Religious Authoritarianism, Political Correctness and the Puritan Style in American Politics

July 22, 2019, 4:30 pm, Moore Hall, Filene Auditorium*

Congressman Raskin is a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School.

Congressman Raskin is a returning Member of the House Judiciary Committee, the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the Committee on House Administration. He is a new Member of the House Committee on Rules. Raskin is Vice Chair of  the House Administration Committee, Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Vice Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution. Raskin is the Caucus Leadership Representative for the 116th Congress, a role in which he represents Junior Members of the Caucus (those who have served five or less Terms) at the leadership table. He was also appointed to serve as a Senior Whip for the 116th Congress.

Prior to his time in Congress, Raskin was a three-term State Senator in Maryland, where he also served as the Senate Majority Whip. He quickly earned a reputation for building coalitions in Annapolis, and delivered a series of landmark legislative accomplishments.

Rep. Raskin has been a constitutional law professor at American University Washington College of Law for more than 25 years and is the bestselling author of "Overruling Democracy: the Supreme Court versus the American People" and "We the Students: Supreme Court Cases for and About Students."

Prior to being elected to Congress in 2016, Rep. Raskin was a Maryland State Senator and the Maryland Senate Majority Whip. In his decade as a State Senator, he won a reputation for building coalitions in Annapolis to deliver landmark policy accomplishments..

US Congressman Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, on his work to improve Jewish-Muslim relations among members of the House of Representatives

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