
High School National Debate Topic 2005

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


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| Illustration | MIRLYN | Proquest | JSTOR | LEXIS Academic | IPSA | Worldwide
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| PHRASE | "military tribunal" | "military tribunal" | "military tribunal" | military tribunal | military tribunal | military tribunal | "military tribunal" |
| AND | immigration and detention | immigration and detention | immigration and detention | immigration and detention | immigration and detention | immigration and detention | immigration detention |
| OR | wiretap or surveillance | wiretap or surveillance | wiretap or surveillance | wiretap or surveillance | wiretap or surveillance | wiretap or surveillance | wiretap OR surveillance |
| NOT | surveillance not internet | surveillance and not internet | surveillance not internet | surveillance and not internet | surveillance not internet | surveillance not internet | surveillance -internet |
| COMPLEX SEARCHING | abuse and ("abu graib" or guantanamo) | abuse and ("abu ghraib" or guantanamo) | abuse and ("abu ghraib" or guantanamo) | sbuse and (abu ghraib or guantanamo) | abuse and (abu ghraib or guantanamo) | abuse and (abu ghraib or guantanamo) | abuse ("abu ghraib" OR guantanamo) |
| TRUNCATION | terroris? | terroris? | terroris??? | terroris! | terroris* | terroris* | not applicable |

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