Recording of “The Lawfare Podcast”

Description

Former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, talk about the rule of law after Portland.

This session was available to ticket holders of the 2020 Texas Tribune Festival for the duration of the monthlong event.

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Speakers

Chip Roy

U.S. Representative

Roy, R-Austin, is currently serving his first term representing Texas' 21st Congressional District. He sits on the House Budget, Oversight and Reform, and Veterans' Affairs committees and faces a reelection battle this year against former state Sen. Wendy Davis. Previously, Roy served as director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Tenth Amendment Action, as the state’s first assistant attorney general and as chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.

Jeh Johnson

Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security

Johnson served as the U.S. secretary of Homeland Security from 2013 to 2017. Previously, he was appointed by former President Barack Obama as general counsel of the Department of Defense and appointed by former President Bill Clinton as general counsel of the Department of the Air Force. Johnson was also an assistant U.S attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Moderator

Robert Chesney

James Baker Chair & Associate Dean at the University of Texas School of Law and Co-Founder of Lawfare

Chesney joined the University of Texas School of Law, where he serves as the associate dean, in 2008. Previously, he served on the Justice Department’s Detention Policy Task Force under former President Barack Obama. Chesney is also a co-founder of Lawfare, a member of the American Law Institute and a senior editor for the Journal of National Security Law & Policy.