Policy

Policy Debate, sometimes referred to as CX debate, is a two-person team event that asks students to debate a resolution for the entire school year. For example, this year's resolution states, "Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks". Each team is assigned before the round to either affirm or negate the resolution. On the affirmative, students will prove the resolution true by proposing a policy to implement and presenting its advantages. For example, on this year's topic a team could propose reducing requirements to obtain a patent. On the negative, students will respond by pointing out the disadvantages of the affirmative team's policy proposal.

Policy debate sets itself apart from other events as it is longer and more fast-paced. Additionally, policy debate is the most comprehensive form, exploring topics ranging from the economic impacts of nuclear war, all the way to discussing settler colonialism and the ethicality of our government.

Here are additional links!

Introduction website 

Here's links to two videos. I've included a beginner and advanced. 

Slow Policy Debate Round 

Fast Policy Debate Round

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