Professor Stanley Brand quoted in New York Times

CARLISLE, PA— Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government Stanley Brand was recently quoted in an article in the New York Times titled “House Democrat Wages a Lonely Legal Fight Testing Congress’s Power.” You can read the article by clicking here.

Representative LaMonica McIver, Democrat of New Jersey, was charged by the Justice Department with assaulting immigration agents outside an ICE detention facility in Newark last year. The story examines the aftermath of the charge and how McIver has fought to carry out her legislative duties in its wake.

“It’s a landmark case, which has the potential to re-energize and invigorate the application of the clause,” says Brand in the article.

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.