Conservative Group’s Charity Status Draws Questions by Peter Overby for NPR and an excellent discussion on Warren Olney’s “To the Point.”
Here’s the discussion and links for the latter:
A New Look at the Sausage Factory Where Laws Are Made (12:07PM)
The Trayvon Martin killing has sparked a national firestorm over Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. Now it turns out that 24 other states have similar laws because of a little known group called the American Legislative Exchange Council. “ALEC” brought state legislators from around the country together with lobbyists for the NRA to agree that Florida’s law would become a model for other states. What other measures has ALEC originated? Is it democracy in action, or a way to enact special interest legislation without public scrutiny?
Note: ALEC declined our invitation to participate in this program.
Guests:
- Lisa Graves: Center for Media and Democracy, @thelisagraves
- Stephen Moore: Wall Street Journal
- Rashad Robinson: ColorOfChange.org, @rashadrobinson
- Sheila Krumholz: Center for Responsive Politics, @skrmhlz