CTMSDL Topics
April 1, 2023 Championship: This House believes that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will do more harm than good.
February 11, 2023 Tournament: This House would give low-income parents vouchers for their children to attend private schools.
December 17, 2022 Tournament: This House believes that state lotteries do more harm than good.
October 22, 2022 Novice Scrimmage + Open Tournament: This House believes that zoos do more harm than good.
May 7, 2022 Championship: This House, as the US Federal Government, would institute a Universal Basic Income (UBI).
April 2, 2022 Tournament: This House would eliminate school Gifted & Talented programs.
February 12, 2022: This House regrets the rise of space tourism.
December 18, 2021 Tournament: This House would boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
October 16, 2021 Scrimmage: This House would ban direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising in the U.S.
May 22, 2021 Championship: This House, as the International Criminal Court, would make ecocide an international crime.
April 24, 2021: This House, as the US federal and state governments, would not require standardized testing for the 2020-21 school year.
February 27, 2021: This House would ban law enforcement from performing genetic genealogy searches in consumer databases.
December 19, 2020: This House believes that televised Presidential debates do more harm than good.
October 24, 2020: This House, as Facebook, would ban all political advertising.
RESCHEDULED FROM APRIL 4 TO MAY 9, 2020: This House believes that it’s time to expand nuclear power for civilian use.
January 25, 2020: This House would require corporate boards to have women members.
December 14, 2019: This House regrets the worldwide proliferation of surveillance cameras.
October 19, 2019: This House supports the restitution of cultural objects.
Others:
This House would prohibit the development and implementation of human gene editing.
This House, as the United States, would ban hate speech.
This House would allow incarcerated felons to vote.
This House would include E-sports in the Olympic Games.
This House believes that Artificial Intelligence will do more good than harm.
This House would eliminate executive pardons and commutations.
This House would implement year-round schooling.
This House believes that (THBT) National Service should be compulsory in the United States.
This House would colonize Mars.
This House would eliminate life without the possibility of parole sentences for all adults.
This House would make voting in US elections compulsory.
This House would not assign homework.
This House would provide a path to citizenship for immigrants living illegally in the US.
This House believes that the United States should curtail free speech rights in order to combat terrorism.
This House would establish a program to revive extinct species and restore them to the environment.
This House would lower the voting age for all US elections to 16 years.
This House would require police to wear body cameras when on duty.
This House believes that zoos do more harm than good.
This House would permit schools to discipline students for internet and phone
activity.
*In order from newest to oldest
CDA Topics
Check out the past CDA topics here: https://ctdebate.org/PDFs/CDA%20Resolutions.pdf. They also post the packets, flows, and notes for past tournaments which are extremely helpful to see what is given during a tournament and to practice with that information.