NCFA 2019 Championship Tournament
2019 — Stockton, CA/US
EXTEMP TOPICS
Extemp Rd 1:
Speaker 1
- Should the United States raise federal minimum wage?
- Will Bernie Sanders find more success in 2020 than he did in 2016?
- Will Trump’s wall ever get built?
Speaker 2
- Should the United States remove mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug crimes?
- Who will win the 2020 election?
- Should the United States Federal Government take steps to regulate gambling?
Speaker 3
- Will any 3rd party candidate seriously be considered by United States voters?
- Will Elizabeth Warren win the Democratic nomination?
- Should the United States significantly change its federal prison system?
Speaker 4
- Will Trump win the 2020 election?
- Should the United States be worried about cybersecurity?
- Should the United States take significant action against the anti-vaccination movement?
Speak 5
- Should the United States take significant action to reduce the spread of false information on social media?
- Will Julian Castro win the Democratic nomination?
- Is the United States doing enough to combat the current opioid epidemic?
Speaker 6
- Is a wall going to be an effective immigration deterrence?
- Will Kamala Harris win the Democratic nomination?
- Should the United States Federal Government enact health care reform?
Speaker 7
- Who is the biggest threat to Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign?
- Should the president’s power to declare a state of national emergency be restricted?
- Should the United States pass legislation to further combat hate groups?
Extemp Rd 2
R2: International Concerns
Speaker 1
Should Botswana lift its wildlife-hunting ban to cull elephant populations?
Is the US withdrawal of troops from Syria justified?
Will the Trump-Kim Summit bring hope or fear for Korea?
Speaker 2
Should the United States intervene in Venezuela?
How will the rise in sex scandals affect the Catholic church?
How will Trump’s trade war with china affect the US economy?
Speaker 3
Is Iceland’s whaling industry worth its cost?
Can Donald Trump keep Putin’s arms tied?
Has Japan shown sufficient contrition for its 1910-1945 colonization of the Korean Peninsula?
Speaker 4
What effects will the Cuban referendum have on its populace?
Are Chinese beauty standards a freckle too tough?
Is CRISPR the solution to mosquito-borne diseases?
Speaker 5
How can France stop jihadists in Mali?
Will the United Nations overcome global poverty?
Does America have a monopoly on the World Bank?
Speaker 6
How will Brexit affect the European Union?
What can the United Nations do to curb brutality in South Sudan?
Will the Vox party Make Spain great again?
Speaker 7
How will the election delay affect Nigeria?
What can India due to curb the use of unregulated moonshine?
Will the US Space Force create another cold war arms race?
R3: Social Issues in the United States
Speaker 1
Teacher protests do more harm than good for students.
Will the indictment of R. Kelly stick?
Should Planned Parenthood receive US funding if it provides abortion services?
Speaker 2
Should Microsoft cancel its contract with the U.S. Army?
Can Tesla stop climate change?
Medicare should be available for all.
Speaker 3
Is Jussie Smollet innocent?
Are doctors to blame for the rise in popularity of synthetic opioids?
The Electoral College does more harm than good.
Speaker 4
Have the Grammy’s made amends with the black community?
The detention of migrant children does more harm than good.
Should hate speech be protected by the government?
Speaker 5
Should doctors have a say in gun legislation?
Is the Green New Deal a magic bullet?
Diet culture does more harm than good.
Speaker 6
Should politicians be held to a higher moral standard?
Will a border wall bring national security?
Is Harvard’s application review process racist?
Speaker 7
Can democrats derail this National Emergency?
Is the legalization of marijuana helping or hurting people of color?
Are democrats ready to feel the Bern?