Jamie Raskin

Biography

Jamin Ben Raskin is a progressive Democrat serving as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017. A former constitutional law professor, he co-founded the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project and directed the LL.M. program on law and government at American University Washington College of Law. Raskin is the co-founder of Democracy Summer, a youth political organizing program, and co-chairs the Congressional Freethought Caucus.