Exposing ALEC

Michigan Needs American Legislative Exchange Council Accountability Act NOW

What is the “ALEC Accountability Act”? Example Content of the ALEC Accountability Act draft “model legislation”: Intro of the ALEC Accountability Act of 2012 AN ACT to amend (LIST of YOUR STATE’S Laws); and to create LIST OF NEW/AFFECTED LAWS and STATUES; relating to: attempts to influence action upon model or similar proposed legislation, prohibiting [...]

ALEC on Article V Conventions

What is an article V convention, who is ALEC, and what do the two of them have to do with each other? An Article V convention is one of the ways in which the U.S. Constitution can be amended (the other way is for Congress to do it). ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, is [...]