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Jamin Ben Raskin is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district and the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee for the 119th Congress. A former constitutional law professor at American University, Raskin is universally recognized as the intellectual heavyweight and premier legal mind of the Democratic caucus. Raskin gained international prominence as the Lead Impeachment Manager during Donald Trump's second impeachment trial following the January 6th Capitol attack, delivering an impassioned, historically grounded prosecution just days after the tragic suicide of his son, Tommy. In 2026, as the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee (succeeding Jerry Nadler), Raskin serves as the primary legal adversary to Chairman Jim Jordan and the Trump DOJ. He aggressively counters conservative judicial initiatives and leads fierce oversight into civil rights abuses, particularly regarding ICE operations and the administration's mass deportation policies.
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Ascended to Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee for the 119th Congress (2025–Present), becoming the chief legal defender for the Democratic Party
Served as the Lead Impeachment Manager during the historic second impeachment trial of President Donald Trump (2021)
Served as the Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee (2023–2025), fiercely defending the Biden administration against GOP investigations
Frequently targeted by conservative media and the Trump administration as a 'radical leftist' for his unrelenting, highly publicized legal attacks on the President's constitutional theories
Faced intense personal tragedy with the suicide of his son in late 2020, which he bravely incorporated into his public advocacy for mental health awareness, but which critics occasionally weaponized in vicious online attacks
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Taught constitutional law at American University Washington College of Law for over 25 years