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Surveillance 2015
September
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Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance.

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

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

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Animal Disease Treatment AFF

ADT hurts farmers

ADT is bad for the economy

ADT won’t work effectively

Cattle industry is bad

Meat industry is bad

ADT won’t prevent disease

Zoonotic disease risk low

***Phone Data Mining/ Wire Tapping Case Neg***

1NC—Topicality

“End” Definition—“No Longer Continue to Exist”

***A/T Civil Liberties Adv***

1NC—Inherency

1NC—Solvency

1NC—Impact Defense

No Solvency—Backdoor Surveillance Power

Impact Defense—Impact Inevitable

No Solvency—Reform Fails

Security O/W Civil Liberties

***A/T Econ/ International Business Adv***

1NC—Inherency

1NC—No Internal Link

1NC—No Impact

UQ—US Econ High Now

Int. Link Defense—A/T “Tech Business Key”

Impact Defense—Interdependence Prevents War

Int. Link Defense—A/T “Econ Decline Causes War”

Impact Defense—US Econ Resilient

***A/T Soft Power/ Credibility Adv***

1NC—No Inherency

1NC—No Solvency

1NC—No Impact

No UQ—Lack of Consistency/ Failure

Alt Causes—Oil Export Ban

Alt Causes—CIA Torture Report

No Solvency—Targeted Campaigns Key

***Generic Disad Links***

Terrorism Disad—Link—Wiretapping

Crime Disad—Link—Wiretapping

Crime/ Terrorism Disad—Link—Wiretapping

***Solvency***

1NC—Solvency

Circumvention—Happening Now

Circumvention—Loop Holes

***Counter Plan***

1NC—CP

Solvency—Legal Authority

Solvency—Legal Precision

Net Benefit—Circumvention

Common Core Education AFF

1AC

Common Core is Surveillance Topicality

Common Core is “Surveillance”

Corporate Control Internal Links

Common Core bolsters corporate control (general)

Teachers are corporatized

Privatization of education leads to extinction

Neoliberalism – General extension

Future workers/tools

Neoliberalism Impacts

Critical Thinking Extension

Testing focus bad

Critical thinking requires openness

Utilitarian mindset

Student agency

Postmodernist Thinking

Critical thinking impacts

The Education Debate (case extension and will answer multiple DAs)

Fails / Bad for education

No textbooks

Does not prepare for college

No education uniformity

Testing focus fails

Topicality

A2: “its” Topicality (federal program)

A2: Economic Competitiveness DA / Education

Education low now

Competitiveness low now

Competitiveness internal link answers

Democracy answer

Hegemony answer

A2: States CP

Competitiveness turn

Inherency Freedom-Patriot Acts AFF

Freedom Act Makes Data Collection Easier

Freedom Act Makes Cosmetic Changes Only

Other Mechanisms to Collect Data Untouched by Freedom Act

Obama Will Ignore the Freedom Act

Most Surveillance Remains in Status Quo

Internet Surveillance AFF

Inherency

Civil Liberties/Privacy Adv

Decreased Surveillance Key to Privacy

Tech Leadership/Credibility Adv

Decreased Surveillance Key to Security/Privacy

Tech Credibility Good – Repressive Regimes Internal

International Law Adv

Solvency – Decreased Surveillance Key

Information Overload Adv

Specific Targeted Searches – Key to Solve Terrorism

No Solvency – Collect-it-All Fails

Solvency

Decreasing Network Surveillance Solves – Democracy/Ethics

Decreasing Network Surveillance Solves – Fundamental Rights

Decreased Surveillance Solves – Economy

FG Solves – Reform Possible

A/T Politics

Link Turn - Plan Popular

A/T FISA CP

No Solvency

Muslim Surveillance Extensions AFF

A/T Counter Plan

FBI surveillance of Muslims is increasing now

FBI/DOJ profiling reforms do not decrease anti-Muslim surveillance

The FBI is structurally racist against Muslims

The “no-fly” list is used for anti-Muslim surveillance

The FBI coerces Muslims to be spies/informants

Anti-Muslim surveillance should be rejected

A2: Terrorism Disadvantages

Prison Surveillance AFF

Inherency

Surveillance Increasing Now – Tech

Prison Conditions – Bad Now

Harms/Prison Surveillance Bad

Surveillance in Prisons Bad – Psychological Pain

Surveillance in Prisons Bad – Privacy

Surveillance in Prisons Bad – Racism

Surveillance in Prisons Bad – Body Cavity Searches

Solvency

Limiting Surveillance – Solves Civil Liberty Violations/Racism

Limiting Surveillance – Solves Sexual Assaults

Limiting Surveillance – Solves Prison Conditions

A/T Politics

Link Turn - Plan Bipartisan

Link Turn – Plan Popular

A/T Prison Corruption DA

Non-Unique – Corruption High Now

Alt Cause/No Link – Decreased Surveillance Not the Key Factor

No Impact – Corruption Inevitable

A/T Crime DA

Non-Unique – Crime Rates Increasing Now

Alt Cause – Gun Laws

No Link - Plan Not Key

A/T Privatization DA/CP

No Solvency – Prison Conditions

No Solvency – Corruption/Prison Conditions

Circumvention AFF

Affirmative – Top Level

1AC/2AC – No Circumvention – Surveillance

1AC/2AC – No Circumvention – Congress

No Circumvention – Congress

No Circumvention – Congress – Courts Enforce Legislation

No Circumvention – Congress – Empirics

No Circumvention – Congress – AT: Crises

No Circumvention – Congress – AT: Definitions

No Circumvention – Congress – AT: Information Deficit/Secrecy

1AC/2AC – No Circumvention – Courts

No Circumvention – Courts

No Circumvention – Courts – AT: Courts Defer

No Circumvention – AT: Posner and Vermeule

Hegemony Bad AFF

Hurts Soft Power

Hurts Economy/ Competitiveness

Terrorism—Surveillance Not Key

Terrorism—Information Overload

Not Key to Hegemony—Information Overload

Not Key to Hegemony—No Useful Information

Not Key to Hegemony—Alt Causes

Hegemony Bad—Doesn’t Prevent War

Hegemony Bad—Causes War With Russia/ China

Hegemony Bad—Causes Middle East War

Hegemony Bad—Causes Global Violence

Hegemony Bad—Not Effective

Politics Iran Deal DA – Aff

Uniqueness

2AC – UQ Overwhelms Link

2AC – Veto Irrelevant

Links

2AC – AT: Surveillance Link – Plan Popular

Surveillance Link – Plan Popular

Surveillance Link – Plan Popular – Drones

2AC – AT: Losers Lose

Internals

2AC PC Fails

PC Fails

2AC PC Fails – Can’t Use It

PC Fails – Can’t Use It

2AC Winners Win / PC Not Key

Winners Win

Impacts

2AC Deal Fails

Deal Fails

2AC – AT: Iran Prolif MPX

AT: Iran Prolif – Deterrence

AT: Iran Prolif Bad – Deterrence – Iran is Rational

AT: Iran Prolif Bad – AT: Nuclear Terror

2AC – AT: US-Iran War

AT: US-Iran War

Racist Surveillance Kritik AFF

No Link

No Link—Not Racist

No Link—Privacy Good > Racism

Link Turns

Link Turn—Surveillance is Racist—Arabs/ Muslims

Link Turn—A/T “New Surveillance State”

Link Turn—Surveillance is Racist

Link Turn—Civil Liberties Key

Other Turns

Turn—Victimization

Turn—Progress Denial

Perms Solve

Perm Solves—Surveillance Specific

Perm Solves—Legal Reforms Good—Race

Perm Solves—Legal Reforms Good—Police Violence

Perm Solves—Legal Reforms Good—Policies

Impact Defense

Police Violence

Prison Population Decreasing

Poverty Decreasing

Education Increasing

Racism Decreasing

Framework

Public Surveillance Debates Good

Animal Disease Treatment NEG

Impact on farmers overstated

Traceability is good for the economy

Traceability key prevent zoonosis

Zoonotic disease prevalent

Food contamination causes outbreaks

Surveillance key to prevent zoonosis

Cattle industry is environmentally friendly

Cattle industry doesn’t cause harm

Common Core Education NEG

Topicality

Common Core is not “surveillance”

“Its” Topicality (not a federal program)

Common Core Good

General

A2: Corporate Control Advantage

Alternate causality

Neoliberalism Answers - Link turns

Neoliberalism Answers - Alternate causality

Neoliberalism Good

A2: Critical Thinking Advantage

General / solvency answers

Meaningless / no definition

National standards good

Alternate causality answers

Economic Competitiveness Disadvantage

1NC

Competitiveness high now – Obama Clean Power Plan

College success rates

Key to education uniformity

Common Core fosters teacher control

Education key to economic growth & competitiveness

Education impacts

Politics Disadvantage(s) Links

GOP hates Common Core

Bush likes Common Core

Bush does not support Common Core

Public is split

Teachers’ unions hate Common Core

Everyone hates Common Core

Drunk Driving Checkpoints NEG

AT: Aff case advantages

AT: privacy violation

AT: Constitutionality Adv.

AT: Checkpoints are wasteful/expensive

Drunk Driving Deterrence DA

Drunk Driving DA Shell 1NC

Uniqueness

Links

Impacts

Checkpoints Good Offense

Politics Links

Courts CP

Shields the Link to Politics

Roving Patrols CP

T – Its/USFG

Inherency Freedom-Patriot Acts NEG

Domestic Surveillance is Curtailed in the Status Quo

Status Quo Has Curtailed Collection of Data and Increased Transparency

Freedom Act Is Generally Good

Further Restrictions Beyond Freedom Act Impending

Courts Are Checking Abuse in Status Quo

General Trend is Against Mass Surveillance

Surveillance Hawks Losing in the Status Quo

Transparency Increasing In Status Quo

General Mass Data Collection is Dead in Status Quo

Internet Surveillance NEG

***Topicality Shell***

1NC Topicality

***Inherency***

Decreasing Internet Surveillance – Encryption

Decreased Internet Surveillance – VPNs Check

Internet Surveillance Oversight – ICANN

***A/T Civil Liberties/Privacy Adv***

Link Turn

No Internal Link

No Impact – Privacy Violations Inevitable

No Impact – Civil Liberty Violations Inevitable

***A/T Tech Leadership/Credibility Adv ***

Cyber Monitoring Key – Security

No Solvency – Disorganization

Alt Cause – Trade Defeats

***A/T Information Overload Adv***

A/T Inherency

Link Turn – Meta Data Search/Storage Key

No Solvency

***A/T Solvency***

Plan Fails – Surveillance Self-Correcting

Plan Fails – Co-option

A2: Surveillance Unconstitutional

***Generic Disad Links***

Politics – Plan Unpopular

***Counter Plans***

FISA CP – Solvency

Prison Surveillance NEG

***Topicality Shell***

1NC Topicality

***Inherency***

Privacy Reform Now – PREA

Prison Reform Now – Diversionary Programs

***A/T Privacy Adv***

No Solvency – Surveillance Key

No Impact – Privacy Violations Inevitable

***A/T Civil Liberty Adv ***

Turn—Surveillance Ensures Safety

No Solvency – Surveillance Key to Protection

No Impact – Civil Liberty Losses Inevitable

Alt Causes – Civil Liberty Violations

Alt Cause—Overcrowding

Alt Cause—Other Surveillance

***A/T Prison Conditions Adv***

Internal Link Turn – Tech Catches Corrupt Guards

No Solvency – Surveillance Key to Solve Violence

No Impact – Bad Prison Conditions Inevitable

Alt Causes - Prison Conditions

Impact Inevitable – Prison Conditions

***A/T Solvency***

No Solvency – Surveillance Solves Escapes/Crime

No Solvency – Guard to Tech Transition Fails

No Solvency – Body Cavity Searches Key to Security

No Solvency—Reforms= Long Time Frame

***Generic Disad Links***

Crimes DA – Public Safety Link

Politics – Plan Partisan

***Counter Plans***

States CP – Solvency

States CP – Spending/Economy Net Benefit

Privatization CP – Solvency

Circumvention NEG

Negative – Top Level

1NC Circumvention – General

2NC Circumvention – General

1NC Circumvention – Congress

2NC Circumvention – Congress – Surveillance

2NC Circumvention – Congress

2NC Circumvention – Congress – Definitions

1NC Circumvention – Courts

2NC Circumvention – Courts – Surveillance

2NC Circumvention – Courts

Negative – AT: Aff Answers

2NC Circumvention – AT: Norms/No Motive

2NC Circumvention – Congress – AT: Courts Enforce Legislation

2NC Circumvention – Congress – AT: Power of the Purse

Hegemony Good NEG

Hegemony Good—Key to Global Order

Hegemony Good—Key to Free Societies

Hegemony Good—Key to Stability

Hegemony Good—Sustainable—Laundry List

Hegemony Good—Sustainable—China

Hegemony Key to Soft Power

Key to Hegemony

Terrorism—Surveillance Prevents It

Terrorism—Destroys US Economy

Economy Key to Hegemony

Helps Economy/ Competitiveness

Politics Iran Deal DA – Neg

Strategy Sheet

1NC

Uniqueness

1NC – Yes Veto

2NC – Yes Veto

2NC – AT: Veto Irrelevant

Links

1NC Surveillance Link – General

2NC Surveillance Link – General

2NC Surveillance Link – Drones

2NC Surveillance Link – PRISM

1NC Losers Lose

2NC Losers Lose

Losers Lose – Yes Loss

Losers Lose – AT: Obama Likes the Plan

Internals

1NC PC Key

PC Key

PC Key – Momentum Key

2NC – AT: PC Fails – Agenda

2NC – AT: PC Fails – Dem Unity

2NC – AT: PC Fails – AT: Can’t Use It – Yes Obama Push

2NC – AT: PC Fails – AT: Can’t Use It

2NC – AT: PC Fails - AT: Hirsh

2NC – AT: Winners Win

Impacts – Internals

1NC Deal Good – Iran Prolif

1NC Deal Good – Israel Strikes

2NC Deal Good – AT: Deal Fails – Newest

Deal Good – AT: Deal Fails – AT: Breakout

Deal Good – AT: Deal Fails – AT: Centrifuges

Deal Good – AT: Deal Fails – AT: Inspection Delays

Deal Good – AT: Deal Fails – AT: Iran Hardliners

Deal Good – AT: Deal Fails – AT: Secret Facilities

Deal Good – AT: Deal Fails – Mideast War MPX

Deal Good – AT: Deal Fails

Deal Good – Israel Strikes

Impacts – Terminal

1NC Iran Prolif Bad – NW

Iran Prolif Bad – Laundry Lists

Iran Prolif Bad – NW

Iran Prolif Bad – AT: Deterrence Solves

Iran Prolif Bad – AT: Iran Is Rational

Iran Prolif Turns Case – Econ

Iran Prolif Turns Case – Cred/Heg

1NC Israel Strikes Bad – NW

Israel Strikes Bad – NW

2NC Deal Good – Mideast War

Racist Surveillance Kritik NEG

Criticism Overview

***Neg Cards***

1NC

1NC—Link

1NC—Impact

1NC—Alternative

Links

“New Surveillance Sate”/ Regulations Fail

“New Surveillance State”

False Reform

Privacy—Surveillance

Privacy—General

Impacts

Racism must be rejected

Education

Society

Police Violence

Poverty

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Framework

Uniqueness—Racism Increasing

Racism Comes First

Educational Spaces

Racism= Subconscious

A/T Perms

No Solvency—If Aff Is Not About Race

No Solvency—If Aff is Reform Good For Minorities

No Solvency—Reform Focus Fails

Other Neg Args

Incarceration Rates

Poverty Rates

Criminality Perception—Psychology

Criminality Perception—Children

Criminality Perception—Jobs/ Hiring

Criminality Perception—Police/ Black Police

Interlocking Oppressions

No Aff Solvency—Non Compliance

No Aff Solvency—Attitudes

A/T “Black Crime Responsible For Police Violence”

Animal Disease Treatment AFF

ADT hurts farmers

ADT is designed to benefit large corporations at the expense of small farmers

Food & Water Watch. November 2011. Livestock Traceability: What You Need to Know. Accessed July 23, 2015.