Jamie Raskin
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| Member of the Maryland Senate from the 20th district |
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| Assumed office January 10, 2007 |
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| Born | December 13, 1962 Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Occupation | Law professor |
Jamie Raskin (born Jamin B. Raskin,[1] on December 13, 1962, in Washington, D.C.) is an American law professor and politician. He teaches at American University, Washington College of Law, in Washington, D.C. He serves as the Director of the college's LL.M. program on Law and Government. In November 2006, he was elected as a Maryland State Senator for District 20,[2] representing parts of Silver Spring and Takoma Park.
On March 1, 2006, during a Maryland State Senate hearing regarding same-sex marriage, Raskin, speaking as a constitutional law expert, told a lawmaker, "People place their hand on the Bible and swear to uphold the Constitution; they don't put their hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."[3][4][5]
As a lawyer, he has represented such clients as Greenpeace, the Service Employees International Union and a group of Montgomery Blair High School students fighting a ban on a television show they produced dealing with same-sex marriage.
Raskin founded the Marshall-Brennan program at the Washington College of Law. The program allows law students to teach a Constitution course in public high schools in the D.C. area.
Raskin graduated from Georgetown Day School in 1979, magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1983, and from Harvard Law School in 1987. He is a past editor of the Harvard Law Review. He is married to Sarah Bloom Raskin, the Maryland commissioner of financial regulation, who was nominated to the Federal Reserve Board on April 28, 2010.[6] On October 4, 2010, she was sworn in as a governor of the Federal Reserve Board by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.[7]
Raskin became a vegetarian in 2009.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Friends of Jamin Raskin (2006). "Biography". Jamie Raskin for State Senate campaign web site. http://www.jaminraskin.com/bio.php. Retrieved May 4, 2006.
- ^ "Official 2006 Gubernatorial General Election results for State Senator". Maryland State Board of Elections. 2006. http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2006/results/general/office_State_Senator.html. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ "Sun News Digest". Baltimore Sun. March 2, 2006. p. 2.A. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/995791681.html?dids=995791681:995791681&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+2%2C+2006&author=&pub=The+Sun&desc=SUN+NEWS+DIGEST. Retrieved April 17, 2006. Abstract of archived news article, provided by the newspaper's archiving service.
- ^ "Emotions flare over same-sex marriage". Baltimore Sun. March 2, 2006. Archived from the original on June 17, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060617072743/http://www.raskin06.com/news/06-03-02.baltsun.php. Retrieved April 17, 2006. Archived on raskin06.com, Mr Raskin's political campaign web site.
- ^ Urban Legends Reference Pages (Updated March 28, 2006). "Jamie Raskin". Snopes.com. http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/raskin.asp. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ Reddy, Sudeep (April 29, 2010), "Obama Nominates Yellen, Raskin, Diamond to Fed Board", Wall Street Journal, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704302304575213850582215096.html.
- ^ Fed Press Release federalreserve.gov, October 4, 2010 (October 9, 2010)
- ^ Harless, Kailey (July 6, 2009). "Raskin's Revolution". VegNews. http://www.vegnews.com/web/articles/page.do?pageId=688&catId=1. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
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