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irisblue

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5. W/O me being able tocite a source today, I suspect that was a policy from ALEC
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 01:27 PM
Tuesday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council


snip-"The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a nonprofit organization of conservative state legislators and private sector representatives who draft and share model legislation for distribution among state governments in the United States.[3][4][5].

ALEC's activities, while legal,[15] received public scrutiny after news reports in 2012 from outlets such as The New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek described ALEC as an organization that gave corporate interests outsized influence.[9][10] Resulting public pressure led to a number of legislators and corporations withdrawing from the organization. However, at ALEC's July 2022 policy summit, Insider reported on a political commentator who stated that if the conservative constitutional convention movement—which "is gaining momentum" largely out of public view—is successful in its plan to rewrite the Constitution, the USA will become the "conservative nation" ALEC has been working toward.[16]

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