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We continue our study of Justice Scalia's great dissent in Morrison v. Olson (1988) and what it teaches us about Separation of Powers as established by the Constitution of the United States of America. Part 2, going through Roman numeral one. Next time, we get to Roman numeral two and beyond. The Republican Professor is a pro-Separation-of-Powers-rightly-understood-executive-power-correctly-contem...

For Lincoln's birthday month this year, we unpack Biblical themes in a crucial speech he gave at the end of his life where he interprets the Civil War entirely in Biblical terms. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly understanding the Bible and Politics podcast. Therefore, welcome our first Republican president to the podcast, Abraham Lincoln. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted...

We begin our study of Justice Scalia's great dissent in Morrison v. Olson (1988) and what it teaches us about Separation of Powers as established by the Constitution of the United States of America. Part 1. Next time, we get to Roman numeral one and beyond. The Republican Professor is a pro-Separation-of-Powers-rightly-understood-executive-power-correctly-contemplated podcast. Therefore, welcome J...

Michael M. Uhlmann was my mentor for over a decade. Here we cover his 1978 essay which sounds as if he's talking about February 2025. The essay is called "Congress and the Welfare State." It's a review of Morris Fiorina's book Congress: Keystone of the Washington Establishment. Enjoy ! The Republican Professor is a pro-Michael-M-Uhlmann podcast ! The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by...

We continue in our study of the Fourth Amendment civil liberties. This is Part 4 of an analysis of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (US) in Pasadena on Snitko v. United States (FBI), a Fourth Amendment search and seizure "inventory" case. 90 F.4th 1250 (9th Cir, 2024). The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-discerning-when-government-uses-administrative-law-to-break-Constitutional-law podcast...

What hath Individual Liberty to do with proper and correct, univocal definitions of terms ? For Part 4 of this deep dive where we will go through the famous Chevron USA v. Natural Resource Defense Council (1984) Roman Numerals III through V. Recall, this decision reversed the Ginsburg opinion at the lower court. This in turn sets us up for Part 3, where we'll look closely at Loper Bright (2024), w...

Are you ready to get your Separation of Powers on ? For Part 3 of this deep dive where we will go through the famous Chevron USA v. Natural Resource Defense Council (1984) Roman Numerals III through V. Recall, this decision reversed the Ginsburg opinion at the lower court. This in turn sets us up for Part 3, where we'll look closely at Loper Bright (2024), which in turn reversed the Republican win...

Are you ready to get your Separation of Powers on ? For Part 2 of this deep dive where we will go through the famous Chevron USA v. Natural Resource Defense Council (1984), which reversed the Ginsburg opinion at the lower court. This in turn sets us up for Part 3, where we'll look closely at Loper Bright (2024), which in turn reversed the Republican win in 1984. This could be called Gorsuch v. Gor...

Longtime caller, first time listener CS Snodtgrass, or Clive Staples Snodtgrass Jr. for short (dad's name is Fred) finally gets through to the TRP Podcast. Clive joins us to celebrate being a Gay American and a Gay Republican and enjoy the inauguration of President Trump for the second time. We also discuss, briefly, the ant-Gay policies of the Democratic Party in California in the present day. It...

Are you ready to get your Fourth Amendment on ? This is Part 3 of an analysis of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (US) in Pasadena on Snitko v. United States (FBI), a Fourth Amendment search and seizure "inventory" case. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-discerning-when-government-uses-administrative-law-to-break-Constitutional-law podcast. Support the podcast with a gift: https://buymea...

This is not for the faint of heart. It's a deep dive into Chevron deference doctrine starting with Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg's DC Circuit opinion in 1982 against Anne Gorsuch, Neil Gorsuch's mother, who was at the time appointed by Republican Ronald Reagan to run the Environmental Protection Agency. We cover Ginsburg's 1982 decision here in Part 1. This sets us up for Part 2 of this deep dive wher...

Today's return guest is a Mark O. Hatfield (R, Oregon) type of Republican, Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph. D., former Chancellor, President, and long-time professor of Philosophy and Psychology, and founder of the Counseling Department at Denver Seminary, where TRP's host Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph. D. knew Dr. Grounds during Dr. Mather's graduate student days. Dr. Grounds taught in the philosophy department...

This is Part 2 of an analysis of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (US) in Pasadena on Snitko v. United States (FBI), a 4th Amendment search and seizure "inventory" case. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-discerning-when-government-uses-administrative-law-to-break-Constitutional-law podcast. Support the podcast with a gift: https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather or on Venmo at-sign TheRep...

This is Part 1 of an analysis of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (US) in Pasadena on Snitko v. United States (FBI), a 4th Amendment search and seizure "inventory" case. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-discerning-when-government-uses-administrative-law-to-break-Constitutional-law podcast. Support the podcast with a gift: https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather or on Venmo at-sign TheRep...

Christianity as Ethnicity Part 2, with special application to the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution, and commentary on the definition of marriage according to California in the issue of Prop 3 as it was debated in the California Legislature in 2023. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph. D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack http...

We pick up with the Pardon Power in the Constitution and consider the term "Christian Nationalism" from a Christianity as Ethnicity perspective. NB: Ethnicity is not race or color/appearance in this usage of the term. Ethnos, the Greek word used in Matthew 28's "Great Commission," contemplates ethnicity as its used here, as "nation" or people bound together by kinship, heritage, tradition, no matt...

We take a look at two provisions of "the Supreme Law of the Land," as well as Federalist 74 written by Hamilton, and I reflect briefly on Lincoln's Lyceum Address.

Today's return guest is a Mark O. Hatfield (R, Oregon) type of Republican, Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph. D., former Chancellor, President, and long-time professor of Philosophy and Psychology, and founder of the Counseling Department at Denver Seminary, where TRP's host Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph. D. knew Dr. Grounds during Dr. Mather's graduate student days. Dr. Grounds taught in the philosophy department...

Grandpa Mather flew F6F Hellcats during World War 2, and later married Dottie Rehnland of Michigan, and had 3 kids, one of whom was my father. He became a Christian at the big Methodist Church in Colorado Springs in 1956 at Dawson Trotman's funeral when Billy Graham gave the eulogy. In 1962, Grandpa founded Mr. Steak, Inc., which eventually had 286 restaurants in the United States and in Canada. G...

We discuss an article by UC Berkeley School of Law Professor John Yoo which discusses the nomination to Attorney General and the president's goal to take care the laws be faithfully executed. The article can be found here, and we thank John Yoo and National Review for producing the article and making it available for discussion. https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/11/why-an-attorney-general-matt-g...

Adam Stowell has taught Philosophy (Logic, Ethics, Religion) for 18 years in California and has a graduate degree in Political Science, as well. He's a cultural critic and observer of what he calls the failure of "the credentialed class." We don't want to misread what the election means and what the prospects are for progress. Support the podcast : https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather

We're discussing "Law and Ideology" based on the insights from a master observer of both types of totalitarian socialisms on the Left, national socialism -- sometimes called fascism -- and the kind of socialism that the Communists in East Germany and Russia had during the 1900s, during the life of Dr. Thielicke. (USSR meant Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). Our return guest today on The Republ...

The ones with sound originally aired on FB LIVE Thursday July 15th 2021 at 8:21 am and Friday July 16th 2021 at 1:29 pm under the title "Effectively Countering CRT: An Introduction." https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph. D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepub...

We received tender mercies this past week. (Psalm 51, KJV). Here's the end of election week message from TRP bunker. Originally aired LIVE Friday 8 November 2024 at 1:21pm Buy the producer a coffee anonymously, https://buymeacoffee.com/lucasj.mather Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph. D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substa...

A snap-shot in time just after Biden was sworn in January 2021, with some correct prediction for 2024. Never stop learning. Tomorrow's episode will refer back to this one.