NPDL Tournament of Champions

2019 — Santa Monica, CA, CA/US

Resolutions

1.a. The New Silk Road Protocol does more good than harm.

1.b. The US should cease all military operations in the South China Sea.

1.c. The US should ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty.

2. Pakistan should unilaterally end its nuclear weapons program.

3.a. Food vouchers are better than governmental cash transfers.

3.b. The US federal government should lift all or most of its sanctions on Venezuela.

3.c. The US federal government should impose term limits on CEOs of publicly traded corporations.

4.a. The US federal government should require that all K-12 students attend public school.

4.b. In a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory.

4.c. South Korea should significantly reduce its sanctions on North Korea.

5. The European Union should ban the sale of Huawei Technologies products.

6. The US federal government should establish a system of unique biometric identification for all citizens.

7. The US should become a state party to the International Criminal Court.

O.a. US federal and state courts should accept illegally obtained evidence so long as those who obtained it illegally are punished.

O.b. The US federal government should ban hydraulic fracturing.

O.c. The American Civil Liberties Union should not provide legal representation to white supremacists.

Q.a. The US federal government should adopt a no-first-use pledge for nuclear weapons.

Q.b. US colleges and universities should admit students at random from the pool consisting of anyone who applies and meets a minimum standard set by that school.

Q.c. The US federal government should end the tax-exempt status of religious organizations.

S.a. US municipalities should levy a surcharge on short-term property rentals.

S.b. The US federal government should implement a cap-and-trade policy for greenhouse gas emissions.

S.c. The US federal government should significantly reduce its military presence in Afghanistan.

F.a. The US federal government should implement a single-payer healthcare system.

F.b. The US federal government should implement a universal basic income.

F.c. The US federal government should militarily intervene in Libya to defend Libya’s Government of National Accord against Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army.