Join us for a lunchtime Public Policy in Practice event as we welcome Congressman Jamie Raskin.
Congressman Jamie Raskin proudly represents Maryland’s 8th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives. The district includes most of Montgomery County and a small part of Prince George's County. Congressman Raskin was sworn into his fourth term at the start of the 118th Congress on January 6, 2023.
Representative Raskin was chosen by the Democratic Caucus to be the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability in the 118th Congress. This is his fourth term serving on the Oversight Committee.
Previously, Representative Raskin served three terms on the House Judiciary Committee and the Committee on House Administration. He served two terms on the Rules Committee and the Coronavirus Select Subcommittee. During the 117th Congress, he served as Chair of the Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Chair of the Rules Subcommittee on Expedited Procedure. Representative Raskin was the lead impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump and served on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol.
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 earned a reputation for building coalitions in Annapolis to deliver a series of landmark legislative accomplishments, including marriage equality, abolition of the death penalty, the passage of the first benefit corporation law in America, and the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. He was also a professor of constitutional law at American University’s Washington College of Law for more than 25 years.
Raskin 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.”
Congressman Raskin is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School and a former editor of the Harvard Law Review.
About the series:
The Public Policy in Practice Series, led by Fels Distinguished Fellow Elizabeth Vale, is designed to provide students with a variety of perspectives and compelling personal narratives that will help them not only form their opinions on important issues but will also help shape their careers. This series is offered in conjunction with the Fels graduate Public Management course required of all Fels MPA and Executive MPA students. Fels is proud to offer these important conversations to the entire Penn community and members of the public.
Remarks begin promptly at 12 p.m. ET
Zoom - A link will be emailed to registrants on the morning of the event.
