VideoDebating Immigration | Dan Griswold, George Mason University | Public Forum
Speaker: Dan Griswold, Scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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VideoDebating Presidential Military Authorization | Kurt Couchman, Defense Priorities | Public Forum
Resolved: On balance, the current Authorization for Use of Military Force gives too much power to the president. Speaker: Kurt Couchman, Vice President of Public Policy at Defense Priorities
VideoDebating Capital Gains Tax | Jared Walczak, Tax Foundation | Public Forum
Resolved: The United States should abolish the capital gains tax. Speaker: Jared Walczak, Senior Policy Analyst at the Tax Foundation
VideoDebating Catalonia Independence | Public Forum
Resolved: Spain should grant Catalonia its independence.
VideoDebating NCAA Student-Athlete Payment | Public Forum
Resolved: NCAA student-athletes ought to be recognized as employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
VideoDebating Gun Control | Public Forum
Resolved: The United States should require universal background checks for all gun sales and transfers of ownership. Speakers: Glen Caroline, NRA & Christine Smith, Gifford Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
VideoDebating Korean Peninsula Missile Defense | Eric Gomez, Cato Institute | Public Forum
This debate webinar focused on the Sept/Oct Public Forum resolution: Deployment of anti-missile systems is in South Korea's best interest. The speaker was Mr. Eric Gomez, the policy analyst for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. Additional Resources: On missile defense in general: · “BMD 101,” podcast by Jeffrey Lewis and Aaron Stein · “KN-11 and THAAD,” by Jeffrey Lewis · Laura Grego’s two-part article on the ground-based midcourse (GMD) system, Part 1 and Part 2 · “If Missiles are Headed to Guam, Here Is What Could Stop Them,” by Gerry Doyle On missile defenses and strategic stability: · “THAAD and the Future of Strategic Stability in East Asia” by Eric Gomez · “Try as It Might, Ballistic Missile Defense Won’t Solve the United States’ North Korea Problem” by Eric Gomez · “Assuring Assured Retaliation” by Fiona Cunningham and M. Taylor Fravel (PDF attached) On the nuclear forces of North Korea · “North Korea is Practicing for Nuclear War,” by Jeffrey Lewis · “Mobile Missiles: The Real North Korea Threat is Here,” by Eric Gomez · “North Korea’s ICBM: A New Missile and a New Era,” by Ankit Panda and Vipin Narang
VideoDebating the Right to Housing | Vanessa Brown Calder, Cato Institute | Public Forum
Vanessa Brown Calder of the Cato Institute joins the Bill of Rights Institute to discuss the latest NSDA Webinar: "Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee the right to housing."