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Radio Ranch with Roger Sayles REPLAY 091826 -Illinois Gun Rulings, Supreme Court Cases, and the Foundations of Common Law
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- Sep 18, 2026
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Summary
On this Friday roundtable, I was joined by Brent Winters, Chris, and later Samuel for a wide-ranging conversation that began with a White County, Illinois firearms case and quickly opened into a deeper discussion about constitutional structure, the Second and Fourteenth Amendments, due process, and the tension between state authority and federal power. We also touched on the public backlash in Chicago over the Jussie Smollett case, concerns around REAL ID and the right to travel, and a Supreme Court death-penalty case that led us into a serious exchange about torture, justice, and the moral limits of government action. The second half of the program turned into a broad philosophical and historical discussion that longtime listeners will recognize as classic Brent territory: common law versus the "law of the city," dominion and stewardship of the land, Magna Carta, Blackstone, Pilgrim’s Progress, and the biblical framework he sees underneath law and government. Samuel’s questions helped bring the conversation back to practical application, especially around common-law thinking, parliamentary procedure, and the meaning of dominion, making this a dense but rewarding episode for listeners interested in legal history, liberty, and first principles. The Common Lawyer (Brent Allan Winters): https://commonlawyer.com/ About Brent Allan Winters: https://commonlawyer.com/?page=About Excellence of the Common Law by Brent Allan Winters: https://commonlawyer.com/?page=shop_books_excellence Comparative Law Course at Winters Inn of Court: https://commonlawyer.com/?page=courses_comparative_law Global Voice Radio Network: https://www.globalvoiceradio.net/ Radio Ranch on Global Voice Radio Network: http://globalvoiceradio.net/matrix/ MoreMito: http://mymitoboost.com/ Phix Visceral Fat /…