Episodes

We pick up where we left off with Judge Bumatay’s 20 March 2025 dissent in Duncan v. Bonta (en banc, 9th Circuit), using the uscourts.gov PDF pagination, going from p. 112 through to the end of Judge Bumatay’s dissent at p. 124, available at the link below.

https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/03/20/23-55805.pdf

The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-Constitutional-and-natural-rights podcast.

The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

We finish our journey through the swirly twirly gumdrops of the Unitary Executive, 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 7, going through Roman numeral five (V), entire.

We stop and say hi to the Claremont Review of Books, Winter 2024-2025 edition, Charles R. Kesler’s piece called “The Eruption of Mount Elon,” along the way, available here : https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/the-eruption-of-mount-elon/

We thank Claremont Review of Books for making this material available. Go to their website and subscribe to get a hard copy mailed to you 4 times a year for a very good price.

The Republican Professor is a pro-Separation-of-Powers-rightly-understood-executive-power-correctly-contemplated podcast.

Therefore, welcome Justice Antonin Scalia to the podcast.

The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

To support the podcast, support it.

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Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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This is Part 2 in a series noting that 2025 is the 40th Anniversary of Harvard University Press’ 1985 publication of Richard A. Epstein’s “Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain.”

We our celebration of this anniversary with a fair use and transformative reading of chapter 2, still in what Richard calls “Philosophical Preliminaries.” He titles chapter 2 “Hobbseian Man, Lockean World” because he’s taking a look at political philosophy and the American constitutional order, how these things interact.

Every college student should read this book. It’s a superb introduction to the political philosophy of the American regime. Praise the Lord.

We’d like to thank Harvard University Press for making this material available and Richard Epstein for writing it.

Make sure you buy the book and follow along.

It’s very important for you to have your own copy on your own bookshelf, and to begin to master this material. Support your local book dealer. See if they have a copy of it, or if they’d mind keeping an eye out for you.

I always encourage buying physical books, objects you can have, hold, cherish, learn from, display on your bookshelf as a topic of conversation, things you can pass on to the next generation with your notes in them, things that do not depend upon electricity.

Toward that end:

Go to Harvard University Press for more selections available for purchase. Please support the publisher and your local booksellers.

The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-property-rights podcast.

The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

For Part 3e of this deep dive we continue the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984), Kagan’s dissent continued from her p. 15 (Roman Numeral II) to her p. 24 at the top (Roman Numeral III) of that Slip Opinion.

We go from p. 15 through to the top of her p. 24 stopping at Roman Numeral III of the Slip Opinion (603 U.S. _____ (2024) of Kagan’s dissent.

We will pick up the rest of p.15 of that dissent next time.

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We cover Pope Leo XIII ‘s Rerum Novarum numbers 1 through 6 in his condemnation of Socialism and collectivism against the individual rights of workers in 1891, when Socialism was increasingly popular in intellectual circles, setting the stage for the statisms of the 1900s.

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We pick up where we left off with Judge Bumatay’s 20 March 2025 dissent in Duncan v. Bonta (en banc, 9th Circuit), using the uscourts.gov PDF pagination, going from the bottom of p. 92 to the top of p. 112 stopping at his Roman Numeral III, available at the link below.

https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2025/03/20/23-55805.pdf

The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-contemplating-Constitutional-and-natural-rights podcast.

The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

This was the first speech I gave in front of my Grandpa, James A. Mather (26 Feb 1923 — 14 May 2025). He was 97 years young at this speech going to the gym 3 x a week right up to the lockdowns. And this speech was the Friday before the lockdowns in 2020 (13 March 2020) for The Conejo Valley Republican Women Federated at Los Robles Greens 299 S Moorpark Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91361.

Grandpa Mather gave the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer to start us off, and I talked about Republicans and Civil Rights, focusing on The Second Amendment.

This was originally broadcast on FB LIVE 13 March 2020 for a non-profit, public audience, for educational purposes only. Used by permission. I want to thank the women of Conejo Valley Republican Women Federated for permission to use this material and for having me speak to them that day.

I want especially to thank Stephanie Ferguson for hosting me and for her friendship and support all these years ! There were very special people there, including Linda Lopez Mather (Grandpa’s wife since 1995), and also people I’d met for the first time including Jackie Tucker, Tamara Howard, Kerry Nelson, Jennifer McCarthy, and Angela Nardone.

It’s one of the best recent memories I have with Grandpa Mather, who passed into eternity today at the age of 102 years young.

Grandpa Mather was on the Podcast 21 Nov 2024, so you can check that video/audio out at your leisure. That episode features a phone call he made to me on 7 May 2020. I captured it on FB LIVE at the time.

The Republican Professor is a pro-Grandpa-Mather, pro-Constitutional-education, pro-Conejo-Valley-Republican-Women-Federated podcast.

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We continue our journey through the swirly twirly gumdrops of the Unitary Executive, 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 6, going through Roman numeral four (IV), entire.

The Republican Professor is a pro-Separation-of-Powers-rightly-understood-executive-power-correctly-contemplated podcast.

Therefore, welcome Justice Antonin Scalia to the podcast.

The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

To support the podcast, support it.

Warmly,

Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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For Part 3d of this deep dive we continue the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984), Kagan’s dissent continued from her p. 12 to p. 15 (Roman Numeral II) of that Slip Opinion.

We go from p. 12 to most of the way through p. 15 stopping at Roman Numeral II of the Slip Opinion (603 U.S. _____ (2024) of Kagan’s dissent.

We will pick up the rest of p.15 of that dissent next time.

Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor

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Warmly,

Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack
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We consider the claim that there is a “Uni-Party” in Washington , DC.

Judge Bybee , Senior Judge on the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals, helps us out.

The Republican Professor is a pro-political-phenomenology podcast.

The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.