The Rule of Law and Challenges to Our Democracy

Congressman Jerrold “Jerry” Nadler represents New York’s 10th Congressional District, one of the most dynamic and diverse districts in the country. The district covers Manhattan’s West Side, stretching from Morningside Heights south to Battery Park City, as well as the Brooklyn neighborhoods from Borough Park to Bensonhurst.Rep. Nadler began his career in public service in 1976 in the New York State Assembly. Representing the Upper West Side, he served as a Democratic Assemblyman for 16 years and played a significant role in shaping New York State law concerning child support enforcement and domestic abuse, as well as making major contributions to housing, transportation and consumer protection policy in the state. In 1992, Rep. Nadler was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election and has served in Congress ever since. He was re-elected to his fourteenth full term in 2018.He is the current Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Congressman Nadler served as Chairman or Ranking Member of its Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties for 13 years. He also served as the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.Rep. Nadler is a graduate of Crown Heights Yeshiva, Stuyvesant High School, Columbia University and Fordham Law School. He lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his wife, Joyce Miller.

Jeffrey Toobin is a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine, chief legal analyst for CNN, an Emmy Award recipient, and is one of the most admired legal journalists in the country. He is the author of several critically acclaimed best-selling books including “A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal that Nearly Brought Down a President.” He is currently working on a book about the investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. For the magazine, he has written profiles of Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Bader-Ginsburg, Breyer, Kennedy and Thomas, as well as articles on nearly every major legal controversy and trial of the past two decades. Before joining the New Yorker, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Brooklyn and an associate counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh. Jeffrey Toobin earned his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School where he was an editor of the Law Review.