Professor Stanley Brand quoted in PolitiFact article

CARLISLE, PA—Professor Stanley Brand was recently quoted in a PolitiFact article titled “Public service announcements or propaganda? Experts weigh in on new Trump ads.”

The article noted that federal employees’ political activities are limited by the Hatch Act. Brand said a key issue of whether the ads fell under the Hatch Act is if they are classified as propaganda.

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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.