Spotlight: Jamie Rowen

Jamie Rowen (2020 PEP Fellow) contributes to political commentary on law, politics, and society across a wide range of media platforms.

Jamie Rowen

Most Mondays at noon, you can hear Jamie on the Attitude with Arnie Arnesen on WHNH out of Concord NH and across the country as part of the Pacifica Network. Other days of the week, you can hear more in-depth commentary by Jamie on The Attitude. Jamie has contributed in depth commentary to WBAI (New York City Public Radio), WWLP (New Orleans), All Rise News, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and Agence-France Presse. Jamie regularly writes for The Conversation (insert link to The Conversation), and her Conversation articles have been republished in print media all over the country, as well as by PBS. Jamie’s insights on veterans’ affairs are also in her forthcoming book Worthy of Justice: The Politics of Veterans Treatment Courts in Practice.

Jamie Rowen in the news

More news featuring Jamie Rowen
Jamie Rowen, 2020 PEP Fellow, is interviewed about President Donald Trump testing constitutional limits with executive orders
"I think that President Trump is invoking powers that no presidents have ever invoked before. And he’s trying to regulate industries in ways that no president has ever regulated before, and he’s doing those regulations in ways that directly contradicts the Constitution and are absolutely not going
April 22, 2025
Jamie Rowen, 2020 PEP Fellow, is interviewed about President Donald Trump’s executive orders regarding immigration
"We have three branches of government, and the legislative branch, Congress, is supposed to do much of the lawmaking in this country. And so, when an executive order does something that Congress is supposed to do, it’s generally considered not valid," Rowen said, referencing Trump’s other efforts to
March 27, 2025
Jamie Rowen, 2020 PEP Fellow, comments in a story about staffing cuts at the Department of Veterans Affairs pursued by the Trump administration
"The problem is that the federal government decided to expand eligibility for health care to 400,000 new veterans, which is a great thing over the last few years," Rowen says. "So, just deciding on a workforce cut based on a year, 2019, doesn’t show good planning."
March 14, 2025