- Jamie Raskin
Jamie Raskin (born Jamin B. Raskincite web
last = Friends of Jamin Raskin
year = 2006
url = http://www.jaminraskin.com/bio.php
title = Biography
work = Jamie Raskin for State Senate campaign web site
accessdate = 2006-05-04] , onDecember 13 ,1962 , inWashington, D.C. ) is an Americanlaw professor andpolitician . He teaches atAmerican University ,Washington College of Law , inWashington, D.C. He won the race forMaryland State Senate in District 20, representing parts of Silver Spring andTakoma Park . He also goes by the name Jamin Raskin.On
March 1 ,2006 , during a Maryland State Senate hearing regardingsame-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."cite news
url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/995791681.html?dids=995791681:995791681&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+2%2C+2006&author=&pub=The+Sun&desc=SUN+NEWS+DIGEST
title=Sun News Digest
publisher=Baltimore Sun
page=2.A
date=March 2, 2006
accessdate=2006-04-17 Abstract of archived news article, provided by the newspaper's archiving service. ] cite news
url=http://www.raskin06.com/news/06-03-02.baltsun.php
title=Emotions flare over same-sex marriage
publisher=Baltimore Sun
date=March 2, 2006
accessdate=2006-04-17 Archived on [http://www.raskin06.com/ raskin06.com] , Mr Raskin's political campaign web site.] cite web
last = Urban Legends Reference Pages
authorlink = Urban Legends Reference Pages
year = 2006
url = http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/raskin.asp
title = Jamie Raskin
work = Snopes.com
accessdate = 2006-04-17] .As a lawyer, he has represented such clients as
Greenpeace , theService Employees International Union and a group ofMontgomery Blair High School students fighting a ban on a television 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 fromHarvard College in1983 , and fromHarvard Law School in1987 . He is a past editor of theHarvard Law Review .References
External links
* [http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/raskin.asp Urban Legends Reference Pages: Politics (Jamie Raskin)]
* [http://www.senatorjamieraskin.com/ Jamie Raskin's Senate Website]
* [http://www.wcl.american.edu/faculty/raskin/ WCL Faculty Page]
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