9/11. We owe it to the American public as well, because only by understanding what has gone wrong in the past can we assure our nation's safety in the future." On January 21, 2010, he appeared on The Colbert Report. In July 2011 he was appointed the 13th (and tie-breaking) member of New Jersey's Congressional Redistricting Commission by both its Democratic and Republican members. New Jersey lost one Congressional seat in redistricting and the panel redrew the congressional districts, determining which seat was lost. On April 11, 2013, he was appointed as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Rutgers University. On August 19, 2019, Farmer was appointed by Chancellor Christopher J. Molloy to succeed Ruth B. Mandel as the director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. References External links 1957 births Living people Georgetown University alumni Politicians from Jersey City, New Jersey Republican Party governors of New Jersey New Jersey lawyers New Jersey Attorneys General Georgetown University Law Center alumni Deans of law schools in the United States Assistant United States Attorneys