It's been years since I've even seen a policy round. I'm sure there are game-level considerations that at least partly drove this. Still, as important as criminal justice reform is, the policy debate community's decision doesn't fill me with hope.
https://www.nfhs.org/articles/criminal-justice-reform-selected-as-2020-2021-national-policy-debate-topic/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=NFHS_Org