Raskin, Jamie

Jamie Raskin represents Maryland's 8th Congressional District and serves as Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee in the 119th Congress. As the senior Democrat on the committee, he leads the minority party's efforts on the panel that oversees the federal judiciary, constitutional law, immigration, intellectual property, and criminal justice matters. The Ranking Member plays a crucial role in shaping the committee's legislative agenda and directing the opposition to majority initiatives.

Raskin brings substantial expertise to this role. Before his election to Congress in 2016, he was a constitutional law professor at American University's Washington College of Law for more than 25 years, where he taught courses on constitutional law and the First Amendment. He also served three terms in the Maryland State Senate from 2007 to 2016, where he rose to Senate Majority Whip and earned a reputation for building coalitions to advance landmark legislation including marriage equality, abolition of the death penalty, and the first National Popular Vote law in America. He holds degrees from Harvard College and Harvard Law School and is a published author on constitutional and democratic topics.

Since entering Congress, Raskin has been a prominent voice on constitutional and democratic issues. He served as the lead impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump following the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack, and subsequently served on the bipartisan Select Committee to Investigate that attack. He previously served as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability in the 118th Congress. In his current role as Judiciary Ranking Member, he has held hearings and delivered opening statements on matters ranging from judicial independence and the rule of law to drug trafficking policy, immigration, and cybersecurity threats.