Congressman Jamie Raskin proudly represents Maryland’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Raskin was chosen by the Democratic Caucus to be the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability in the 118th Congress.

During his prior terms in Congress, Rep. Raskin served on the House Judiciary Committee, the Committee on House Administration, the Rules Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. Rep. Raskin was appointed as the lead impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump in 2021 and later served on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. Prior to his service in Congress, Rep. Raskin was a three-term State Senator in Maryland, where he also served as the Senate Majority Whip.

He was also a professor of constitutional law at American University’s Washington College of Law for more than 25 years. He has authored several books, including the Washington Post best-seller Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court versus the American People, the highly acclaimed We the Students: Supreme Court Cases for and About America’s Students, and the New York Times #1 best-seller Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth and the Trials of American Democracy.