A ballot with the following topics will be published In the
September Rostrum. The results of the balloting will
determine the 2001 Lincoln-Douglas topics: January-February, 2001
(3rd choice), March-April, 2001 (2nd choice), Nationals, 2001 (1st
choice), September-October, 2000, (5th choice), and
November-December, 2000 (4th choice). And you always wondered how
they did it.
Resolved:
The right of an individual to emigrate ought to be valued above a
nation's right to limit immigration.
Resolved:
When In conflict, equal treatment under the law ought to take
precedence over the exercise of prosecutorial discretion.
Resolved:
Hate crime warrants additional punishment.
Resolved:
In the United States, business monopolies ought to be allowed to
operate free of antitrust regulation.
Resolved:
The public's right to know ought to be valued above the right to
privacy of candidates for public office.
Resolved
: On balance, violent revolution is a just response to
oppression.
Resolved:
When they are in conflict, alleviation of a pressing social
concern justifies governmental infringement of a patent right.
Resolved:
Decentralized governmental power ought to be a fundamental goal
of democratic society.
Resolved:
The possession of nuclear weapons is immoral.
Resolved:
A lesser developed nation's right to develop ought to take
priority over its obligation to protect the environment.
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