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Constitution Interrupted By Rep. Chris Taylor (D-WI) After the 2010 tea party takeover of Wisconsin, it became clear that the real force behind policymaking in Wisconsin is not the voters, but the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the most powerful right-wing policy-making machine in the country. A ménage a trois of powerful corporations, state legislators, and right-wing think tanks, ALEC pushes out model legislation that promotes corporate hegemony. I know because I am a Wisconsin legislator, and a member of ALEC. Read the rest of this item here. Wisconsin Lawmaker Echoes ALEC's Call for a Constitutional Convention Wisconsin State Senator Chris Kapenga (R-Delafield) wants a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and he wants a new constitutional convention to ratify it. A constitutional convention makes for a snappy hashtag, #ConCon. But, it is a dangerous and impractical idea that could result in a "runaway" convention and substantial rewrites to the U.S. Constitution. Under Article V of the U.S. Constitution, if 34 state legislatures "issue a call" for a constitutional convention, Congress must convene one. Read the rest of this item here. Pruitt Emails Reveal Communications with ALEC and Koch Groups Emails released to CMD reveal close ties between Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, the Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and the fossil fuel interests that fund ALEC, including the Kochs' Americans for Prosperity Group. The emails were obtained after the Center for Media and Democracy filed an open records lawsuit against Pruitt for his two-year-long failure to respond to our open records requests for his email correspondence with major fossil fuel corporations. The court ordered Pruitt to release thousands of emails which are now online and available for public inspection, but CMD is still in court seeking to obtain 1,600 pages withheld and responses to eight additional open records requests. Read the rest of this item here.