Jamie Raskin
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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 won the race for Maryland State Senate in District 20, representing parts of Silver Spring and Takoma Park. He also goes by the name Jamin Raskin.
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."[2] [3] [4].
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 TV 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 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.
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[edit] References
- ^ Friends of Jamin Raskin (2006). Biography. Jamie Raskin for State Senate campaign web site. Retrieved on 2006-05-04.
- ^ "Sun News Digest", Baltimore Sun, March 2, 2006, p. 2.A. Retrieved on 2006-04-17. Abstract of archived news article, provided by the newspaper's archiving service.
- ^ "Emotions flare over same-sex marriage", Baltimore Sun, March 2, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-04-17. Archived on raskin06.com, Mr Raskin's political campaign web site.
- ^ Urban Legends Reference Pages (2006). Jamie Raskin. Snopes.com. Retrieved on 2006-04-17.
