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The Republican Professor exists to restore political balance to Higher Education and to provide a resource for quality learning through conversation on all things related to American Politics. Contemporary Americans are too hurried, frenzied, frazzled, grade-inflated, and distracted. The Republican Professor isn’t interested in contributing further to those qualities

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The Republican Professor exists to restore political balance to Higher Education and to provide a resource for quality learning through conversation on all things related to American Politics. Contemporary Americans are too hurried, frenzied, frazzled, grade-inflated, and distracted. The Republican Professor isn’t interested in contributing further to those qualities

    Remembering John William Boswell, Ph.D., Retired Delta Operator, Master Sgt, US Army Special Forces (ret)., with Lucas J. Mather

    Remembering John William Boswell, Ph.D., Retired Delta Operator, Master Sgt, US Army Special Forces (ret)., with Lucas J. Mather

    We pay tribute to retired Army Master Sgt. John William Boswell (Bozz), Ph.D., who spent most of his career in Special Forces (Delta) prior to going to college as undergraduate (at DU) through graduate, eventuating in a Ph.D. during the lockdowns of 2020 from Claremont Colleges. He was my best friend in graduate school and an inspiration and motivator for The Republican Professor project, of which this podcast is a key part.

    We then proceed, as Bozz would've wanted, to get right back into, continuing where we left off with Senior Judge Anthony Ishii's take-down of Kamala Harris in Silvester v. Harris, 41 F. Supp. 3d 927 ff (2014).

    We finish the findings of fact , today, and proceed legal analysis in this pivotal case involving the 10 day waiting period of firearm transfers in the State of California and how the State abuses its citizens by any method it can, this being just one of them.

    The Republican Professor is a pro-John-Bozz-Boswell, pro-Constitution podcast.

    Here is the link to John's obit : https://www.eventcreate.com/e/johnwboswell

    Therefore, welcome back Anthony Ishii and thanks for helping us to remember my dear friend John William Boswell (Bozz), 1959 -2023.

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

    • 58 min
    Justice Thomas on Silvester v. Harris (2014) with Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D., The Republican Professor (TRP)

    Justice Thomas on Silvester v. Harris (2014) with Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D., The Republican Professor (TRP)

    The last three episodes, we've gone through in detail much of Senior Judge Ishii's judgment and findings of fact in Silvester v. Harris (2014) at a California-based U.S. District Court (trial court).

    Judge Ishii, a Democrat, found in favor of the Second Amendment against the State of California's then-attorney general, Kamala Harris.

    The 9th Circuit on appeal then reversed that gain for the Second Amendment, without requiring evidence, without acknowledging the arguments for the Second Amendment, and without acknowledging the findings of fact ascertained by Judge Ishii in that case at trial.

    Justice Clarence Thomas wrote from the US Supreme Court that he was appalled, when the application came up for review in 2018. And he says why in this episode of The Republican Professor podcast.

    Recall, Justice Thomas was the author of the Court's opinion in NY Rifle & Pistol Assn v. Bruen (June, 2022). This is part of the background history for what he wrote there at that time.

    Here's a link to the text: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3462537144774180807&q=silvester+v+becerra&hl=en&as_sdt=2003

    The Republican Professor is a pro-keeping-tabs-on-the-courts-of-appeals-screwing-up-the-Constitution, pro-keeping-em-accountable podcast.

    Therefore, welcome Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

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

    • 1 hr
    Lucas J. Mather on California's 10-Day Waiting Period for Firearm Transfers and the Second Amendment Part 3 w/ Senior Judge Anthony Ishii (Calif)

    Lucas J. Mather on California's 10-Day Waiting Period for Firearm Transfers and the Second Amendment Part 3 w/ Senior Judge Anthony Ishii (Calif)

    Welcome back for Part 3 of the issue of the 10 day waiting period for firearm transfers in the State of California, the relationship of that to the Constitution.

    Fun for the whole family.

    Today, we once again have a Democrat on The Republican Professor podcast, Senior District Court Judge Anthony Ishii. Judge Ishii is an expert on this particular topic, because it was before him in 2014 in federal court in central California.

    Judge Ishii was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton. And to his great credit he gets the right answer for the right reasons here in this case called Silvester v. Harris, 41 F. Supp. 3d 927 (2014). The defendant in that case was the State of California, represented in her capacity as Attorney General by one Kamala Harris -- perhaps you've heard of her.

    Judge Ishii's correct judicial reasoning was overturned by the Democrat dominated 9th Circuit before President Trump was elected. They ignored his correct analysis in order to go back to the status quo, which was that the government can do whatever the H---- it wants to its citizens in the realm of firearm regulation, no matter how arbitrary and capricious.

    Judge Ishii had a problem with that regime, even as a California Democrat.

    So Judge Ishii joins us through his judicial writing, his findings of fact and judgment in a bench trial on the matter in Silvester v. Kamala Harris (2014).

    The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-point-of-constitutional-law, pro-correcting-powerful-people-wrong-on-the-Second-Amendment podcast.

    Therefore, welcome Senior Judge Anthony Ishii !

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

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Part 2 of California's 10-Day Waiting Period and the Second Amendment with Senior District Court Judge Anthony Ishii (Central Calif) presented by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D., TRP

    Part 2 of California's 10-Day Waiting Period and the Second Amendment with Senior District Court Judge Anthony Ishii (Central Calif) presented by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D., TRP

    Welcome back for Part 2 of the issue of the 10 day waiting period for firearm transfers in the State of California, and the Constitution.

    Today, we once again have a Democrat on The Republican Professor podcast, Senior District Court Judge Anthony Ishii. Judge Ishii is an expert on this particular topic, because it was before him in 2014 in federal court in central California.

    Judge Ishii was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton. And to his great credit he gets the right answer for the right reasons here in this case called Silvester v. Harris, 41 F. Supp. 3d 927 (2014). The defendant in that case was the State of California, represented in her capacity as Attorney General by one Kamala Harris -- perhaps you've heard of her.

    Judge Ishii's correct judicial reasoning was overturned by the Democrat dominated 9th Circuit before President Trump was elected. They ignored his correct analysis in order to go back to the status quo, which was that the government can do whatever the H---- it wants to its citizens in the realm of firearm regulation, no matter how arbitrary and capricious.

    Judge Ishii had a problem with that regime, even as a California Democrat.

    So Judge Ishii joins us through his judicial writing, his findings of fact and judgment in a bench trial on the matter in Silvester v. Kamala Harris (2014).

    The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-point-of-constitutional-law, pro-correcting-powerful-people-wrong-on-the-Second-Amendment podcast.

    Therefore, welcome Senior Judge Anthony Ishii !

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

    • 47 min
    California's 10-Day Waiting Period and the Second Amendment with Senior District Court Judge Anthony Ishii (Clinton Appointee)

    California's 10-Day Waiting Period and the Second Amendment with Senior District Court Judge Anthony Ishii (Clinton Appointee)

    Today, we have a Democrat on The Republican Professor podcast, Senior District Court Judge Anthony Ishii. Our topic is California's 10 day waiting period and the Second Amendment. Judge Ishii is an expert on that particular topic, because it was before him in 2014 in federal court in central California.

    Judge Ishii was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton. And to his great credit he gets the right answer for the right reasons here in this case called Silvester v. Harris, 41 F. Supp. 3d 927 (2014). The defendant in that case was the State of California, represented in her capacity as Attorney General by one Kamala Harris -- perhaps you've heard of her.

    Judge Ishii's correct judicial reasoning was overturned by the Democrat dominated 9th Circuit before President Trump was elected. They ignored his correct analysis in order to go back to the status quo, which was that the government can do whatever the H---- it wants to its citizens in the realm of firearm regulation, no matter how arbitrary and capricious.

    Judge Ishii had a problem with that regime, even as a California Democrat.

    So Judge Ishii joins us through his judicial writing, his findings of fact and judgment in a bench trial on the matter in Silvester v. Kamala Harris (2014).

    The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-point-of-constitutional-law, pro-correcting-powerful-people-wrong-on-the-Second-Amendment podcast.

    Therefore, welcome Senior Judge Anthony Ishii !

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

    • 54 min
    Hatred and the Normative Christian Tradition with Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D. Psychology, Freud Scholar

    Hatred and the Normative Christian Tradition with Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D. Psychology, Freud Scholar

    We're in part 2 on anger and hatred in the Bible and normative American Politics. Today's guest is, again, a Mark O. Hatfield (R, Oregon) type of Republican, Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D., former Chancellor, President, and long-time professor of Philosophy 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.

    Our topic today on The Republican Professor Podcast, to reiterate, falls within emotional problems and American Politics. Last Fall, we did a series on Anxiety and American Politics. We return today with a focus on the concepts and phenomena of Anger and Hatred in Biblical and Political Phenomonenology in the American context.

    I can think of no better guest than Dr. Grounds, who is a rare bird in that he was one of the first to get the in depth Psychology training--a Ph.D. in Psychology--and applied that to Christian ministry and Apologetics. Dr. Grounds got his bachelors from Rutgers during the Great Depression, and struggled mightily with his Christian faith. He got seminary training, and later a Ph.D. in Psychology from Drew University, where he wrote a dissertation on the concept of love in the thought of Sigmund Freud.

    He wrote several books, but the one we discuss and read from today is his "Emotional Problems and the Gospel" (Zondervan, 1976).

    The Amazon link is here: https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Problems-Gospel-Vernon-Grounds/dp/031025311X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=173GZ03N0T8JF&keywords=vernon+grounds+emotional&qid=1698937363&s=instant-video&sprefix=vernon+grounds+emotional%2Cinstant-video%2C124&sr=1-1-catcorr

    Since Dr. Ground died before we were able to record this with him, he joins this episode through his first chapter in the above book, which he titled "The Bible and Anxiety, Part 1."

    The Republican Professor is a pro-mental-health-in-politics, pro-ultimate-issues podcast.

    Therefore, welcome Dr. Vernon Grounds, Ph.D.

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    Warmly,

    Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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