Welcome to Beg to Differ, The Bullworks Weekly Roundtable discussion featuring civil conversation across the political spectrum.

We range from center left to center right.

I'm Mona Charon, indicated columnist and policy editor at the Bulwark and I'm joined

by our regulars Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution in the Wall Street Journal

and Linda Chavez of the Niskanin Center.

Damon Linker had a death in the family this week and we send him our sincerest condolences.

Sitting in for him today is the Bullworks own Bill Crystal.

Our special guest this week is Steve Laddick, professor at the University of Texas School of Law and prolific

commentator, podcaster, and blogger on all things legal, and apparently also on parenting,

which is a aspect of his work that I wasn't familiar with, and we'll have to learn more about.

But thank you, one and all, for being here.

We're going to address a lot of issues today because we're going to touch upon the Supreme Court

term, the problems of Herschel Walker in Georgia, and the tricky concept of the independent state legislature doctrine.

So lots to get to, let's start with the Supreme Court.

This term, as if last term wasn't eventful enough.

This term, the court is set to consider

some free speech issues.

They are set to look at affirmative action. They are going to consider,

as I mentioned, the Independent State Legislature Doctrine, the Indian Child Welfare Act,

and whether it violates the Equal Protection Clause and an Alabama

redistricting case just to get going.

So let us begin with the case that was brought by a group of Asian Americans who

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