This page contains previous resolutions for Team Policy and Lincoln Douglas, as well as documents relating to the Individual Policy event that was once piloted in Stoa.
TP & LD Resolutions
2022-2023
Lincoln Douglas: Resolved: Criminal justice ought to prioritize rehabilitation over retribution, restitution or deterrence.
Team Policy: Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reform its policy towards one or more countries in Europe.
2021-2022
Team Policy: Resolved: The USFG should substantially reform the use of Artificial Intelligence technology.
Lincoln-Douglas: Resolved: In the field of biomedical engineering, restraint ought to be prioritized over scientific advancement.
2020-2021
Team Policy: Resolved: The USFG should considerably decrease its military commitments.
Lincoln-Douglas: Resolved: Economic stability is more important than economic growth.
2019-2020
Team Policy: Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reform its banking, finance, and/or monetary policy.
Lincoln-Douglas: Culture ought to value assimilation over multiculturalism.
2018-2019
Team Policy: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reform its foreign aid.
Lincoln-Douglas: Resolved: Criminal procedure should value truth-seeking over individual privacy.
2017-2018
Team Policy: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reform its transportation policy.
Lincoln-Douglas: Resolved: Preemptive warfare is morally justified.
2016-2017
Team Policy: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reform its agriculture and/or food safety policy in the United States.
Lincoln-Douglas: Resolved: The needs of the public ought to be valued above private property rights.
2015-2016
Team Policy: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reform its trade policy with one or more of the following nations: China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan.
Lincoln-Douglas: Resolved: In formal education liberal arts ought to be valued above practical skills. (from October 1, 2015 to January 30, 2016)
Resolved: Developing countries ought to prioritize economic growth over environmental protection. (from February 1, 2016 to April 30, 2016)
2014-2015
Team Policy: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reform its electronic surveillance law.
Lincoln-Douglas: Resolved: When in conflict, an individual’s freedom of speech should be valued above a community’s moral standards. (from October 1, 2014 to January 30, 2015)
Resolved: The United States federal jurisprudence, the letter of the law ought to have priority over the spirit of the law. (from February 1, 2015 to April 30, 2015)
2013-2014
Team Policy: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reform its marine natural resource policies.
Lincoln-Douglas: Resolved: The United States has a moral obligation to mitigate international conflicts.
2012-2013
Team Policy: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reform its foreign military presence and/or foreign military commitments.
Lincoln-Douglas: Resolved: Privacy is undervalued.
2011-2012
Team Policy: Resolved: That the United States federal government should substantially reform its revenue generation policies.
Lincoln-Douglas: Resolved: When in conflict, personal freedom ought to be valued above economic security.
2010-2011
Team Policy: Resolved: That the United States Federal Government should significantly reform its policy toward Russia.
Lincoln-Douglas: Resolved: A government’s legitimacy is determined more by its respect for popular sovereignty than individual rights.
2009-2010
Team Policy: Resolved: That the United States Federal Government should significantly reform its environmental policy.
Lincoln-Douglas: Resolved: That competition is superior to cooperation as a means of achieving excellence.
Individual Policy Debate
Individual Policy Debate is no longer a Stoa pilot event.
IP Ballot for Joy of Tournaments 2015-16
Individual Policy Debate Contacts
Patsy Butman
Joanne Quan