2020-2021

R1O The US “State Sponsors of Terrorism” list does more harm than good.

R1N The State of California should ban new residential construction in the Wildland-Urban Interface.

R2O In pursuing SCOTUS reform, Democratic leaders ought to prioritize measures intended to depoliticize the Court (e.g., term limits) over those designed to turn politicization to their advantage (e.g. “court packing”).

R2N The United States should abolish SCOTUS.

R3O Artists ought not participate in the ongoing interpretation of their art.

R3N Democracies ought to ban extremist political parties.

R4O Developing nations should choose to protect their own industries rather than be more open to trade.

R4N The nationalization of energy sectors does more harm than good.

R5O After the 2020 election, the United States should eliminate in-person voting and institute all mail-in voting.

R5N When in conflict, the public’s right to know ought to be valued above the right to privacy of candidates for public office.

First elim topic (both divisions): This House regrets the narrative that Americans must "support" the troops This House regrets the dominant narrative that individuals should "do what they love". This House prefers a world without state-funded news organizations (e.g. BBC, Al Jazeera, China Xinhua News, Russia Today (RT), etc.)

O Octos/N Qtrs:

1. California Proposition 24 (Privacy) would do more harm than good.

2. California Proposition 25 (Bail Reform) will do more harm than good..

3. The State of California should ban new residential construction in the Wildland-Urban Interface (Open)

3. The USFG should ban Tik-Tok (Novice)

O Qtrs/N Semis:

1. The USFG should prohibit the sale of genetic data for commercial purposes.

2. In Western liberal democracies, people ought to be allowed to sell their own non-vital organs.

3. This House, if the technology existed, would allow medical procedures which endowed human beings with superpowers.

O Semis/N Finals:

1. This House, as a Pacific island state, would reject Chinese developmental assistance.

2. This House Prefers a world in which African nations pursued aggressive trade deals with China at the expense of all western aid

3. The USFG’s use of economic warfare against China in order to force compliance with the rules of the global economic order (eg. opening up its economy, protecting intellectual property, not engaging in currency manipulation, etc.) does more harm than good.

O Finals:

1. Black liberation is not achievable without the destruction of the capitalist mode of production. (debated)

2. The feminist movement ought to support the narrative that "beauty does not matter" over the narrative that "all bodies are beautiful."

3. The environmental movement ought to prioritize ecocentrism over anthropocentric ecology.

2019-2020

1. The United States should significantly reduce soybean subsidies.

2. The USFG should enact the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act of 2019.

3. Placing political conditions on humanitarian aid to foreign countries is unjust.

4. The USFG should repeal Public Law 107-40, Authorization for Use of Military Force.

5. “Cancel culture” does more harm than good.

D. United States Supreme Court expansion is justified.

O. The United States Federal Government should ban private funding of federal elections.

Q. The State of California should enact SB50, the transit housing bill.

S. The State of California should enact SB50, the transit housing bill.

F. The United States Federal Government should enact the Pelosi prescription drug plan.

2018-2019

VARSITY

1. The EU General Data Protection Regulation does more harm than good.

2. California should amend its constitution to abolish elections for judges.

3. The US should withdraw all combat troops from Afghanistan.

4. Allowing the use of warning shots by police officers does more harm than good.

5. Pope Francis ought to step down.

NOVICE

1. Anonymous online speech does more harm than good

2. USFG should prohibit confidential settlements of court cases

3. USFG should ban the pesticide Roundup.

4. Felony murder ought not be a crime.

VARSITY/NOVICE ELIMS

D/Q. United States humanitarian intervention in other countries does more harm than good.

O/S. CA should abolish its system of ballot initiatives.

Q. Adolescents ought to have the right to make autonomous medical choices*

S. USFG should enact the Accountable Capitalism Act.

F. Justice requires the recognition of animal rights.