Debate topics

Debate Topics for Knoch Knights New Year’s Joust

Public Forum

January topic:

Resolved: On balance, the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission harms the election process.

Lincoln Douglas

January/February topic:

Resolved: Rehabilitation ought to be valued above retribution in the United States criminal justice system.

 Policy Debate

2012-13 topic:

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its transportation infrastructure investment in the United States.

Parliamentary Debate

Prepared topic: 

This House believes that there should be an independent Palestinian state.

Impromptu topics:

This House should stop sending humans into space.

This House believes that the Commonwealth should increase the regulation of the PA natural gas industry.