{"id":601,"date":"2014-02-14T03:18:37","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T03:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/?p=601"},"modified":"2024-06-07T03:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T03:19:12","slug":"the-wizard-behind-the-curtain-alec-and-state-legislatures-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/2014\/02\/14\/the-wizard-behind-the-curtain-alec-and-state-legislatures-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wizard Behind the Curtain: ALEC and State Legislatures in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/td>\nAmy Hanauer – Executive Director, Policy Matters Ohio<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Friday February 14, 2014
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/span>
\n***Alternate Location: 1st Floor Lounge, Guilford House***<\/strong><\/span>
\nCase Western Reserve University<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n

One of the most powerful lobbying organizations in the country is barely visible to the American public.<\/strong>\u00a0ALEC \u2013 the American Legislative Exchange Council \u2013 focuses on state legislation. Organized as a tax-exempt membership organization for a couple of thousand state legislators, it receives nearly all of its budget (over $9 million in 2011) from corporations and conservative donors. Task forces of both legislators and private sector members draft model legislation, which its members then propose in their states.<\/p>\n

ALEC’s early focus on economic issues expanded to include models for “Stand Your Ground Laws” and Voter ID laws. It has been weakened by corporate and some legislators’ defections in the wake of the Treyvon Martin case, in which George Zimmerman was initially not charged with any crime based on “Stand Your Ground.” But ALEC still has an extensive agenda. Amy Hanauer \u2013 not an ALEC supporter \u2013 joins us to discuss ALEC’s current agenda and role in Ohio and other states’ politics.<\/p>\n

All best regards,
\nJoe White
\nLuxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Policy Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

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About Our Guest<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Amy Hanauer<\/strong>\u00a0is the founding executive director of Policy Matters Ohio. She has a master\u2019s of Public Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.A. from Cornell University. Before starting Policy Matters in 2000, Amy did research and policy work in Wisconsin, Colorado and Washington D.C. In addition to running Policy Matters, Amy does research on work, wages, tax policy, energy policy and other issues. Amy Hanauer is on the board of directors and the executive committee of the national think tank D\u0113mos, the steering committee for Emerald Cities Cleveland, and the advisory committee to the national Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN). Read\u00a0her piece on Ohio in a 2011 edition of\u00a0The Nation<\/em>\u00a0magazine<\/a>\u00a0and this profile about her that ran in the\u00a0Plain Dealer<\/em><\/a>, or\u00a0her piece for\u00a0Belt Magazine<\/em><\/a>\u00a0on starting a movement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where We Meet and Parking Possibilities<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Guilford House is at 11112 Bellflower Road, a pretty yellow building with a porch in the Mather Quad. The Lounge is on the first floor. \u00a0The closest parking is the Severance garage or the lot at the Church of the Covenant.<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday Lunch Upcoming Topics and Speakers:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

February 21: The Profession of Accounting: Where It Came From, Where It Has Been, and Where It’s Going.<\/strong>\u00a0With Gary Previts, Distinguished University Professor and E. Mandel de Windt Professor of Leadership and Enterprise Development.<\/p>\n

February 28: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

March 7: Shared Success: Law Enforcement, Faith-Based Organizations, and the Fugitive Safe Surrender Program.<\/strong>\u00a0With Daniel Flannery Ph.D., Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and Director, Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education.<\/p>\n

March 14: Spring Break<\/strong><\/p>\n

March 21: What the Jewish Experience Tells Us About Religion in America Today.<\/strong>\u00a0With Peter J. Haas, Abba Hillel Silver Professor of Jewish Studies and Chair, Department of Religious Studies.<\/p>\n

March 28: Muslims in the United States.<\/strong>\u00a0With Justine Howe, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies.<\/p>\n

April 4: The \u201cProblem\u201d of Teen Mothers.<\/strong>\u00a0With Mary Erdmans, Associate Professor of Sociology.<\/p>\n

April 11: Is the Federal Government’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States Anti-Asian?<\/strong>\u00a0With Timothy Webster, Assistant Professor of Law and Director, East Asian Legal Studies.\u00a0***Alternate Site: Mather House Room 100.<\/strong>***<\/p>\n

April 18: Is Cleveland Dying?<\/strong>\u00a0With John A. Begala, Executive Director, Center for Community Solutions.<\/p>\n

April 25: Pope Francis: So Far.<\/strong>\u00a0With Paul V. Murphy, Professor of History and Director, Institute of Catholic Studies, John Carroll University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Amy Hanauer – Executive Director, Policy Matters Ohio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday February 14, 2014
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\n***Alternate Location: 1st Floor Lounge, Guilford House***<\/strong>
\nCase Western Reserve University<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n

One of the most powerful lobbying organizations in the country is barely visible to the American public.<\/strong>\u00a0ALEC \u2013 the American Legislative Exchange Council \u2013 focuses on state legislation. Organized as a tax-exempt membership organization for a couple of thousand state legislators, it receives nearly all of its budget (over $9 million in 2011) from corporations and conservative donors.<\/p>\n

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