250th Anniversary of the U.S.A. Series on The Republican Professor Podcast
By Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.
Dr. Mather is doing a series on The Republican Professor Podcast honoring the 250th anniversary of the United States of America (U.S.A).
The series began two months ago and focuses on Biblical issues in the American Founding in a continued discussion of “Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers,” by Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach, D.Phil., J.D., who came on the podcast in 2022, and whose work continued to be discussed at length on TRP Podcast in Fall 2024 around Thanksgiving.
In addition, Dr. Mather is focusing on one issue in Constitutional Law for the series, that of executive power. This line is an extended discussion of Charles C. Thach, Jr.,’s Ph.D. dissertation at Johns Hopkins in 1922, made available by Liberty Fund, called “The Creation of the Presidency 1775-1789: A Study in Constitutional History.” This discussion takes us through the immediate challenges that faced the “revolutionaries” in 1776. They were at war without a Chief Executive. They’d been traumatized by monarchy, and by Parliamentary tyrannical vortex. So, what to do ? How to conduct war so as to win ? And how to govern effectively and justly during and thereafter. That’s the story Thach tells, and it’s a wonderful interaction to be sure.
Check out the series if you haven’t already.
Take good care. God bless you guys. We’ll see you on the next one.
