Washington, D.C. — This week, House Democrats’ Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force elevated their fight against the Trump Administration’s illegal attacks on the constitutional principle of birthright citizenship to the highest court in the land—filing an amicus brief for the three birthright citizenship cases currently before the United States Supreme Court (Trump v. State of Washington, Tru... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (April 30, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Full Committee markup of Republicans’ funding bill, a blank check for President Donald Trump’s authoritarian crusade that cuts funding for Americans’ healthcare, food assistance, and public safety—all to bankroll Trump’s tax cuts for billionaires and his cru... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (April 29, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Gerrald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Trump Administration officials demanding to see the agreement they crafted with El Salvador to ho... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (April 29, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office: “It’s 100 days into his second term, and Donald Trump has brought numerous sectors of society in the United States to the precipice of authoritarian rule. But people are fighting back everywhere ever... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (April 25, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement after Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel said agents arrested a county judge in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on charges of obstructing an immigration arrest: “Americans are watching with outrage the stunning news that Trump’s FBI has arr... Read more »
Washington, D.C. — The Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force led 192 House Democrats in filing an amicus brief challenging the Trump Administration’s efforts to close the Department of Education in the matter of the State of New York v. Linda McMahon. A case in which 20 states moved to sue the administration for its plans to place fifty percent of the Department’s workforce on administrative le... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (April 24, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s presidential memorandum to the Department of Justice (DOJ) targeting ActBlue, an online platform utilized by Americans to support Democratic campaigns at all levels of government: “What a striking development. Donald Trump po... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin of the House Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) demanded the Department of Justice (DOJ) provide details on the threatened use of armed Special Deputy U.S. Marshals to intimidate a fired Trump administration official ahead of her scheduled appearance before Raskin and Schiff's bicameral spotli... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (April 23, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel demanding he open an investigation into Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin’s failure to disclose to the Senate Judiciary Committee more than 150 appearances on Russian state-controlled television,... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, are pressing five top law firms for answers regarding their capitulation to President Donald Trump through deals made with him in order to avoid executive orders targeting firm... Read more »
