Topic Areas

Policy Debate: Resolved: The United States federal government should establish national health insurance in the United States.

LD Debate:Resolved: De-extinction is unethical. (Nov/Dec)

PF Debate: Resolved: European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. (Nov/Dec)

Worlds:
Rd. 1/2: This House, as the United Nations, would abolish permanent membership on the Security Council.

Rd. 3: Topic Area - Social Media Applications

E1: Topic Area - Women's Sports

E2: This House believes that open-source development should be prioritized over proprietary innovation.

E3: This House believes that environmentally sensitive regions should prioritize preservation over ecotourism.

E4: Topic Area - Secondary Education

Novice Congress:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HNuxWXhMKIL4Fp608klYFve7xo_Lx6Z_/view

Session #1: 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

Session #2 (if needed): 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Finals: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Varsity Congress:

Session #1: 19, 17, 15, 16, 18

Session #2 (Semis if needed): 24, 27, 25, 23, 26

Finals: 9, 11, 13, 10, 12

Alief Taylor Speech and Debate requests that Items are debated in the order listed

Event Description:https://texasforensicassociation.com/debate/

**please note that there is a minimum cycle of one affirmative and one negative speech before items can be tabled

**please note Rule 2(l) on pg. 68 of the TFA Constitution limiting floor debate per item of legislation to no more than one-third of a session's total floor time (approx. 1hr)

International Extemp:

Prelims: Global Economics

Semis: International Organizations / Treaties

Finals: Human Rights / Social Issues

US Extemp:

Prelims: Environment

Semis: Social Issues

Finals: US Politics

Novice Extemp:

Prelims: Technology / Science

Semis: International Relationships

Finals: US Healthcare