It’s only possible through the democratic arts of educating and organizing and mobilizing people for change”.–Congressman Raskin “In politics nothing’s inevitable and nothing’s impossible.But it’s people without resources, who are in a minority position, who are defenseless, who need the law badly.”–Congressman Raskin They use the law to their advantage but they generally have the resources to get what they want. People with power generally don’t need the law. “The rule of law is a boundary set on people with power.Politicians are servants of the people in a democratic society.“Law is a distillation of the best wisdom that society has to offer.”–Congressman Raskin.those of one’s constituents, “the whole”? (00:58:58) those of the country, and those of one’s party vs. Congressman Raskin’s final question: How do you reconcile the specific and the general, e.g., the interests and will of Congressman Raskin’s own constituents vs.Do Americans have to be critical and selective about how they regard all of their history? Can anything be taken as an unqualified good, worthy of imitation? (00:56:00).What are the stories from the American past that we could tell ourselves to help heal the divisions in the country? Should Americans instead give up on the search for a common, unified past? (00:46:05).Can a person ever have too much empathy? (00:42:31).Do lawmakers engage in dialogue sufficiently enough to comprehend and solve the problems that face them? (00:40:20).What does Congressman Raskin see as the biggest impediments to empathy in a person? (00:36:15).What has Congressman Raskin been reading since becoming a congressman? (00:34:30).What were the earliest works that helped Congressman Raskin cultivate empathy? (00:29:43).How do art and literature bring us to the moral center that Congressman Raskin hopes to help bring American citizens to? (00:27:50).What grade would Congressman Raskin give the United States on educating its citizens to participate effectively in a democracy? (00:25:55).
They talk about how indignation toward institutionalized cruelty (e.g., as depicted in fictionalized works like One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest ) fueled Congressman Raskin to become more politically active.
They read from Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus on how Persian laws supposedly took thought for the character of its citizens. That’s why I call myself a progressive because it’s my ambition to try to find what’s right the best we can and then bring the political center to us.” –Congressman Jamie Raskin SummaryĬonstitutional law professor and Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-8) and Norman Sandridge (classics professor and fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies) discuss how the congressman came to see the study and craft of law as a leadership role. It’s my ambition to be in the moral center, and that’s why I’m a democrat. “It’s not my ambition to be in the political center, which blows around with the wind.
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