ALEC Must be Stopped: Shut Down if Possible Just Never Trusted, Believed, or Followed

Weak State legislators making boiler place laws for 

themselves not the whole 

ALEC is one of several organizations that put forth “model legislation for states to use to pass bills” (that is for them to simply just fill-in the name of their state and take credit for the bill or bills passed).

So, what has ALEC done and where? One report is seen below in the video. It is very comprehensive with real examples, and as before with HBO videos:

A note of caution – may have language that offends some viewers.

A bit dated (from 2014) but still applicable today

Several other organizations that provide research, data, and even model legislation to legislatures and legislators throughout the country and they include:

•  The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL): A bipartisan and is headquarters in Denver. It was founded in 1975 from several legislative organizations.

•  The Council of State Governments (CSG): A bipartisan organization that was founded in 1933 and is headquarters in Lexington, KY.

•  The Progressive Legislative Action Network's (PLAN): Has a mission is “to pass progressive legislation in all fifty states by providing coordinated research and strategic advocacy tools to forward-thinking state legislators” (or so says their mission statement). They are headquartered in NYC and founded in 2005 with the backing of several unions, activist groups, and progressive legislators and it is essentially the anti-ALEC. 

•  The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL): Provides states with non-partisan legislation that is consistent from state to state. It is headquarters in Chicago and was founded in 1892.

MAIN FOCUS ON ALEC: “The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).” It is billed as a bipartisan membership association for conservative state lawmakers to advance the “Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism and individual liberty” (mostly far-right ideology). It is headquarters in Washington, DC. 

ALEC was founded in 1973 by Paul Weyrich, who also helped found the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank, the Moral Majority, and the Council for National Policy.

My 2 cents: I hope you enjoyed the rundown in the video – it is both educational and enlightening.

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