The American Legislative Exchange Council: 50 Years of Making America Less Fair, Less Safe, Less Democratic

The Center for Media and Democracy and its ALEC Exposed project have published hundreds of bills promoted at ALEC meetings and introduced in state legislatures. Lisa Graves, president of the board of CMD and president of True North Research, described how ALEC operates in an article published this year, which focused in part on ALEC’s support for state “preemption” laws as a tool to strip local elected officials of their power to protect their constituents and communities.