Guest: Frederick Lawrence — Dean of George Washington University Law School and author of Punishing Hate: Bias Crimes Under American Law.

Host: Mahesha Subbaraman — A high school Lincoln-Douglas debate coach in Minnesota, an Amherst College graduate, the founder/owner of Trinity Briefs, and creator of Colloquy.

Topic Discussed: Are hate crimes enhancements unjust in the United States?

Length: 26 min.

Welcome to Loquitur — a brand-new Internet podcast dedicated to interviewing academic and professional experts on current National Forensic League debate topics for the free educational benefit of high school students competing in Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum Debate.

Loquitur is brought to you courtesy of Trinity Briefs and Georgia Forensics Daily.

Loquitur is not affiliated with or sponsored by the National Forensic League.

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The Loquitur Podcast is co-hosted by Mahesha Subbaraman and Brandon Sheats.

Mahesha Subbaraman is a high school Lincoln-Douglas debate coach in Minnesota, an Amherst College graduate, the founder/owner of Trinity Briefs, and the creator of Colloquy.

Brandon Sheats is an assistant debate coach at Henry W. Grady High School in Atlanta, GA, where he has coached twelve competitors to the NFL National Tournament (a district record) and twenty competitors to the CFL Grand Nationals. Brandon’s students have also cleared many national circuit tournaments, including the Florida Blue Key, Wake National Earlybird, and the Carrollton Peach State Classic. He is also the director/editor of Georgia Forensics Daily.

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