NFL Releases Prospective Topics for 2010

Coaches have voted for the top five topics at the 2009 national tournament. The top three topics will be debated in spring of 2010, and the fourth and fifth place finishers will be debated in fall of 2010.  

Resolved: Governments have an obligation to pursue and disclose the truth regarding suspected crimes by previous administrations.

Resolved: Public health concerns warrant government violation of pharmaceutical patents.

Resolved: In the United States, the principle of jury nullification is a just check on government.

Resolved: It is just for highly indebted poor countries to repudiate their debt.

Resolved: Economic sanctions ought not be used to achieve foreign policy objectives.

Resolved: A just government ought to guarantee adequate housing for all of its citizens.

Resolved: Public health concerns justify compulsory immunization.

Resolved: Records of an individual's home Internet use ought to be protected from unreasonable search and seizure by the government.

Resolved: States ought not possess nuclear weapons.

Resolved: Compulsory inclusion of non-felons' DNA in any government database is unjust.