I have mentioned the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). This innocuous-sounding organization is working assiduously to transform our form of government through changes to state laws.
It turns out that ALEC actually drafted Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law that has become so notorious in the wake of the Trayvon Martin killing.
NY Time columnist Paul Krugman informs us in today's blog, Lobbyists, Guns and Money, how such things happen.
Has he been reading my blog? Probably not, but regular readers will recall that I called attention nearly a year ago to ALEC's influence on the newly-elected North Carolina state legislature here and here and here.
Apparently this legislature is interested mostly in serving their constituents at ALEC's headquarters instead of in their own districts.
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