Resolutions

Open Prelims

Round 1 [7-9]
Congress should pass an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) for the President to use military force against international drug cartels.

Round 2 [5-11]
This House believes that China will become the most powerful country in the world by 2040.

Round 3 [8-8]
The European Union should establish a European Defence Union.
Info Slide: A European Defence Union is a theoretical proposal to form an intergovernmental military alliance and/or unified defense structure committed to protecting the defense and security of European Union member-states.=

Round 4 [2-13]
This House regrets the increasing scrutiny on political figures’ private lives.

Round 5 [8-8]
Australia should significantly increase the cap on its permanent Migration Program.

Open Quarters

A. South Korea should join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

EV Independent BP vs Menlo GE [1-2]

Berkeley EG vs Washington JI [3-0]

B. Panama Should rejoin the Belt and Road Initiative.

Menlo-Atherton GS vs Washington VF [3-0]

C. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership should approve Hong Kong’s request for membership.

Nueva FR vs Menlo-Atherton GG [3-0]

Open Semis

A. The European Union should reduce the period that biometric information is retained in its Entry/Exit System to one year.

B. Assume a ceasefire is reached between Russia and Ukraine by the end of 2025. At that point in time, this House, as NATO, would send peacekeeping troops into Ukraine.

Berkeley EG vs. Menlo-Atherton GS [0-3]

C. This House supports the creation of an EU drone wall.

Menlo GE vs Nueva FR [1-2]

Open Finals

A. This House supports techno-optimism.
Info Slide: Techno-optimism is the belief that technological progress is a positive force that can solve societal problems and improve the human condition.

B. This House, as a K-12 teacher, would embrace the daily use of artificial intelligence tools in the classroom by educators.

Menlo-Atherton GS vs. Nueva FR [1-2]

C. This House believes that the development of AI will be unable to solve Jevons’ Paradox.
Info Slide: Jevons’ Paradox is an economic phenomenon where gains in efficiency paradoxically spur increased consumption instead of achieving an expected decrease in consumption.

Novice Prelims

Round 1 [2-6]
The United States federal government should implement a universal basic income (UBI) program.

Round 2 [4-3]
When regulating artificial intelligence, federal policy is preferable to state policy.

Round 3 [6-2]
The State of California should abolish the use of standardized testing in its public college/university admissions.

Round 4 [4-4]
The United States federal government should substantially increase its investment into offshore wind energy production.

Novice Semis

A. This house believes that the passage of the 2025 BIOSECURE Act will do more harm than good.

Piedmont CK vs Irvington CU [1-2]

B. The United States federal government should significantly reduce export controls on semiconductor technologies to China.

C. The USFG should ban the use of germline genetic engineering in humans.

Irvington PJ vs. Campolindo ZP [3-0]

Novice Finals

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