NSDA Potential 2016-2017 Lincoln-Douglas Debate Resolutions

The National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) has released their potential LD Topics for 2016-2017.  During the next few weeks, I will be giving my opinions of each of the following resolutions. Kyle Downey also has the keys to this blog, and he will be weighing in as well.

Resolved: A just government ought to abolish intellectual property protections for genetic resources.
Resolved: A just government ought to prioritize civil liberties over national security.
Resolved: In the United States, national service ought to be compulsory.
Resolved: Public colleges and universities in the United States ought not restrict any constitutionally protected speech.
Resolved: The United States government ought to curtail the Commander-in-Chief powers of the President.
Resolved: The United States has a moral obligation to adopt a single-payer healthcare system.
Resolved: The United States ought to become party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Resolved: The United States ought to end its provision of arms to foreign insurgents.
Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee the right to housing.
Resolved: The United States ought to limit qualified immunity for police officers.

Schools will be able to vote online for which of the above resolutions they would prefer to debate during November/December  2016, January/February 2017, March/April 2017, Nationals 2017, and September/October 2017. Voting will run from August 1 through September 11.