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Rep. Jamie Raskin: “Uphold and Defend the Constitution.”
— Against Trump
I got a letter from Congressman Jamie Raskin in my inbox a few days ago. Raskin, you might recall, was the lead impeachment manager for Trump’s second impeachment trial (for the Jan. 6 insurrection). Raskin was also a professor of constitutional law for 25 years before getting into politics and has been one of Trump’s toughest and most intelligent critics in Congress. So it is not surprising to me that Raskin has found a strategy for mobilizing a principled resistance against the wrecking ball that is the new Trump administration.
Simply put, this is about defending the Constitution. Raskin writes:
I took an oath of my own in January to uphold and defend the Constitution as I represent the people of Maryland’s Eighth District. I am completely committed to defending you and your family against any and all lawless action along with rising authoritarianism and corruption.
The anti-authoritarian forces in our country have tremendous constitutional, legal, political, ethical and moral resources at our disposal to defend American democracy and freedom, and we will continue to mobilize them and deploy them strategically and nimbly in the days ahead.
He then describes some of Trump’s actions freezing federal contracts and…
