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Part 5 of 5, a Republican panel on the US Ninth Circuit defends open carry in California, Part 5 of 5 (Part 4 was 8 April 2026, Part 3 was 17 April 2026, part 2 was 19 February 2026 and Part 1 was 15 Jan 2026) of our study of open carry in America's Constitutional tradition by spending more time today with Baird v. Bonta (2 Jan 2026, 9th Circuit) from page 49 (Roman Numeral VII) through to end of both VanDyke's and Lee's majority opinions. The pro-Second-Amendment opinions, both of them that we take a look at, were written by Republican appointees (Trump, with a Republican US Senate). https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2026/01/02/24-565.pdf Here's a link to the article I wrote 9 April 2020 for San Diego County Gun Owners, published on Gun Owner's Radio, that I entitled : "Two Types of Self-Defense" here. https://gunownersradio.com/two-types-of-self-defense/ This episode and this series is dedicated to the memory of my closest first cousin, Little Dan Mountain Jr, closest in age by just a couple of weeks, who died earlier this year in January. I picked a topic that would bring a smile to his face and that would honor the bright spots in our childhood together in Colorado. This episode was filmed Sunday evening 25 October 2026 years after Jesus in the backyard next to the pool waterfall of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) Epistemology mentor Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard), who wrote under the pen-name R. Douglas Geivett and was a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. Tomorrow the 26th of October, Monday at 2pm is his funeral. It's an indescribable loss. We miss Doug greatly. The Republican Professor is a pro-Second-Amendment-in-California podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Part 4. We're continuing our discussion of The Trivium today in conversation with Sister Miriam Joseph, Ph.D., who joins us through her writing teaching ministry in "The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric" originally published in 1937. We're discussing the first section of her second chapter. That chapter is called The Nature and Function of Language. We start our discussion on the top of p. 15 where we left off 1 Sept 2026, and we top of p. 22 today. We'd like to thank Sister Miriam Joseph for writing this and we'd like to thank Paul Dry Books 2002 for making this particular edition available to readers (edited by Marguerite McGlinn). We're doing a fair use and transformative reading, and would encourage you to go out and get yourself a physical copy of this book. Whether used or new, or even a different edition, if you can find it, get the book, a physical copy you can hold in your hand, and follow along with the discussion. The Republican Professor is a pro-Trivium-done-right podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

This is Part 13 in a series celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Harvard University Press' 1985 publication of Richard A. Epstein's "Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain." We continue our celebration of this anniversary with a fair use and transformative reading, taking a final close look at ch. 7 continuing in the same section which Richard calls ""Takings Prima Facia." He titles chapter 7, "Rights of Disposition and Contract" because he's taking a look at what the judiciary often misses in the panoply of takings reached by the Eminent Domain Clause and the American constitutional order, how these things interact and hang together, ensconced as it is in the purpose of the Constitution. That moral purpose is the protection of individual liberty against claims by a simple majority in a democracy, or judicial or executive fiat, or by the government in any other way in a taking of private property. It's also a good reflection on nature of property per se, whether public or private. For governments are owners as well as takers of property. Today we discuss his chapter 7 from the top of p. 80. to the end of the chapter on p. 92. Excellent stuff here. Excellent. 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. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

Part 13 of 13 -- the last one on Bostock, baby ! Update: Richard A. Epstein said about 7 months ago on Law Talk with John Yoo (Feb 2026) in the first 20 minutes of the Feb 2026 episode that there is evidence Gorsuch may have changed his mind on Bostock. Well, it's plausible and if so, it's related to the stuff we're saying here. We're using the slip opinion again. See below for a link. Why the Court's majority is wrong in Bostock v. Clayton County Georgia (2020) (part 12 in a series) about the faulty assumption that unexamined and unexplained transgenderism premises about sex and gender are properly included under "sex discrimination" language in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act --This continues to be a real hoot. Part 13 of 13: We continue our in-depth examination of sex, gender, and separation of powers in the US Supreme Court decision Bostock v. Clayton County, GA 590 U.S. 644 (2020): the Republican dispute, how to understand it, and what to do about it. We continue with Justice Kavanaugh's strong dissent (although there are a couple of issues, one kinda tacky, the other a bit more serious) grounded in the moral arc of separation of powers: to protect individual liberty. Justice Kavanaugh rightly concludes that the Court threatened individual liberty under the guise of protecting it -- a serious charge indeed -- and one I think is probably correct. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf This episode was filmed Monday evening 12 October 2026 years after Jesus in the spa in the backyard of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) common-sense Epistemology mentor the late great Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard). Doug's pen name was R. Douglas Geivett, and he specialized in commonsense religious epistemology and Christian apologetics. Dr. Geivett was a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great common-sense epistemologist Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. We miss Doug greatly. I continue to talk about him and his impact on so many people like myself, and why it's so important to have a common sense epistemology mentor like Doug was to me. The Republican Professor is a pro-separation-of-powers-rightly-construed, pro-common-sense-epistemology-mentor podcast. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor

We continue to cover Justice Gorsuch's Concurring Opinion for the Court today Episode 19 of this deep dive on Chevron deference. This is the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (2024) decision that overruled Chevron (1984), Justice Gorsuch's concurring Opinion for the Court. We go from Gorshuch's p. 15 II.B.1 through his B.2 and B.3, ending at C in the middle of p. 26 Gorsuch's concurrence slip opinion. If you want to follow along, there's a link below. This is the 19th Chevron Deference Deep Dive episode we've done on TRP podcast since winter 2024. And here it is October 2026. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf (603 U.S. _____ (2024) of the Opinion of the Court written by Chief Justice Roberts. This episode was filmed Friday evening 9 October 2026 years after Jesus in the spa in the backyard of my long-time (nearly a quarter of a century) common-sense Epistemology mentor the late great Dr. Doug Geivett (PhD, USC under Dallas Willard). Doug's pen name was R. Douglas Geivett, and he specialized in commonsense religious epistemology and philosophy of religion and Christian apologetics. Dr. Geivett was a student himself of the famous late-great Republican professor, the late-great common-sense epistemologist Dallas Willard of USC's Philosophy Department. We miss Doug greatly. This episode includes, during the beginning 20 minutes or so, a tribute to Doug with some recollection of when I first heard of him while I was deploying on Special Operations in the United States Navy, years before I studied with him in person. The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-separation-of-powers podcast. Donate a gift to keep the podcast going on Venmo at-sign no space TheRepublicanProfessor or 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.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRepublicanProfessor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRepublicanProfessor Twitter: @RepublicanProf Instagram: @the_republican_professor