EDIT: the choices get clipped by Manifold's ui a bit (especially if your screen is small) so here they are:

Resolved: In the United States criminal justice system, plea bargaining is just.

Resolved: In the United States, the use of artificial intelligence technology in the criminal justice system is immoral.

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Lincoln-Douglas debate is a format of high school debate practiced in the United States. The topic of debate is rotated on a 2-month basis.

The above two topics constitute the potential resolutions for the National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA) September-October cycle. The final topic will be chosen by the simple majority vote of students and coaches with a registered and paid NSDA account, and the result will be released on August 1, 2025.

Traditional debaters and coaches, which make up 70-80% of the Lincoln-Douglas debate community, weakly tend to prefer topics oriented toward traditional philosophical matters. Circuit debaters, which make up 20-30% of the community, weakly tend to prefer topics oriented toward big-stick issues, but possess somewhat greater influence over the voting process, as they are moderately overrepresented in engagement metrics like topic voting.

This market will be resolved via confirmation on August 1 of the 2025 September-October debate topic on the National Speech & Debate Association website here:

https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/