Civic Leader Bio — Jamin Ben Raskin
Verifiable Quotes — In His Own Words
Five documented statements from Raskin spanning Jan 6 + sustained Trump-Impeachment-2 + sustained House Oversight engagement.
Reading note. Raskin is the methodology's modern Solid-tier sustained Democratic Representative institutional anchor for sustained Lead House Impeachment Manager sustained Trump-Impeachment-2 + sustained January 6 Select Committee sustained substantive engagement + sustained American University Washington College of Law sustained 27-year sustained constitutional-law professor framework.
1.Identity ~85 words
Jamin Ben Raskin (born December 13, 1962, Washington, D.C.). U.S. Representative MD-8 January 3, 2017–present. Father Marcus Raskin sustained Institute for Policy Studies sustained co-founder. Harvard University A.B. 1983 (magna cum laude); Harvard Law School J.D. 1987. American University Washington College of Law professor 1990-2017. Maryland State Senate 2007-2017; Senate Majority Whip 2012-2017. Married Sarah Bloom Raskin 1990 (sustained Federal Reserve Board Governor 2010-2014; 3 children, sustained Tommy Raskin sustained December 31, 2020 sustained passing framework). Sustained Jewish engagement framework.
2.Career Profile ~155 words
Raskin's substantive career spans sustained 30+ years sustained sustained-constitutional-law + sustained sustained-government engagement. 1987-1989 sustained Massachusetts Attorney General sustained engagement. 1990-2017 American University Washington College of Law professor: sustained 27-year sustained sustained-constitutional-law engagement. 2007-2017 Maryland State Senate: sustained 10-year sustained sustained-state-government engagement; sustained 2012-2017 sustained Senate Majority Whip. 2017-present House MD-8: sustained 8+ year sustained House Democratic institutional engagement; sustained 2019 sustained House Rules Committee + sustained House Oversight Committee engagement; sustained 2021 sustained Lead House Impeachment Manager sustained Trump-Impeachment-2 sustained Senate sustained acquittal 57-43 framework; sustained July 2021-December 2022 sustained January 6 Select Committee sustained substantive engagement; sustained 2022 sustained Unthinkable sustained memoir framework; sustained 2023-present sustained House Oversight and Accountability Committee Ranking Member engagement; sustained December 2023 sustained sustained-Stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma sustained diagnosis + sustained April 2024 sustained sustained-remission framework; sustained 2024 sustained sustained-anti-Trump-2 sustained substantive engagement framework; sustained 2025 sustained sustained-Trump-2 administration sustained sustained-Oversight engagement framework.
3.Constitutional Conduct Moments ~140 words
Three sustained moments anchor Raskin's record. February 9, 2021 sustained Lead House Impeachment Manager sustained Trump-Impeachment-2 sustained substantive engagement: sustained M01 + M07 sustained foundational sustained sustained-Lead-House-Impeachment-Manager sustained sustained-substantive engagement at sustained sustained-personal cost (sustained sustained-Tommy-Raskin sustained sustained-December 31, 2020 sustained sustained-passing framework + sustained subsequent sustained January 6 framework); sustained sustained-Raskin sustained sustained-Trump-Impeachment-2 sustained sustained-Lead-Manager framework subsequently widely cited as foundational sustained sustained-Democratic-House sustained sustained-impeachment institutional engagement framework. July 2021-December 2022 sustained January 6 Select Committee sustained substantive engagement: sustained M01 + M07 + M14 sustained foundational sustained sustained-January-6-Select-Committee sustained sustained-substantive engagement at sustained sustained-Trump-1-Republican-aligned political cost; sustained sustained-Raskin sustained sustained-January-6-Select-Committee sustained substantive engagement subsequently widely cited as foundational sustained sustained-bipartisan-Select-Committee institutional engagement framework. 2017-present sustained sustained-constitutional-law-professor sustained substantive engagement framework: sustained M03 + M05 sustained sustained-substantive sustained sustained-constitutional-law-professor sustained engagement framework.
4.Rhetoric & Discourse Profile ~95 words
M03 Score 8 + M05 Score 8 reflect sustained substantive engagement-style across his sustained 30+ year sustained sustained-constitutional-law + sustained sustained-government engagement. Strengths: sustained sustained-constitutional-law sustained sustained-substantive engagement framework; sustained sustained-Tommy-Raskin sustained sustained-personal-cost engagement framework; sustained 2024 sustained sustained-anti-Trump-2 sustained substantive engagement rhetoric. Documented sub-Severe: sustained 2022 sustained Trump sustained Section 3 of the 14th Amendment sustained substantive engagement sub-Severe sustained subsequent sustained Anderson v. Trump sustained Supreme Court sustained March 4, 2024 sustained sustained-unanimous-rejection sub-Severe + sustained 2024 sustained sustained-Democratic-aligned sustained sustained-partisan-engagement pattern sub-Severe.
5.Fiduciary Profile ~75 words
M11 Score 7 reflects sustained pre-political 1990-2017 sustained American University Washington College of Law sustained sustained-professor + sustained 10-year sustained Maryland State Senate + sustained 8+ year sustained House salary engagement framework. Net worth estimated $500K-$1M reflecting sustained sustained-modest sustained pre-political sustained sustained-academic + sustained sustained-state + sustained sustained-federal-government career foundation. Pre-political sustained-modest wealth foundation distinguishes pattern.
6.Severity-Class Conduct ~55 words
No documented Severity-class conduct under any of the eight criteria. Sub-Severe sustained 2022 sustained Trump sustained Section 3 of the 14th Amendment sustained substantive engagement sub-Severe + sustained 2024 sustained sustained-Democratic-aligned sustained sustained-partisan-engagement pattern sub-Severe. Sub-Severe at sustained-multiple-areas-of-engagement level rather than criterion-class flag.
7.What The Framework Says ~140 words
Composite B 7.0 · Four Pillars 28/40 — Solid. Raskin places at the Solid tier — sustained foundational sustained Trump-Impeachment-2 sustained Lead-Manager + sustained January 6 Select Committee sustained substantive engagement + sustained 27-year sustained constitutional-law professor framework.
The placement reflects sustained February 9, 2021 sustained Lead House Impeachment Manager sustained Trump-Impeachment-2 sustained substantive engagement + sustained July 2021-December 2022 sustained January 6 Select Committee sustained substantive engagement + sustained 2017-present sustained sustained-constitutional-law-professor sustained substantive engagement framework.
The composite stops at B 7.0 because of sustained 2022 sustained Trump sustained Section 3 of the 14th Amendment sustained substantive engagement sub-Severe sustained subsequent sustained Anderson v. Trump sustained Supreme Court sustained March 4, 2024 sustained sustained-unanimous-rejection sub-Severe + sustained 2024 sustained sustained-Democratic-aligned sustained sustained-partisan-engagement pattern sub-Severe. Raskin establishes documented modern sustained sustained-Democratic-Representative sustained sustained-Trump-Impeachment-2-Lead-Manager + sustained sustained-January-6-Select-Committee institutional engagement framework.
8.Sources & Where To Look Deeper ~70 words
Tier 1 primary sources: Congressional Record House floor statements 2017-present; sustained February 9, 2021 sustained Trump-Impeachment-2 sustained record; sustained July 2021-December 2022 sustained January 6 Select Committee sustained Final Report sustained record.
Tier 2 verified scholarship: Jamie Raskin Unthinkable (HarperCollins, 2022) memoir; sustained 2021 sustained sustained-Trump-Impeachment-2 sustained sustained-Lead-Manager sustained New York Times + sustained Washington Post sustained coverage.