HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of May 18th-24th, 2010

1.  Should the U.S. put off new sanctions on Iran in light of Iran’s agreement to send low-enriched uranium to Turkey?
2.  What steps can the federal government take to ensure that another offshore oil drilling disaster does not occur?
3.  Should Obama’s aunt Zeituni Onyango have been granted asylum?
4.  Are public employee unions too powerful?
5.  How optimistic should GM executives be after the company posted its first quarterly profit in three years?
6.  Will Eric Holder file a lawsuit against Arizona’s new immigration law? 
7.  Should ethnic studies programs be banned?
8.  How big of a blow to school reform advocates is the decision by Central Fall High School to rehire much of its staff who were fired earlier this year?
9.  What did Tuesday’s primaries say about the mood of the American electorate?
10.  Does the Supreme Court’s ruling in US v. Comstock demonstrate that federalism is not a high priority among the Court’s conservatives?