Lincoln-Douglas Debate 2022-2023 Potential Topics

The Lincoln-Douglas Wording committee has developed a variety of potential resolutions for the 2022-2023 season. Member students and one chapter advisor per active school will vote for each topic one week prior to the topic release date. Topic voting for the September/October topic opens August 1.

See the full details at https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/.

2022 September/October

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

• Resolved: The United States should legalize the sale of human organs.

• Resolved: The United States ought to ban the use of germline genetic engineering in humans.

2022 November/December

• Resolved: The People’s Republic of China ought to prioritize environmental protection over economic growth.

• Resolved: Singapore’s Ethnic Integration Policy is unjust.

• Resolved: The Republic of Korea ought to abolish military conscription.

2023 January/February

• Resolved: Justice requires open borders for human migration.

• Resolved: The United States federal government’s plenary power over Indigenous Nations ought to be substantially limited.

• Resolved: The European Union has an obligation to accept climate refugees.

2023 March/April

• Resolved: In the United States, municipal governments ought to adopt participatory budgeting.

• Resolved: In the United States, public K-12 schools ought to eliminate academic tracking.

• Resolved: The justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ought to be term-limited.

2023 National Tournament

• Resolved: It is unethical for individuals to consume the meat of non-human animals.

• Resolved: Deterrence is a morally just function of punishment.

• Resolved: Government employees have a moral obligation to leak classified information to address injustice.