Breaking Down The 2025 2026 Potential Public Forum Debate Topics

In this video I do a deep dive on each of the 12 potential resolutions that might be debated during the 2025-2026 season in Public Forum debate. September/October A) The European Union should establish a nuclear sharing agreement with France to create an independent deterrent capability B) The United Kingdom should rejoin the European Union November/December A) State governments in the United States should end all judicial elections. B) The United States federal government should require technology companies to provide lawful access to encrypted communications. January A) The People's Republic of China should substantially reduce its international extraction of natural resources. B) The benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area outweigh the harms. February A) The Supreme Court should overturn District of Columbia v. Keller B) The Federal Trade Commission should establish a federal regulatory framework for sports betting. March A) The United States federal government should ban corporate acquisition of single-family residences. B) State governments in the United States should eliminate exclusive single-family zoning. April A) The United States federal government should substantially increase its investment in Low Earth Orbit satellite networks B) The United States should eliminate the President's authority to deploy military forces abroad without Congressional approval. Check out my video breaking down the 2025-2026 LD Topic options: https://youtu.be/0mpeMqBdKGY Check out my slides for this video here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yZBXYjrz_OVU_VTa6KZQU86XTK9WIVOKDbKWr47w45o/edit?usp=sharing Check out my prep notes for this video, which contains even more thoughts + links to my favorite articles that I have found thus far on each topic here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18fnRv2yzmhoaOKbNnQMtbhJZPOo8KTr1ksZ74YW6-pQ/edit?usp=sharing 0:00 Intro 2:45 The 15 Questions 7:35 Cycle #1: Sept/Oct 2025 (European Union) 23:30 Cycle #2: Nov/Dec 2025 (Government Power) 40:17 Cycle #3: Jan 2026 (International Economics) 57:59 Cycle #4: Feb 2026 (Government Regulation) 1:18:51 Cycle #5: Mar 2026 (Single-Family Housing) 1:37:58 Cycle #6: April 2026 (Federal Power) 1:53:33 Final Thoughts