Lincoln Douglas
Resolved: The United States ought to require that workers receive a living wage.
Resolved: The primary objective of the United States criminal justice system ought to be rehabilitation.Â
Resolved: The United States ought to substantially reduce its military presence in the West Asia-North Africa region.
Resolved: The United States ought to prohibit the extraction of fossil fuels from federal public lands and waters.
Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee the right to housing.
Resolved: The People's Republic of China ought to prioritize environmental protection over economic growth.
Resolved: The United States ought to implement a single-payer universal healthcare system.
Our Posts
Every winning LD case starts out with a killer framework. This guide will ensure your case starts with the best framework possible.
Our thoughts on the three potential resolutions for this year's September/October competition season.
By Matthew Besman
The best Lincoln Douglas debaters are masters in philosophy. They know everything from Adam Smith to Immanuel Kant like the back of their hand. With this guide, you, too, can be on your way to becoming the best.
Reflections on Lincoln Douglas
By Nicole Williams
Nicole Williams is a recent graduate of Solon High School who competed on the circuit for four years. Here, she offers her thoughts on Lincoln Douglas as an event, as well as how the debate scene has impacted her as a whole.
New to debate but not sure where to begin? Don't worry - this guide has you covered.
External Resources
The Lincoln Douglas Reddit is a giant forum full of high schoolers and coaches, all talking about anything LD-related.
The LD Discord Server is a forum for both debaters and coaches to share resources and talk about anything LD related.
Triumph Briefs makes both free briefs and has their own set of learning resources, including lessons, worksheets, a framework vault, and educational guides.
Kankee Briefs makes free, top-quality briefs and topic analyses, written by former debaters and coaches. Here is an Open Source Google Drive alternative to the Kankee website.
The Value Criterion is a website (for LD) that offers free (and cheap) resources to debaters and coaches. These include: 40 complete value criteria frameworks, 200 cards that are framework evidence and 300 LD debate topic files.
Premier Debate is an organization that frequently produces free resources, including a free brief for PF and LD as well as blog posts.
Ethos Debate offers a blog portion of their website where they will break down topics and offer free topic analysis as well as commentary on the Speech and Debate community in general.
Circuit Debater is a website where debaters (PF & LD) will post past cases and sometimes blocks as examples for the community to offer guidance. Debaters can use this resource to see what high quality cases look like.
AngelFire's LD Handbook has a list of values and criterions that can be applied in almost any case, under any topic.
Victory Briefs has a variety of paid services, including briefs, camps, and summer workshops run by past debaters and coaches.
Champion Briefs makes excellent briefs written by a team of past debaters, coaches, and tournament winners.