Rep. Jamie Raskin praises birthright-citizenship ruling, urges Supreme Court ethics and structural reforms

Jul 2, 2025

Congressman Jamie Raskin told a Montgomery County media briefing that the Supreme Court's decision protecting birthright citizenship is a rare win but underscored wide concern about campaign-finance decisions, the shadow docket and the lack of a binding ethics code for the Court; he urged congressional reforms and a binding ethics code.

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Congressman Jamie Raskin, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, said Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding birthright citizenship was a “rare win” but that the court’s broader record this term exposed deeper problems requiring congressional and institutional responses.

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