Jamie Raskin

Jamin Ben Raskin born December 13 1962 is an American attorney law professor and politician serving as the US representative for Marylands 8th congressional district since 2017 A member of the Democratic Party he served in the Maryland State Senate from 2007 to 2016 The district previously included portions of Montgomery County a suburban county northwest of Washington DC and extended through rural Frederick County to the Pennsylvania border Since redistricting in 2022 Raskins district now encompasses only part of Montgomery County Raskin cochairs the Congressional Freethought Caucus He was the lead impeachment manager prosecutor for the second impeachment of President Donald Trump in response to the attack on the US Capitol Before his election to Congress Raskin was a constitutional law professor at American University Washington College of Law where he cofounded and directed the LLM program on law and government and cofounded the MarshallBrennan Constitutional Literacy Project