Surveillance Topic Resources — Consolidated List

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance.

The following essays constitute a complete article on the 2015-16 surveillance resolution. Additional essays on specific arguments and other resources follow.

Topic Essay

Introduction
Topicality
Advantages
Plans/Cases
Disadvantages
Counterplans
Kritiks
Conclusion

Definitions

Surveillance
Domestic/Foreign

Specific Argument Essays

Business Records/Section 215 Meta Data Aff
Encryption Aff
Muslim Surveillance Aff
DNA Surveillance Aff
Drones
Immigration Surveillance Aff

Terrorism Disadvantage

Answering Terrorism

Race K

FILES

Advantages

Privacy Advantage — Subscribers Only (198.2 KiB)

Totalitarianism Advantage — Subscribers Only (230.3 KiB)

Cybersecurity Impacts — Subscribers Only (265.5 KiB)

Borders Kritik — Subscribers Only (180.0 KiB)

Biopower Advantage Links — Subscribers Only (224.5 KiB)

Biopower Impacts — Subscribers Only (80.9 KiB)

Advantage Answers

Privacy Advantage Answers — Subscribers Only (98.3 KiB)

Rights Advantage Answers — Subscribers Only (196.3 KiB)

Cyberwar Answers — Subscribers Only (251.9 KiB)

Internet Freedom Answers — Subscribers Only (124.6 KiB)

Disadvantages & Answers

DA — Terrorism Disadvantage — Subscribers Only (693.1 KiB)

Terrorism Answers — Subscribers Only (1.0 MiB)

Cybersecurity Impacts — Subscribers Only (265.5 KiB)

Cyberwar Answers — Subscribers Only (251.9 KiB)

Affirmative Cases

These Affirmative cases contain the core evidence for the specific case. You will find additional evidence for advantage extensions and disadvantage answers in the files above.

Section 215 Metadata Aff — Subscribers Only (135.4 KiB)

Encryption Aff — Subscribers Only (128.7 KiB)

Muslim Surveillance Affirmative — Subscribers Only (118.7 KiB)

DNA Surveillance Affirmative — Subscribers Only (218.2 KiB)

Immigration Surveillance Affirmative — Subscribers Only (248.5 KiB)

Drones Affirmative — Subscribers Only (104.4 KiB)

Case Negs

These Affirmative cases contain the core evidence for the specific case. You will find additional evidence for advantage answers and disadvantage links in the files above.

Section 215 Metadata Neg — Subscribers Only (212.9 KiB)

Encryption Neg 2 — Subscribers Only (173.2 KiB)

Muslim Surveillance Neg — Subscribers Only (153.4 KiB)

Drones Negative — Subscribers Only (176.8 KiB)

Kritiks

Racism K — Subscribers Only (186.9 KiB)

Biopower K 2015-16 — Subscribers Only (220.7 KiB)

Critical Legal Studies Kritik — Subscribers Only (246.7 KiB)

Kritik Answers

Biopower Answers — Subscribers Only (248.6 KiB)

Critical Legal Studies Answers — Subscribers Only (299.2 KiB)

Surveillance Monitors