"All About ALEC" - 10/22/2011
What a topic! What a program!! What a day!!!"All About ALEC" was a one-day forum held on 10/22/2011 in Fitchberg, WI, hosted by the Oregon (WI) Area Progressives. Moderated by John Nichols, Washington...
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UPDATE 10/28/2011:To see the video of the forum go toWisconsin EyeFor an excellent description of the forum go toAnd The Truth Will Make You Mad!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"All...
View ArticleThe Smart ALEC strategy ...
First, let me explain the title ... I believe the ALEC strategy has been a "smart" strategy in that it has been somewhat successful, as evidenced by multi-state enactment of model bills such as this...
View ArticleALEC Takes Aim ... at voters!
Let's take aim at Model Bill 7G16 (PDF) - an ALEC-sponsored Voter ID Act passed in 2009 by a committee now co-chaired by the NRA (yes, thatNRA). So, you ask, what does the NRA know about elections ......
View ArticleStates' Rights My @$$!
What do you know about States' rights? Did you know ALEC has proposed a resolution in support of States' rights? Where does the concept come from? What does it mean exactly? "States' rights" is...
View ArticleConstitution Under Attack!
Alas, ALEC continues its war on the U.S. Constitution.Last month's diary discussed ALEC's efforts to rewrite the Tenth Amendment and return us to governance by the Articles of Confederation (States'...
View ArticleALEC diary unpublished ...
My apologies to those of you who had been reading my diary about ALEC and Article V conventions ... I was informed that none of the links worked and I have unpublished the article until I can get those...
View ArticleALEC on Article V Conventions
ALEC is at it again (or still)!! ALEC has written a handbook encouraging States to join together and subvert the U.S. Constitution, telling States they can hold an Article V convention and propose...
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