1. Should presidents continue to give the State of the Union in person?
2. What impact will higher gas prices have on the 2022 midterm elections?
3. To what extent will Beto O’Rourke’s failed presidential bid be used against him in the Texas gubernatorial election?
4. What should President Biden do if Russia launches massive cyberwarfare attacks on the United States?
5. Should President Biden seek out a new Secretary of Energy?
6. Do more states need to mirror Florida’s example and create an Election Crimes Agency?
7. Should the Biden administration lift its moratorium on federal executions?
8. Will complications with California’s reparations efforts scuttle a larger, national effort?
9. Is it too late for President Biden to salvage his domestic agenda?
10. Will Jessica Cisneros win her runoff election with Representative Henry Cuellar?
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1. What impact will sanctions against Russia have on the U.S. economy?
2. Will former President Trump’s comments on the Russia-Ukrainian War come back to haunt him in 2024?
3. If confirmed, how would Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson affect the dynamics of the Supreme Court?
4. Does the U.S. need to use new metrics to inform policymakers decisions on COVID-19?
5. What lessons should U.S. defense officials learn from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?
6. Could Russia’s invasion of Ukraine be a springboard for Republican moderates to regain control of the party?
7. Will facial recognition by U.S. Customs make America safer?
8. In light of recent international events, should the Federal Reserve still raise interest rates?
9. Should the Biden administration attempt to revive the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
10. Is self-censorship a growing problem in American higher education?
1. Should the U.S. support the Holy Land Confederation plan to bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
2. Will Missouri determine party control of the U.S. Senate in 2023?
3. If Russia ever deployed troops to Latin America, how should the Biden administration react?
4. Does consumer sentiment about the U.S. economy match the reality?
5. Should Democrats cease using Iowa as the first leg of their presidential primary process?
6. Will Mayor Eric Adams’ safety plan make New York City’s subway system safer?
7. What updates does the U.S. need to make to its energy grid?
8. Will House retirements cause Democrats to lose control of the chamber in 2022?
9. Should American schools continue a virtual option after the COVID-19 pandemic?
10. Is Meta losing the race for the metaverse?
1. Does President Biden need a new chief of staff?
2. Will average gas prices rise above $4 per gallon by the end of the year?
3. Should all U.S. states abolish mask and vaccine mandates?
4. Has President Biden been too partisan during his first year in office?
5. Is it possible for the U.S. to employ Russia as an ally to contain China?
6. Should the INFORM Consumers Act be passed?
7. Is partisan redistricting a threat to American democracy?
8. How can California best combat homelessness?
9. Should a portion of Afghanistan’s central bank assets be used to pay relatives to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks?
10. How can the Biden administration prevent an Ottawa-like protest in the U.S.?
1. What role, if any, should the Federal Reserve play in tackling climate change?
2. Would President Biden’s threatened sanctions on Russia create significant economic hardship in the United States?
3. Meta Platforms: Buy or sell?
4. Will the raid against Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi strengthen or weaken America’s standing in the Islamic world?
5. How forcefully should Republicans push back against President Biden’s Supreme Court pick?
6. What fixes does the U.S. need to make to the child care system?
7. Are recent state efforts to purge CRT from schools constitutional?
8. Is it time for Nancy Pelosi to pass her leadership position off to a younger Democrat?
9. Does the latest jobs report show that the U.S. economy will experience strong growth in 2022?
10. How would positive economic news over the next nine months impact the midterm elections?
1. Who should President Biden nominate to replace Justice Stephen Breyer?
2. What impact would consecutive rate increases by the Federal Reserve have on the U.S. economy?
3. Does the size of the U.S. national debt matter?
4. If Stacey Abrams fails to win Georgia’s gubernatorial election, is her political career over?
5. Will the January 6 committee’s investigations eventually find a direct link to former President Trump?
6. Should the child tax credit be means tested?
7. Student loan forgiveness: An economic boon or a political disaster for the Democratic Party?
8. Should New York City makes changes to its bail law?
9. What will the next evolution of the Internet look like?
10. Should the IRS go with an alternative to ID.me to secure Americans tax records?
1. Does President Biden need to shake up his foreign policy team?
2. Will public education be the biggest victim of the COVID-19 pandemic?
3. What is the Democrats best Senate pickup opportunity in the 2022 midterms?
4. Is the COVID relief bubble in the economy bursting?
5. Will the rise of artificial intelligence be the final blow against organized labor in the private sector?
6. Is the threat of domestic terrorism becoming bigger than terrorism by foreign groups?
7. Will legal problems in New York scuttle former President Trump’s political ambitions?
8. Is Netflix losing the streaming wars?
9. Could Hillary Clinton win a Democratic presidential primary in 2024?
10. What steps can be taken to depoliticize the Supreme Court?
1. Should Democrats expel Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin from their caucus if they do not vote for filibuster reform?
2. Has the expulsion of former President Trump from mainstream social media outlets been a boon for his political fortunes?
3. How can the U.S. economy better weather future strains of the COVID-19 virus?
4. Will conservative efforts to ban critical race theory weaken the performance of public schools?
5. What was the biggest mistake that the Biden administration made in 2021?
6. Are there any changes that Democrats should be willing to make to voting rights legislation to ensure that it can pass the Senate?
7. What does the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Biden’s vaccine mandate mean for the future of American COVID-19 policy?
8. Should the Federal Reserve significantly raise interest rates at its next meeting?
9. How can New York City improve the safety of its subway system?
10. What steps can U.S. states take in the fight against climate change?
1. Should the U.S. government issue a monthly universal income payment to all taxpayers for January to deal with the effects of the Omicron variant?
2. If the Democratic Congress barred Donald Trump from running for re-election under the terms of the 14th Amendment, would it be constitutional?
3. How can schools reduce the number of days they have to close due to staffing shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic?
4. Can independent, state-level redistricting commissions solve America’s gerrymandering problem?
5. How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect the future of America’s churches?
6. What steps should the U.S. government be taking to prevent another January 6 attack?
7. Should the U.S. reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887?
8. What should be the legislative priorities of the Biden administration in 2022?
9. Is America’s militia movement stronger or weaker than it was a decade ago?
10. What hurdles must be overcome to increase the number of electric vehicles in the United States?
1. Have new quarantine guidelines damaged the CDC’s credibility with the American people?
2. What grade does President Biden deserve after his first year in office?
3. Should race be used as a factor in distributing life-saving healthcare resources?
4. Is the U.S. headed for another housing crisis?
5. If progressives were to primary President Biden in 2024, who should they nominate?
6. Is the “defend the police” movement dead?
7. At what age should universal public education begin in the United States?
8. Are U.S. sanctions policies against Russia an ineffective strategy?
9. Should President Biden attempt to impose the “Build Back Better” bill via executive action?
10. Will American schools struggle to assemble enough staff to operate in 2022-2023?
Note that these will be the last questions of the first semester. Extemp Central will resume posting new, original content on Monday, January 3.
1. Will Donald Trump’s intervention in the Georgia governor’s race produce an Abrams victory?
2. Is Biden’s term turning into Jimmy Carter 2.0?
3. Will “The Great Resignation” continue into 2022?
4. Should the GOP abandon its position on keeping taxes low for business owners?
5. Would private school tax credit programs undermine public education?
6. Is there a “missile gap” forming between the U.S. and China?
7. Should Democrats cease using the term “Latinx”?
8. Is an arms embargo on Cambodia necessary?
9. How could Mike Pence defeat Donald Trump in a Republican presidential primary?
10. What steps do American cities need to take to curb rising homicide rates?
1. To what extent should the United States defend Ukraine’s territorial integrity?
2. Is President Biden responsible for Vice President Harris’ poor poll numbers?
3. Are existing discipline guidelines making America’s schools less safe?
4. Will the omicron variant doom Democratic efforts to keep control of Congress in 2022?
5. What should the Biden administration do if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade?
6. Will Major League Baseball’s owners reach a new labor agreement with the players’ union by spring training?
7. Can Dr. Oz win Pennsylvania’s Senate seat?
8. Will a reduction of the Fed’s quantitative-easing program substantially lower inflationary pressures in the U.S. economy?
9. What role should the U.S. federal government play in fixing lead pipes throughout the country?
10. Will Stacey Abrams win Georgia’s governorship next year?
1. Will the omicron variant cause a new wave of COVID lockdowns in the U.S.?
2. How can the Biden administration convince Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema to vote for the Build Back Better Act?
3. What explains the decline of college enrollment in the U.S.?
4. Are equity policies doing greater harm or good to the groups they are intending to help?
5. Does the U.S. still have a role to play in Afghanistan?
6. Has the Biden administration done enough to help organized labor?
7. Will the release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve lower gasoline prices over the long-term?
8. How can California cities best prevent “smash-and-grab” thefts?
9. Does the U.S. need to do more to weaken kleptocracies across Latin America?
10. How can Glenn Youngkin position himself for higher office after his term ends in 2025?
1. Have the Biden administration’s energy policies made gas prices higher?
2. Will the recently passed infrastructure bill make Pete Buttigieg a more powerful player in Democratic circles than Vice President Kamala Harris?
3. Did prosecutors botch the Rittenhouse case?
4. Has corporate consolidation made America’s inflation woes worse?
5. Should the U.S. abolish the TSA?
6. What steps can the U.S. take to strengthen democratic governments in Africa?
7. Would passage of President Biden’s social infrastructure bill help or hinder Democratic chances in the 2022 midterms?
8. What role, if any, should the Federal Reserve take in the fight against climate change?
9. Is a U.S. diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics an empty gesture?
10. Are electric vehicles the future of American transport?
1. Will the Supreme Court eventually find that the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement is constitutional?
2. Should all U.S. schools adopt a “mask optional” policy?
3. What can Democrats do to stop a “red wave” in 2022?
4. Will the recently passed infrastructure bill help the U.S. economy?
5. Is Chris Christie a “dark horse” presidential candidate?
6. If Russia invades Ukraine, how should the U.S. respond?
7. What should the Biden administration to do reduce migrant flows at the Mexican border?
8. Should the U.S. invest more in nuclear power?
9. Will the embrace of equity policies by schools further increase the achievement gap?
10. How would the rise of a “metaverse” affect American society?