This season’s debate topic has been about whether the U.S. Federal Government should substantially increase restrictions on the president's executive power when it comes to: the authority to conduct first-use nuclear strikes, congressionally delegated trade power, exit from congressional-executive agreements and Article II treaties, judicial deference to all or nearly all federal administrative agency interpretations of statutes and regulations, or the bulk incidental collection of nearly all foreign intelligence information on the Americans without a warrant.

Teams will include social relations and policy sophomore Alex Brown and his teammate, zoology and public policy sophomore Lauren Pepper; journalism sophomore Evan Jones and his teammate, political theory and constitutional democracy sophomore Jack Scullion; and international relations sophomore Ezra Serrins and his teammate, political theory and constitutional democracy junior Lena Grossman.

Other colleges qualifying three teams include Harvard University, Northwestern University, University of Georgia, Emory University and the University of Kansas, the press release said.

Editor's Note: Evan Jones is a staff reporter at The State News.