Professor Stanley Brand quoted in Wall Street Journal article

CARLISLE—Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government Stanley Brand remains a go-to source for media outlets seeking comment on a potential contempt of Congress case against Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Brand was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article published on August 27, 2026, titled “Republican Efforts to Prosecute Fauci for Contempt Are Hitting a Wall.” The article detailed the Trump administration’s doubts about efforts by a GOP-led Senate committee to hold Fauci in contempt.

“There’s just a bevy of cases that say you can’t just go around the Senate rules or the House rules when you put somebody in contempt,” said Brand, who represented Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro during contempt proceedings. “That referral is null and void.”

Brand previously shared insights on the Fauci case with the Washington Post, Reuters and Politico.

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.