Extemp Questions 2022 April

• How much do “culture war” issues drive Republican voters to turn out in elections?
• Should Congress decriminalize marijuana at the federal level?
• Will the Biden administration’s moves to revoke Title 42 hurt Democrats in the midterms?
• Will Macron win reelection in France?
• What more should the US be doing to ensure free and fair elections in Latin American countries?
• Is the Supreme Court confirmation process irreparably broken?
• Will Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson get bipartisan support for her confirmation to the Supreme Court?
• Is Ginni Thomas a threat to the Supreme Court?
• Will Hungary’s Viktor Orban win reelection?
• Will the truce in Yemen hold?
• Is Viktor Orban’s vision for Hungary still compatible with EU membership?
• Will any of Russia’s senior leadership be held to account for war crimes committed in Ukraine?
• Can the war in Ukraine end with Putin still in power?
• Are big changes on the horizon for Amazon’s workforce?
• How should the federal government be regulating cryptocurrencies?
• Is America facing another housing market bubble?
• Is the Biden administration prepared for the effects of lifting Title 42?
• Is The Fed acting too slowly to rein in US inflation?
• Does Congress need to pass new laws limiting how bankruptcy court can be used?
• How long will the American economy continue to face significant supply chain issues?
• Does the tepid international response in Ukraine encourage other pariah states to speed development of nuclear weapons?
• Will rising inflation spiral into an economic recession?
• Could Trump blow the midterms for the GOP?
• Have international sanctions cemented the Russian public’s support of Vladimir Putin?
• Will Congress pass Biden’s billionaire tax?
• Has Marine Le Pen learned from her past campaign mistakes?
• Will China provide support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?
• How much will President Biden’s release from the strategic petroleum reserve curb Americans’ anxiety over rising fuel costs?
• Should Louis DeJoy be fired?
• Will EU nations impose sanctions on Russian energy?
• Will Russia use nuclear weapons in Ukraine?
• Are culture war controversies driving up violence against American minorities?
• What does the reelection of Viktor Orban mean for the political future of Hungary?
• Do increased weapons tests by North Korea signal a new threat level from the hermit kingdom?
• Will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drive new investment into green energy across Europe?
• Can President Macron find a way to unite the French public behind him in a second term?
• Will international sanctions change the behavior of the Taliban with regards to women’s rights in Afghanistan?
• What more should be done to better insulate the American economy from global oil market volatility?
• What will Russia’s war in Ukraine mean for the global economic outlook?
• Will Elon Musk’s stock purchase drastically change Twitter as a social media platform?
• Will Pakistan’s Imran Khan be removed from power?
• Are peace talks between Russia and Ukraine making any real progress?
• Is the politicization of the DOJ being corrected under Merrick Garland’s leadership?
• Should Biden fire Louis DeJoy?
• What should America learn from COVID for dealing with the next global pandemic?
• Has Bill Barr’s time in the Trump administration done permanent damage to his reputation?
• Is there still room in the GOP for traditional Republicans?
• How much farther can NATO countries ramp up sanctions against Putin and Russia?
• Has Russia’s invasion of Ukraine proven the ineffectiveness of sanctions as a tool for international diplomacy?
• Is Congress ready to decriminalize marijuana?
• Will protests topple the Sri Lankan government?
• Is Europe moving fast enough to wean itself off of Russia’s coal, oil and gas?
• Should Hungary continue to be a member of the EU?
• Is Donald Trump’s influence over the Republican Party waning?
• Would a decision to overturn Roe undermine the public credibility of the Supreme Court?
• Should Congress put limits around the Supreme Court’s use of the “shadow docket”?
• Has social media broken American democracy?
• Will China become the savior of Russia’s economy?
• Is compromise possible with Vladimir Putin?
• What will the ouster of Imran Khan as Prime Minister mean for the future of Pakistan?
• Will private commercial missions fundamentally change the future of space travel?
• How will tourism change space travel?
• Will Republican moves to change voting laws at the state level backfire in the 2022 midterms?
• Will inflation drive America’s economy into recession?
• Will the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson be President Biden’s last major accomplishment before the midterms?
• What step should the federal government take to counter growing inflation?
• Is the Fed moving too slowly to stave off inflation?
• Has China’s zero COVID strategy failed?
• Will growing protests against the Rajapaksa government escalate to widespread violence in Sri Lanka?
• Will access to water limit economic growth in the American west?
• Is Sarah Palin poised to make a political comeback?
• Will it be possible to prove genocide in Ukraine?
• What can be done to strengthen moderate voices in America’s major political parties?
• How much more aggressively should the Fed be acting to control inflation?
• What can be done to more effectively control government corruption in sub-Saharan Africa?
• What will Russia’s war in Ukraine mean for the NATO alliance in the long term?
• How effectively has President Biden been able to repair international relationships damaged during the Trump presidency?
• Can the delivery of humanitarian aid to Tigray lead to a peace agreement?
• Is it too early for South Africa to start lifting COVID restrictions?
• Should the UN be dissolved and replaced by a more effective organization?
• Will the UK’s plan to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda be successful?
• Is the US military presence in Okinawa still a major strain on the relationship between the US and Japan?
• Will the January 6’th committee have enough time to finish its work?
• Will public hearings by the January 6’th committee have any impact on the politics of the midterm elections?
• Will rising fuel prices do lasting damage to the American trucking industry?
• What more should the US be doing to aid Ukraine?
• Will Putin need to officially declare war to strengthen Russian forces in Ukraine?
• Can Myanmar’s military junta continue to hold onto power?
• Will the war in Ukraine lead to serious global food shortages?
• Will Ukraine get full EU membership by the end of the year?
• Will the war in Ukraine be the end of Putin’s reign in Russia?
• Will Macron win his reelection bid in France?
• Is there anything that can be done to curb the spike of gun-related violent crime in America?
• Can Israel’s coalition government continue to hold together?
• What will the election of Shehbaz Sharif mean for Pakistan?
• Will Biden’s move to crack down on ghost guns have any significant impact on gun crime in America?
• Should there be an upper age for serving members of Congress?
• Is it time for Democratic leadership in Congress to pass the baton to the next generation?
• Should members of Congress with ties to the January 6’th insurrection be blocked from the ballot in the midterm elections?
• Has Putin scaled back his objectives for the war in Ukraine?
• Has Putin’s invasion of Ukraine revived the NATO alliance?
• Has Marine Le Pen normalized the far right in French politics?
• Can Democrats bring out young voters in the 2022 midterms?
• What can be done to increase civic engagement in America?
• Has the war in Ukraine saved Boris Johnson’s job?
• What does Macron’s reelection signal about the future of French politics?
• Will abortion rights become a major issue that turns out voters in the 2022 midterms?
• Does the FDA need new leadership?
• Has open source intelligence proven its value during Russia’s war in Ukraine?
• Does Justice Thomas' failure to recuse himself undermine the integrity of the Supreme Court?
• Should China's agreement with the Solomon Islands be a wake up call for the West?