Free Market Coalition Signs Letter in Response to Senator Durbin
Free Market Coalition Signs Letter in Response to Senator Durbin
Statement Asserts Constitutional Right to Free Speech and Free Association
Arlington, Va., (Updated Friday, August 30, 2013)— The American Legislative Exchange Council released today a letter signed by a coalition of free market groups asserting their constitutional right to free speech and association. This statement follows an August 12 letter signed by nearly 300 state legislators addressed to Senator Durbin. The letters address the right of organizations to keep their membership lists private as indicated in the Supreme Court case NAACP v. Alabama.
The coalition letter follows a flood of editorials, opinion pieces and organizations’ statements expressing concern over Senator Durbin’s outreach to more than 300 companies and organizations inquiring about their participation with the American Legislative Exchange Council.
The coalition letter, sent today to all members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, can be accessed here.
Contact: Bill Meierling
wmeierling@alec.org
202-725-5026
Molly Fuhs
mfuhs@alec.org
202-870-1603
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The American Legislative Exchange Council is the largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators in the United States. The Council is governed by state legislators who comprise the Board of Directors and is advised by the Private Enterprise Advisory Council, a group of private, foundation and think tank members. For more information about the American Legislative Exchange Council, please visit: www.alec.org.