Rd 1---Flight 1
The U.S. should further promote solar energy in 2016.
Obama’s executive order on guns is unconstitutional.
Actors are agents of change.
Trevor Noah is a bust on “The Daily Show.”
Government transparency is more important than national security.
Rd 1---Flight 2
Iran has done its part for sanctions to be removed.
Talent is an accident of genes--and a responsibility
Star Wars: The Force Awakens deserves the Best Picture Oscar.
Democratic Socialism is superior to Free Market Capitalism.
The United States of America is the most powerful nation on the Earth. It’s not even close.
Rd 2---Flight 1
Fracking should be stopped in Oklahoma to prevent a disastrous earthquake.
HIllary Clinton’s emails should matter in 2016.
Texas should just secede already.
Caitlyn Jenner should not have won Glamour’s “Woman of the Year” award.
Globalization does more harm than good.
Rd 2---Flight 2
Non-muslim women should not wear headscarves to show solidarity.
Gas prices are too low.
Ben Carson should drop out of the race.
“Game of Thrones” should stop degrading its female characters.
The War on Drugs has done more harm than good.
Rd 3---Flight 1
Bernie Sanders is the best hope for the Democratic party.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is overrated.
The KKK should be labeled a terrorist organization.
History will judge the Iran nuclear deal positively.
Monogamy is overrated.
Rd 3---Flight 2
Jeb! will make a comeback in 2016.
We have a moral obligation to connect India to the Internet.
On balance, more guns are better than less guns.
Draft Kings and FanDuel should be declared illegal gambling sites.
Couples should live together before getting married.
Rd 4---Flight 1
Today, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would be 87 years old and proud.
Uber drivers are employees, not independent contractors.
The developed world should take more responsibility in combating global climate change.
Sharing Netflix passwords is as bad as stealing cable.
High school should start no earlier than 9:00.
Rd 4---Flight 2
Martin O’Malley should drop out of the race.
A black James Bond would not work.
Attendance policies in college are unnecessary.
North Korea’s bite is as bad as its bark.
Gigafiber is overrated.
Rd 5---Flight 1
Marco Rubio should be fired from his job.
Schools assign too much homework.
The quick release of the captured Navy seamen is a diplomatic success story.
Anyone claiming that America’s economy is in decline is peddling fiction.
It’s time to cancel “The Simpsons.”
Rd 5---Flight 2
Ted Cruz is not eligible to be President of the U.S.
Too much emphasis is being placed on coding skills.
Teams should “go for it” more often on fourth down.
The United States should adopt the metric system.
No one can “have it all.”
Rd 6---Flight 1
“White People Date” is racist.
The USFG should make it easier to discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy.
Mobile pay is a passing fad.
Excessive celebration penalties should be relaxed.
Day one DLC is bad for gamers.
Rd 6-Flight 2
Universal healthcare is not feasible in the United States.
Civil forfeiture laws are unjust.
“Superbowl L” would be better than “Superbowl 50.”
Playboy should reconsider its decision to stop featuring nude pictorials.
All communication is persuasion.
Elim Rd. 1
Nikki Haley should be the GOP nominee for Vice President.
Taxpayers should not finance professional sports stadiums and arenas.
New Year’s resolutions are a waste of time.
Self-driving cars will not become mainstream.
Stories are better when left open.
Elim Rd. 2
Charter schools are a threat to public education.
Martin Luther King, Jr. should not have to share with Robert E. Lee.
Twitter should maintain its 140-character limit.
The Rams will regret leaving St. Louis.
Joe Biden should have run for President.
Elim Rd. 3
Jar Jar wasn’t that bad.
Professors ought to ban laptops and tablets from the classroom.
The Constitution should be amended to allow states to overrule the Supreme Court.
The WWE “Diva’s Championship” should be renamed the “Women’s Championship.”
The Dow Jones average will end 2016 higher than it started.
Team Rd. 1
Our next President will only serve a single term.
All mothers should have paid maternity leave.
The federal government should eliminate the Department of Education.
Facebook makes us dumb.
There is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.
Team Rd. 2
We ought to forgive the sins of The Phantom Menace .
Parents should not allow their children to play football.
The USFG should ban direct to consumer prescription drug advertising.
Copyright will no longer exist in ten years.
Obama had no chance of bridging the partisan divide.
Team Rd. 3
The U.S. Constitution should be amended to limit executive authority.
Racist jokes are racist, regardless of the ethnicity of the speaker.
Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.
Closing Guantanamo would be a big mistake.
Dating sites should do more to protect its users.
Team Rd. 4
Using ad-blocking software is unethical.
Today, renting is better than buying.
Trump as a third-party candidate would destroy the GOP.
The US should expand Medicare in 2016.
Parts with prizes, not actors.
Team Quarterfinals
Use of the motto “In God We Trust” violates the Establishment Clause.
“Shark Tank” is bad for business.
Affluenza is real.
Wal-Mart cannot compete with Amazon online.
The governor of Florida should commute all death penalty sentences.
Team Semifinals
“Stolen valor” is not protected speech.
The “X-Files” reboot will flop.
We say we value education, but we don’t.
Rahm Emanuel should resign as mayor of Chicago.
Steroid era players should never be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Team Finals
Yahoo! will not exist in ten years.
Income inequality cannot be substantially reduced in the United States.
The E.U. should impose sanctions against Poland.
The U.S. Postal Service should offer banking services.
The Oregon militiamen are being treated too kindly by the media.