PROFESSOR STAN BRAND APPEARS ON FORBES NEWSROOM TO DISCUSS 14TH AMENDMENT
December 2023 — Penn State Dickinson Law Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government Stanley M. Brand joined Brittany Lewis on “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that former President Donald Trump should be kicked off the state’s ballot under the 14th Amendment Disqualification Clause. The ruling focuses on a brewing legal debate among judges and legal experts over whether Trump should be disqualified for being an “insurrectionist,” as the issue likely heads to the U.S. Supreme Court.
On the podcast episode of “Bush v Gore Was Nursery School Compared to Trump v Colorado,” Brand discussed the 14th Amendment Disqualification Clause, current litigation interpreting its provisions and the likely Supreme Court role in settling its application.
Professor Stan 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.