Okinawa
- Turkey
- Troop withdrawal in the following: South Korea, Afghanistan, Kuwait
- Private military contractors
2009 - 2010
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase social services for persons living in poverty in the United States.
Novice / Junior-Varsity Case Areas
- Poverty Line
- Homelessness / Housing
- Food Stamps
- Native Americans
- Mental Healthcare
- Immigration
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