Professor Stanley Brand discusses judicial retention election on WITF’s ‘The Spark’

CARLISLE, Pa.—Professor Stanley Brand, Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government at Penn State Dickinson Law, appeared on WITF’s “The Spark” to discuss the recent retention election of Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices and the shift from federal court to state court of key decisions affecting gerrymandering.

He weighed in on why this year’s retention election had an unusually high profile and how state supreme courts have become a new battleground.

You can listen to the episode by clicking here.

Professor Stanley M. Brand is the On-site Director of Dickinson Law’s Semester-in-Washington D.C. Program. With over thirty years of experience, Professor Brand offers students a particularly sharp insight into federal regulatory and legislative practice in Washington, D.C. He is the former General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives and chief legal officer responsible for representing the House, its members, officers, and employees in connection with legal procedures and challenges to the conduct of their official activities; former Senior Counsel in Akin Gump’s litigation practice in Washington, D.C.; and Vice President, National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (the governing body of minor league baseball). He is a co-author, with Professor Lance Cole, of a casebook on Congressional Investigations. With over thirty years of experience, Professor Brand offers students a particularly sharp insight into federal regulatory and legislative practice in Washington, D.C.