Jamie Raskin and the Constitutional Cavalry

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

Election, Government, January 6, Politics, Merrick Garland, Law, Harry Litman, Trump, News, Legal

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🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Harry talks once again with constitutional patriot and House Oversight Committee member Jamie Raskin about the tight spot we are in after just one month of Trump rule. Harry presses the Congressman for thoughts about communicating to the country the perils to the rule of law and constitutional scheme themselves. Raskin sets out a short range, mid-range, and long-range agenda for clawing the country back and restoring the rule of law. They go over the most promising and the most worrisome of the 60+ lawsuits against the Administration. They focus at length on the mischief and illegality of the Elon Musk DOGE operation and how that seems to be hitting home with more people daily. And they end with detailed discussion about the terrible perversions at the Department of Justice and what it will take to return the Department to its full institutional footing in the future.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Talking Fed's One-on-One, One,
0:09.2	Deep-Dive discussions with national figures
0:12.3	about the most fascinating and consequential issues
0:16.2	defining our culture and shaping our lives.
0:19.9	I'm your host, Harry Littman. Welcome to a special
0:23.7	Talking Fed's one-on-one. Our guest today genuinely needs no introduction to Talking Fed's followers.
0:31.2	He's been with us generously from the beginning, in person more than once and virtually virtually and to talk books and breaking news.
0:41.1	And while his constituents know him as the representative for Maryland's eighth congressional
0:46.0	district, I have long since dubbed him, Knight Style, a constitutional patriot and a warrior
0:53.9	for the rule of law. Welcome, even more than always,
0:59.1	Congressman Jamie Raskin.
1:00.9	Harry, thank you for those kind words, man. It's great to see you.
1:04.0	Likewise. Really great to see you. I've been very eager to talk to you for the last
1:08.2	few weeks, and what I want to talk about is the Constitution.
1:13.7	It's getting clear that, to me, that people are awakening to discrete threats from Trump's second
1:20.5	term, lawsuits involving firings, or access by Elon Musk, whoever he is, to Americans' sensitive data.
1:31.7	But speaking personally, more keenly and ominously, and than anything, I feel the rule of law
1:38.0	itself under assault, under assault, really the subject of a carpet bombing from the White House.
1:45.6	And along with some other colleagues, but not all that many, I feel that that's what I'm
1:51.7	screaming from the ramparts.
1:54.0	But it feels that this most overarching issue, this, you know, biggest tragedy if it were
2:00.5	to fall under Trump rule,
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