Investigating Power
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is holding an “Inaugural Free Speech Dinner” with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a Christian Right litigation outfit, on December 4, the first day of…
…current Education Sec. Betsy DeVos’s son, Rick, was on the Student Free Press Association board as of 2017. Conservative outlets The American Spectator ($7,700 from CKF) and National Review ($6,000…
…free speech and the right to assembly.” The law, now 2019 Wisconsin Act 33, echoes similar “critical infrastructure protection” model bills pushed out by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)…
…policy ideas in the states through reports, public hearing testimonies at state capitals, and, increasingly, in the media. Many of the right-wing policies are drafted as American Legislative Exchange Council…
…Armstrong Williams and published on Oct. 31, called the impeachment inquiry “un-American.” The Heritage Foundation’s hefty budget is financed by the usual suspects of the GOP megadonor world: At least…
…at hearings or through the production of “studies.” That legislation is often drafted as model bills by corporate lobbyists and lawmakers at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). In recent…
This article was first published by the American Constitution Society here. A secretive, last-minute influx of campaign cash in the spring 2019 Wisconsin Supreme Court election by right-wing dark money…
…or water company property a felony punishable by up to six years in prison and a $10,000 fine. AB 426 was inspired by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)’s “Critical…
…organizations that are called upon to provide the academic legitimacy for right-wing policies in the states — some of which are introduced in state houses as American Legislative Exchange Council…
…infrastructure.” The bill is based on ALEC’s “Critical Infrastructure Protection Act” and is backed by the American Petroleum Institute (API), the American Chemistry Council, and a number of other business…
