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John J. Farmer Jr. (born June 24, 1957) is an American author, lawyer, politician, and jurist. He is the director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, where he also leads the Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience (CPR). He served as acting governor of New Jersey for 90 minutes on January 8, 2002, by virtue of his status as New Jersey Attorney General. Early life and education Farmer was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1957. He attended Georgetown University, where he received a B.A. degree in 1979 and a J.D. degree in 1986. Career After law school, he worked as a clerk for New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Alan B. Handler. From 1988 to 1990, he was an associate in the law firm of Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti in Morristown. From 1990 to 1994, he was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey. Whitman administration In 1997, Governor Christine Todd Whitman appointed Farmer as chief counsel, after having served as deputy chief counsel and assistant counsel to the governor. Farmer was nominated to be New Jersey Attorney General on March 15, 1999, and was sworn in the following June after being confirmed unanimously by the New Jersey Senate. He continued to serve under Donald DiFrancesco after Whitman's resignation. Acting governor Farmer served as Acting Governor for 90 minutes on January 8, 2002. Following Governor Christine Todd Whitman's resignation the previous year to become head of the EPA, Farmer was one of four people to serve as acting governor for the one-year period between Whitman's resignation and Jim McGreevey's inauguration, along with three different senate presidents, Donald DiFrancesco, John O. Bennett, and Richard Codey. DiFrancesco served as acting governor for all but the last week of this period, when his term as senate president ended with the mandate of the outgoing senate on January 8, 2002, while newly elected governor Jim McGreevey would not be inaugurated before January 15, 2002. The state did not have the position of lieutenant governor until 2010, and succession rules specified that the next in line for governor after the Senate President and the Speaker of the Assembly, which both became vacant on January 8, would be the Attorney General until the next Senate President could be sworn in or until an Acting Senate President could be elected. This automatically made Farmer Acting Governor. Farmer served as Acting Governor for 90 minutes until Republican Senator John O. Bennett and Democratic Senator Richard Codey were duly elected and sworn in as co-presidents of the senate, as the Senate had been evenly split between the two parties. They agreed to evenly divide the remaining week in the gubernatorial term, with Bennett serving from January 8, 2002 to January 12, 2002; and Codey serving from January 12, 2002, to January 15, 2002. As a result, the state had five different people serving as governor during a period of eight days: DiFrancesco, Farmer, Bennett, Codey, and McGreevey. In 2018, political journalist David Wildstein speculated that, as Robert E. Littell served as acting president of the senate until Bennett and Codey assumed the role, it's possible that "maybe" Littell assumed the governorship for "a few minutes" as well. However, Littell is not included on a list of governors of the state published by the National Governors Association. 9/11 Commission senior counsel Farmer subsequently acted as senior counsel to the 9/11 Commission, chaired by former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean. Farmer's book, The Ground Truth: The Untold Story of America Under Attack On 9/11, was released days before the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. In "The Ground Truth," Farmer made the following controversial statement: "At some level of government," says Dean Farmer, "at some point in time, a decision was made not to tell the truth about the national response to the attacks on the morning of 9/11. We owe the truth to the families of the victims of 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. Rutgers University Farmer has served as dean of Rutgers School of Law–Newark. In his tenure, In conjunction with Rutgers Law Review, Farmer planned a multi-day symposium to address the many legal uncertainties in national security policies and practices following the September 11 terrorist attacks. The symposium featured Thomas Kean, Michael Chertoff, John Joseph Gibbons, and others. Two United States Supreme Court justices, Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito, also have spoken at the law school. Prior to his deanship, Farmer practiced law as a partner in a North Jersey firm he founded, and was an adjunct professor of law at the Rutgers School of Law–Newark. He also regularly contributes to The Star-Ledger, The New York Times, and other publications. On April 11, 2013, he was appointed as the senior vice president and general counsel at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. 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 "Ex-N.J. attorney general: The madness in Trump's insolence toward U.S. intelligence". The Star-Ledger. 27 March 2017.. Discover the John Farmer popular books. Find the top 100 most popular John Farmer books.
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Stories of the Saints
Carey Wallace & Nick ThornborrowA great gift for Communion and confirmation!Performing Miracles. Facing Wild Lions. Confronting Demons. Transforming the World. From Augustine to Mother Teresa, officially canonize...
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Come Day, Go Day, God Send Sunday
Robin MortonOriginally published in 1973. Folklife and folkculture, usually the preserve of the scholar, have been brought vividly and entertainingly to life in these recollections and stories...
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An Irish Christmas Feast
John B. KeaneThis bountiful collection of more than fifty tales by one of Ireland’s liveliest and most popular writers offers holiday charm and Gaelic humor by the Christmas stockingful. Drawin...
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The Wild One
Janet GoverThe wounds you can’t see are the hardest to heal...Iraq war veteran Dan Mitchell once disobeyed an order and it nearly destroyed him. Now a national park ranger at Coorah Creek, h...
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Bad Blood
John SandfordThe fourth thrilling novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford's Virgil Flowers series.Two bodies in two days. One is murder. The other is suicide. Virgil Flowers...
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These Are Not Gentle People
Andrew Harding"Utterly gripping, timely and shocking" PHILIPPE SANDS"Magnificent and heartbreaking" Washington Post"Compelling and disturbing . . . quietly devastating" DAMON GALGUT"This is a bo...
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Breaking Free
Renae BlackWill the dangerous consequences of her past allow her to risk her heart again?Georgia Williams knows firsthand how love can turn violent. Running from her past, stalked by daily ph...
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A Town Like Clarence
Stella QuinnWhen Kirsty Fox goes on the run to escape a crashandburn at work, she finds a family she didn't know she needed... A witty and warm rural romance perfect for readers of Rachael Joh...
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Bluegrass Bend
Mandy MagroShe couldn't let her past steal her future any longer...Ivy Tucker was a gifted musician with big dreams but the night she was viciously attacked took all that away from her. Witho...
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The House At The Bottom Of The Hill
Jennie JonesFrom the bestselling author of The House on Burra Burra Lane comes a brand–new story about opposites, attraction, an outback pub and a pink house…The mysterious death of her mother...
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An Everlasting Meal
Tamar AdlerIn An Everlasting Meal, Tamar Adler has written a book that “reads less like a cookbook than like a recipe for a delicious life” (New York magazine).In this meditation on cooking a...
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Lonely in Longreach
Eva ScottIn the red heart of Queensland, two teenagers playing matchmaker are about to turn more than one life upsidedown.Widower Sam Costello has no time for love. When he's not working on...
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The Right Place
Carla CarusoCan the past show you the way home?With her dreams of dominating Melbourne's fashion scene in tatters, Nella Martini has returned to the last place she wants to be – Torrente Blu, ...
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Farmers Insurance Co. v. John Miller
Eastern District, Division Four Court of Appeals of MissouriFarmers Insurance Company, Inc. (Farmers), appeals a declaratory judgment entered in favor of John Miller, John McKenzie, Sr., Shirley Ode (collectively respondents), and Liberty M...
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Handy Farm Equipment and How to Use It
Harry C. RamsowerThis classic guide presents practical information on virtually every aspect of farm equipment, machinery, and organization. Originally published in 1917, Handy Farm Equipment and H...
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Hope Echoes
Shannon CurtisBlue lights in the red dust...Echo Springs on the edge of the outback – a town where everyone knows your name, and your business. But the wholesome country living and welcoming com...
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Dangerous Echoes
Leisl LeightonBlue lights in the red dust...Echo Springs on the edge of the outback – a town where everyone knows your name, and your business. But the wholesome country living and welcoming com...
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Killing It
Camas DavisCamas Davis was at an unhappy crossroads. A longtime magazine editor, she had left New York City to pursue a simpler life in her home state of Oregon, with the man she wanted to ma...
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Tractor Wars
Neil Dahlstrom"Mr. Dahlstrom...has written a superb history of the tractor and this longforgotten period of capitalism in U.S. agriculture. We now know the whole story of when farming, business ...
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12 Days At Silver Bells House
Jennie JonesFrom the author of the internationally bestselling The House on Burra Burra Lane comes a Christmas story – country style. Kate Singleton has twelve days to find herself. With Chris...
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Giving Good Weight
John McPhee"You people come into the marketthe Greenmarket, in the open air under the down pouring sunand you slit the tomatoes with your fingernails. With your thumbs, you excavate the chees...
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The Vet from Snowy River
Stella QuinnA hot vet. A rebellious teenager. And meddling but wellmeaning townsfolk. Vera gets more than she bargains for when she runs off to a new life in the country ... A fresh and funny ...
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The Lonely Paddock
Laurelle CousinsFor readers of Karly Lane and Rachael Johns comes a compelling romance that proves forgiveness is possible and fighting for love is worth the heartache.Country vet Ross Harrington ...
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John C. Halliday v. Farmers Insurance
Supreme Court of Idaho No. 9543On January 28, 1962, John C. Halliday, plaintiffrespondent, was injured by an uninsured motorist while stopped pursuant to a yield rightofway sign in Boise. Halliday was insured by...
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A Painted House
John Grisham#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, ...
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Echoes Of The Past
TJ HamiltonBlue lights in the red dust...Echo Springs on the edge of the outback – a town where everyone knows your name, and your business. But the wholesome country living and welcoming com...
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The Resilient Farmer
Doug AveryEvery day I watch my farm burn. Day after day, the sky is a relentless, empty blue. As our land dries up, all my hopes have turned to vapour, lost in that wide, blue yonder. And s...
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Home Sweet Home
Mandy MagroSet in the heart of the Australian countryside comes a gorgeous romance about the power of fate from bestselling author Mandy Magro.What happens when fate gets a little helping han...
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Embers And Echoes
Daniel De LorneBlue lights in the red dust...Echo Springs on the edge of the outback – a town where everyone knows your name, and your business. But the wholesome country living and welcoming com...
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A Home Among the Snow Gums
Stella QuinnThe road to love is a rutted dirt track for the other vet from Snowy River ... An unmissable, funny, feelgood romance from the author of The Vet From Snowy River, Stella Quinn.Hann...
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For the Good of the Farmer
Frederick WhitfordThe key role that farming plays in the economy of Indiana today owes much to the work of John Harrison Skinner (18741942). Skinner was a pioneering educator and administrator who t...
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Something in the Wine
Tricia StringerA warmhearted rural romance set among the scenic vineyards of the Margaret River from bestselling author Tricia Stringer, the authentic voice of Australian storytelling.Reserved hi...
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Return To Rosalee Station
Mandy MagroBestselling Australian author Mandy Magro returns to the world of her debut novel, Rosalee Station, with a new tragic and harrowing story of love and second chances, set deep in th...
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The Reactionary Mind
Michael Warren DavisAmerica Needs Reactionaries! Never have the American people been lonelier, unhappier, or more in need of a swift reactionary kick in the pants. There is a better way to livea way t...
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Riverworld
Philip José FarmerFrom awardwinning author Philip Jose Farmer comes his most famous science fiction work: the first combined edition of the first two Riverworld novels, To Your Scattered Bodies Go a...
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Rosalee Station
Mandy MagroA new edition of bestselling Australian author, Mandy Magro's debut novel that takes you deep into the heart of the Australian outback.It's Sarah Clarke's dream to experience the r...