Jamie Raskin, the U.S. House of Rep has become a hot discussion in the political headlines as he was seen wearing a cap mask that covers his head. The House Rules prohibit the usage of caps on the house floor although Raskin is undergoing chemotherapy.
The general public is divided into two. While one group is rooting that Raskin should be allowed to continue wearing his cap mask as he is in a critical medical condition; however, the other group views that the rules should be alike for everyone.
Argumentative exchanges between supporters and opponents are trending on the social media platform of Twitter.
Jamie Raskin: Bio
Jamie Raskin is the incumbent ranking member of the House Oversight Committee. He assumed office on January 7, 2023. He is a member of the U.S. House Of Representatives from January 3, 2017, onwards. He is representing the 8th district of the state of Maryland.
Earlier from 2016 to 2017, he represented the 20th district of Maryland in the House of Representatives. His political interests are invested in the Democratic Party.
Jamie Raskin: Background And Early Life
Jamie Ben Raskin, aged 60, was born on December 13, 1962, in Washington D.C. He grew up in a Jewish household with his father, Marcus Raskin, an American political activist and an earlier member of the staff group of John F Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States of America.
His mother Barbara Raskin was a novelist cum journalist. Raskin’s parents were born in America, although, an earlier generation of the family had immigrated to the U.S. from Russia.
Jamie Raskin: Academic History And College Years
Jamie Raskin was an attendee of the Georgetown Day School. He has an undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Arts in government with a concentration in political theory. He graduated college from, Harvard College with a magna cum laude distinction and a Phi Beta Kappa honors.
He further proceeded to pursue a J.D. degree and graduated with a magna cum laude from Harvard Law School.
During his period at the Harvard Law School, he served as an editor for the law review published by individual student groups, Harvard Law Review.
Jamie Raskin: Career
Jamie Raskin was a renowned professor of constitutional law at the Washington College of Law under the American University. He served in the position for more than a period of two decades.
Jamie Raskin is the co-founder of the LL.M. Program on law and government. He was also its director. Later he co-founded the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, an educational fellowship program for law students.
Jamie Raskin: Personal Account
Jamie Raskin is married to his wife, Sarah Bloom Raskin. The couple is settled in Takoma Park, Maryland. They have three children together. His son, Thomas Raskin had passed away at the age of 25 when he was a second-year student at the Harvard Law School.
His cause of death was identified as a death by suicide due to depression. Raskin has two other daughters Hannah, and Tabitha.
Sarah Raskin, his wife, was the Commissioner of Financial Regulation of Maryland from 2007 to 2010. From 2014 to 2017 she was the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Jamie Raskin adopted the practice of vegetarianism in 2009.
Jamie Raskin: Health History
Jamie Raskin is fighting a battle with cancer since 2010. In the month of May of 2010, he was diagnosed with colon cancer, an accelerating condition among US citizens aged above 45.
He has undergone six weeks of chemotherapy, and radiation. He has also undergone surgery to remove a portion of his colon as part of the cancer treatment.
Later in the December of 2022, Jamie Raskin was diagnosed with the condition of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), a cancer condition that infects the B cell, also known as the fighting cells of the human immune system.
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Jamie Raskin As An Author
Jamie Raskin is an American author with half a dozen of published works. His first book was published in 1994, which he co-wrote with John Bonifaz, an American attorney and political activist.
The book was titled The Wealth Primary: Campaign Fundraising and the Constitution.
His other published works are Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court versus the American People in 2003, We the Students: Supreme Court Cases for and about Students in 2014, Youth Justice in America, which he co-authored in 2014 with Maryam Ahranjani and Andrew G. Ferguson; and Unthinkable – Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy in 2022.
The last one was written on account of his life and the decision to end it by his deceased son. It also has a focus on the preparation of his impeachment trial against Donald Trump, the then President of the United States of America
Jamie Raskin: Net Worth
Jamie Raskin as per the recently compiled and analyzed data is calculated of having a net worth that is estimated at around 5 million US Dollars.
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