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[4]: 25 Meetings of the association typically involved the discussion of a controversial question followed by a debate between two members on the question. [4]: 28 Literary societies saw substantial decline during the American Civil War, with the few remaining becoming full-fledged debating societies, teams, and clubs.
Lincoln–Douglas debate (commonly abbreviated as LD Debate, or simply LD) is a type of one-on-one competitive debate practiced mainly in the United States at the high school level. It is sometimes also called values debate because the format traditionally places a heavy emphasis on logic , ethical values , and philosophy . [ 1 ]
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Congressional Debate (also known as Student Congress, Legislative Debate) is a competitive interscholastic high school debate event in the United States. [1] The National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA), National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) and many state associations and national invitational tournaments offer Congressional Debate as an event.
A debate at the Cambridge Union Society (c. 1887) The first student debating society in Great Britain was the St Andrews Debating Society, formed in 1794 as the Literary Society. The Cambridge Union Society was founded in 1815 and claims to be the oldest continually operating debating society in the World. [21]
William Barr, Jeff Sessions and two other former U.S. attorneys general have suggested two debate questions about the Supreme Court for Vice President Harris and former President Trump’s ...
The First Debate Question. Kevin D. Williamson. May 22, 2024 at 2:47 AM. The project of working the refs before the 2024 presidential debates is already underway, ...
Public forum debate is a form of competitive debate where debaters use their evidence and impacts to outweigh the benefits and harms of the opposing side. The topics for public forum have to do with current-day events relating to public policy.