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[edit] pre-NDT

[edit] 1921-1925

[edit] Gender segregated (1925-1928)

[edit] Men's

  • 1925-1926 RESOLVED: The constitution of the United States should be amended to give Congress power to regulate child labor.
  • 1926-1927 RESOLVED: That the essential features of the McNary-Haugen bill be enacted into law.
  • 1927-1928 RESOLVED: The foreign policy of the United States in Latin America.

[edit] Women's

  • 1925-1926 RESOLVED: That the United States should adopt a uniform marriage and divorce law.
  • 1926-1927 RESOLVED: Abolishment of jury trial.
  • 1927-1928 RESOLVED: The foreign policy of the United States.

[edit] Coeducational (1928-1946)

  • 1928-1929 RESOLVED: That a substitute for trial by jury should be adopted.
  • 1929-1930 RESOLVED: That the nations should adopt a plan of complete disarmament. excepting such forces as are needed for police purposes.
  • 1930-1931 RESOLVED: That the nations should adopt a policy of free trade.
  • 1931-1932 RESOLVED: That Congress should enact legislation providing for centralized control of industry.
  • 1932-1933 RESOLVED: That the Allied War debts should be cancelled.
  • 1933-1934 RESOLVED: That the power of the president of the United States should be substantially increased as a settled policy.
  • 1934-1935 RESOLVED: That the nations should agree to abolish the international shipment of arms and munitions.
  • 1935-1936 RESOLVED: That Congress should have the power to override. by a two-thirds majority vote, decisions of the Supreme Court declaring laws passed by Congress unconstitutional.
Virtually the same as the 1924-1925 Women's topic.
  • 1936-1937 RESOLVED: That Congress should be empowered to fix minimum wages and maximum hours for industry.
  • 1937-1938 RESOLVED: That the National Labor Relations Board should be empowered to enforce arbitration of all industrial disputes.
  • 1938-1939 RESOLVED: That [he United States should cease to use public funds (including credits) for the purpose of stimulating business.
  • 1939-1940 RESOLVED: That the United States should follow a policy of strict (economic and military) isolation toward all nations outside the Western Hemisphere engaged in armed international or civil conflict.
  • 1940-1941 RESOLVED: That the Nations of the Western Hemisphere should form a permanent Union.
  • 1941-1942 RESOLVED: That the Federal Government should regulate by law all labor unions in the United States. Constitutionality conceded.
  • 1942-1943 RESOLVED: That the United States should establish a permanent federal union with power to tax and regulate commerce, to settle international disputes and to enforce such settlements. to maintain a police force, and to provide for the admission of other nations which accept the principles of the Union.
  • 1943-1944 RESOLVED: That the United States should cooperate in establishing and maintaining an international police force upon the defeat of the Axis.
  • 1944-1945 RESOLVED: That the Federal Government should enact legislation requiring compulsory arbitration of all labor disputes.
  • 1945-1946 RESOLVED: That the policy of the United States should be directed toward the establishment of free trade among the nations of the world.

[edit] Joint CEDA-NDT intercollegiate resolutions

  • 1946-1947 RESOLVED: "That labor should be given a direct share in the management of industry."
  • 1947-1948 RESOLVED: "That a federal world government should be established."
  • 1948-1949 RESOLVED: "That the federal government should adopt a policy of equalizing educational opportunity in tax-supported schools by means of annual grants."
  • 1949-1950 RESOLVED: "That the United States should nationalize the basic nonagricultural industries."
  • 1950-1951 RESOLVED: "That the non-communist nations should form a new international organization."
  • 1951-1952 RESOLVED: "That the federal government should adopt a permanent program of wage and price control."
  • 1952-1953 RESOLVED: "That the Congress of the United States should enact a compulsory fair employment practices law."
  • 1953-1954 RESOLVED: "That the United States should adopt a policy of free trade."
  • 1954-1955 RESOLVED: "That the United States should extend diplomatic recognition to the communist government of China."
  • 1955-1956 RESOLVED: "That the nonagricultural industries should guarantee their employees an annual wage."
  • 1956-1957 RESOLVED: "That the United States should discontinue direct economic aid to foreign countries."
  • 1957-1958 RESOLVED: "That the requirement of membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment should be illegal."
  • 1958-1959 RESOLVED: "That the further development of nuclear weapons should be prohibited by international agreement."
  • 1959-1960 RESOLVED: "That Congress should be given the power to reverse decisions of the Supreme Court."
Virtually the same as the 1924-1925 (Women's) and 1935-1936 topics.
  • 1960-1961 RESOLVED: "That the United States should adopt a program of compulsory health insurance for all citizens."
  • 1961-1962 RESOLVED: "That labor organizations should be under the jurisdiction of anti-trust legislation."
  • 1962-1963 RESOLVED: "That the non-communist nations of the world should establish an economic community."
  • 1963-1964 RESOLVED: "That the federal government should guarantee an opportunity for higher education to all qualified high school graduates."
  • 1964-1965 RESOLVED: "That the federal government should establish a national program of public work for the unemployed."
  • 1965-1966 RESOLVED: "That law enforcement agencies in the United States should be given greater freedom in the investigation and prosecution of crime."
  • 1966-1967 RESOLVED: "That the United States should substantially reduce its foreign policy commitments."
  • 1967-1968 RESOLVED: "That the federal government should guarantee a minimum annual cash income to all citizens."
  • 1968-1969 RESOLVED: "That executive control of United States foreign policy should be significantly curtailed."
  • 1969-1970 RESOLVED: "That the federal government should grant annually a specific percentage of its income tax revenue to the state governments."
  • 1970-1971 RESOLVED: "That the federal government should adopt a program of compulsory wage and price controls."
  • 1971-1972 RESOLVED: "That greater controls should be imposed on the gathering and utilization of information about United States citizens by government agencies."
  • 1972-1973 RESOLVED: "That the federal government should provide a program of comprehensive medical care for all its citizens."
  • 1973-1974 RESOLVED: "That the federal government should control the supply and utilization of energy in the United States."
  • 1974-1975 RESOLVED: "That the power of the Presidency should be significantly curtailed."
  • 1975-1976 RESOLVED: "That the federal government should adopt a comprehensive program to control land use in the United States."
  • 1976-1977 RESOLVED: "That the federal government should significantly strengthen the guarantee of consumer product safety required of manufacturers."
  • 1977-1978 RESOLVED: "That the United States law enforcement agencies should be given significantly greater freedom in the investigation and/or prosecution of felony crime."
  • 1978-1979 RESOLVED: "That the federal government should implement a program which guarantees employment opportunities for all United States citizens in the labor force."
  • 1979-1980 RESOLVED: "That the federal government should significantly strengthen the regulation of mass media communication in the United States."
  • 1980-1981 RESOLVED: "That the United States should significantly increase its foreign military commitments."
  • 1981-1982 RESOLVED: "That the federal government should significantly curtail the powers of the labor unions in the United States."
  • 1982-1983 Resolved: "That all United States military intervention into the internal affairs of any foreign nation or nations in the Western Hemisphere should be prohibited."
  • 1983-1984 RESOLVED: "That any and all injury resulting from the disposal of hazardous waste in the United States should be the legal responsibility of the producer of that waste."
  • 1984-1985 RESOLVED: "That the United States federal government should significantly increase exploration and/or development of space beyond the earth's mesosphere."
  • 1985-1986 RESOLVED: "That more rigorous academic standards should be established for all public elementary and/or secondary schools in the United States in one or more of the following areas: language arts, mathematics, natural sciences."
  • 1986-1987 RESOLVED: "That one or more presently existing restrictions on First Amendment freedoms of press and/or speech established in one or more federal court decisions should be curtailed or prohibited."
  • 1987-1988 RESOLVED: "That the United States should reduce substantially its military commitments to NATO member states."
  • 1988-1989 RESOLVED: "That United States foreign policy toward one or more African nations should be substantially changed."
  • 1989-1990 Resolved: "That the federal government should adopt an energy policy that substantially reduces nonmilitary consumption of fossil fuels in the United States."
  • 1990-1991 RESOLVED: "That the United States should substantially change its trade policy toward one or more of the following: China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan."
  • 1991-1992 RESOLVED: "That one or more United States Supreme Court decisions recognizing a federal Constitutional right to privacy should be overruled."
  • 1992-1993 RESOLVED: "That the United States should substantially change its development and assistance policies toward one or more of the following nations: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka."
  • 1993-1994 RESOLVED: "That the Commander-in-Chief power of the President of the United States should be substantially curtailed."
  • 1994-1995 RESOLVED: "That the federal government should substantially change rules and/or statues governing criminal procedure in federal courts in one or more of the following areas: pretrial detention, sentencing."
  • 1995-1996 RESOLVED: "That the United States government should substantially increase its security assistance to one or more of the following: Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Palestinian National Authority, Syria."
  • 1996-1997 RESOLVED: "That the United States Federal Government should increase regulations requiring industries to substantially decrease the domestic emission and/or production of environmental pollutants."
  • 1997-1998 RESOLVED: "The United States Federal Government should substantially increase its security assistance to one or more of the following Southeast Asian nations: Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam."
  • 1998-1999 RESOLVED: "That the United States Federal Government should amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, through legislation, to create additional protections against racial and/or gender discrimination.
  • 1999-2000 RESOLVED: That the United States Federal Government should adopt a policy of constructive engagement, including the immediate removal of all or nearly all economic sanctions, with the government(s) of one or more of the following nation-states: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Syria, North Korea
  • 2000-2001 RESOLVED: That the United States Federal Government should substantially increase its development assistance, including increasing government to government assistance, within the Greater Horn of Africa.
  • 2001-2002 RESOLVED: That the United States Federal Government should substantially increase federal control throughout Indian Country in one or more of the following areas: child welfare, criminal justice, employment, environmental protection, gaming, resource management, taxation.
  • 2002-2003 RESOLVED: that the United States Federal Government should ratify or accede to, and implement, one or more of the following:
  • 2003-2004 Resolved: that the United States Federal Government should enact one or more of the following:
  • Withdrawal of its World Trade Organization complaint against the European Union’s restrictions on genetically modified foods;
  • A substantial increase in its government-to-government economic and/or conflict prevention assistance to Turkey and/or Greece;
  • Full withdrawal from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;
  • Removal of its barriers to and encouragement of substantial European Union and/or North Atlantic Treaty Organization participation in peacekeeping in Iraq and reconstruction in Iraq;
  • Removal of its tactical nuclear weapons from Europe;
  • Harmonization of its intellectual property law with the European Union in the area of human DNA sequences;
  • Rescission of all or nearly all agriculture subsidy increases in the 2002 Farm Bill.
  • 2004-2005 Resolved: That the United States Federal Government should establish an energy policy requiring a substantial reduction in the consumption in the total non-governmental consumption of fossil fuels in the United States.
  • 2005-2006 Resolved: The United States Federal government should substantially increase deplomatic and economic pressure on the People's Republic of China in one or more of the following areas: trade, human rights, weapons nonproliferation, Taiwan.