For years, the Raskins were considered a Washington power couple, particularly after Sarah Bloom Raskin was appointed to the Federal Reserve Board in 2010, and when she served as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury between 2014 to 2017 (via Jewish Virtual Library). But tragedy struck on December 31, 2020 when their only son, Tommy, a Harvard Law sophomore, committed suicide. In a heartbreaking statement announcing the death of their son, who had suffered from depression, Sarah and Jamie Raskin wrote, "He left us this farewell note on New Year's Eve day: "'Please forgive me. My illness won today. Please look after each other, the animals, and the global poor for me. All my love, Tommy.'"

During his CNN interview with Jake Tapper, Jamie Raskin revealed, "I've devoted my life to the Constitution, and to the republic. I'm a professor of constitutional law. But I did it, really, with my son in my heart, and helping lead the way. I feel him in my chest. When we went to count the electoral college votes and it came under that ludicrous attack, I felt my son with me" (via The Baltimore Sun).

He then made this pledge: "I'm not going to lose my son at the end of 2020 and lose my country, my republic, in 2021. It's not going to happen."