Jamie raskin biography

Congressman Jamie Raskin is the U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 8th Congressional District. He was a professor of constitutional law for more than a quarter-century at American University Washington College of Law before entering Congress and has published several books, including the Washington Post Bestseller Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court versus the American People, and dozens of scholarly articles and essays. 

Congressman Raskin is currently serving his second term on the Judiciary, House Oversight, and House Administration Committees. He also serves on the Rules Committee and is an elected Member of the House Democratic Leadership Team. He also serves on the new Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.

Prior to his time in Congress, Raskin was a three-term State medlem av senat in Maryland, where he served as Senate Majority Whip. He earned a reputation for building coalitions in Annapolis to deliver a series of landmark legislative accomplishments,

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Jamie Raskin

Jamie Raskin
Designate
Assuming office January 3, 2025
Succeeding	Jerry Nadler
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2023
Preceded by	James Comer
Succeeded by	Gerry Connolly (designate)
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2017
Preceded by	Chris Van Hollen
In office January 10, 2007 – November 10, 2016
Preceded by	Ida G. Ruben
Succeeded by	Will Smith
Born	Jamin Ben Raskin (1962-12-13) December 13, 1962 (age 62) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)
Children	3[note 1]
Relatives	Marcus Raskin (father) Barbara Bellman (mother)
Education	Harvard University (BA, JD)
Signature
Website	House website

Jamin Ben "Jamie" Raskin (born December 13, 1962) is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017. He is a Democrat. He was a member of the Maryland State Senate from 2007 to

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Jamie Raskin

Jamie Raskin was born in Washington, D.C. on December 13, 1962, to a Jewish family, the son of progressive activist Marcus Raskin, a former staff aide to President John F. Kennedy on the National Security Council and co-founder of the Institute for Policy Studies, and Barbara (née Bellman) Raskin, a journalist and novelist. He graduated from Georgetown Day School in 1979, from Harvard (magna cum laude) in 1983, and from Harvard Law School (magna cum laude) in 1987. He is a past editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Raskin taught constitutional law at American University’s Washington College of Law for more than 25 years. He served as the Director of the college’s LL.M. program on Law and Government. Raskin authored several books, including the Washington Post best-seller Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court versus the American People and We the Students: Supreme Court Cases For and About America’s Students.

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