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Topic: Civil Liberties

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially decrease its authority either to detain without charge or to search without probable cause.

Topic Analysis
A Message to Debaters from NCPA President John C. Goodman
An Economic Analysis of the Conflict Between the Patriot Act and Civil Liberty
The Classical Liberal Concept of Individual Rights
A Conventionalist and Historical View of American Rights
Surveillance and the National Security Agency
Hands Off! Government Infringements of Civil Liberties.
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