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2026 NSDA Nationals yEd Graphs - Civil Liberties

In addition to the files we normally produce, our Briefs and AT Files, Kankee Briefs is has also been releasing the yEd graphs that visually chart connections between key historical events/law, arguments, and philosophers in any given topic. I am using these graphs to assist me in hopefully writing improved topic analyses—it is in effect my stupidly large white board that can be automatically organize using yEd. If you want to access the yEd graph, click the link here. If the

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karkingkankee

Jun 44 min read

2026 NSDA Nationals LD Brief & AT File - Civil Liberties

Linked here is BOTH the Brief and the AT File for the NSDA Nationals civil liberties topic. Remember that you can access our files in a variety of ways, such as on our brief page on our website (linked here), our email list, (linked here), OpenCaselist (linked here), or our open source Google Drive folder (linked here).

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karkingkankee

Jun 31 min read

DELAY: 2026 NSDA Nats LD Brief and AT File - Civil Liberties

The release of the 2026 NSDA Nationals LD Brief on civil liberties has been DELAYED until May 20th. However, the AT File will be released on-time like normal and can be accessed on May 25th. Apologies for the inconvenience. All other briefs and AT Files for future topics should be expected to be released on their normal dates.

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karkingkankee

May 131 min read

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