Home Page
Published by Keshav Arun on August 2nd, 2026
"Only 4,000 out of 25,000 high schools in the U.S. have speech and debate programs. Middle schools have even fewer. Let's do something about it." -National Speech and Debate Association
Home Page
The Constitution needs adapt to a changing country while protecting our democratic rights and values. To dive deeper, we interviewed Professor Pamela S. Karlan, a Stanford Law professor and constitutional scholar.
Home Page
Election security is crucial for maintaining trust in democracy, but protecting elections can create difficult questions about the right to vote. To answer this, this we interviewed Aaron Spikol, a Stanford educated lawyer, and Ph.D.
Home Page
The NSDA Nationals 2026 Lincoln-Douglas resolution asks competitors to weigh one of the most enduring questions in democratic governance: when, if ever, should democracies restrict speech because of a national security threat? To answer this question we interviewed Columbia Undergraduate Law Review writer Megan Chopra.
Home Page
The NSDA Nationals 2026 Lincoln-Douglas resolution asks competitors one of the most difficult questions in governance, can national security be effectively responded to under the bounds of civil liberties? To answer this we interviewed Aaron Spikol, a Stanford educated lawyer, and Ph.D.
Expert Index
Meet The Experts
Below are professors, scholars and experts, all with extensive knowledge of the resolution who we’ve interviewed and credited in our numerous blogs.
Pamela Karlan
Former LD Debater
Stanford Law Professor
Lead Counsel of 15+ Cases in the Supreme Court
View Articles
Henry Greely
Former Policy Debater
Stanford Law Professor
Director of Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences
View Articles
Aaron Spikol
Former Policy Debater
Stanford PhD, Political Science
Knight-Hennessy Scholar
Stanford Law School J.D.
View Articles
Herbert Lin
Stanford Security Scholar
M.I.T PhD, Physics
Chief Scientist Emeritus, National Research Council
Expert on Cyber Policy and Security
View Articles
David Engstrom
Stanford Law Professor
Yale PhD, Political Science
Lead Counsel in a Supreme
Court Case
Expert in AI and Algorithmic Accountability
View Articles
Meenakshi Krishnan
Yale Law School J.D., Cambridge University Master of Philosophy.
Expert on Surveillance Laws & Civil Liberties.
View Articles
Megan Chopra
Columbia University ’29, B.A. Political Science & Human Rights.
Expert on Individual Rights & Democratic Movements.
View Articles