Cruz, Huckabee and Walker to Speak at American Legislative Exchange Council 42nd Annual Meeting

American Legislative Exchange Council ^

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July 22-24 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt

Schedule of Events Below

Arlington, Virginia (July 8, 2015)—State legislators, business leaders, policy experts and citizen organizations will come together in San Diego for the 42nd American Legislative Exchange Council Annual Meeting July 22-24. Attendees will share experiences and ideas and develop research-based model policies focused on limited government, free markets and federalism.

During the three-day conference, members will participate in training sessions, policy workshops and task force meetings. Attendees will also hear from keynote speakers, including presidential hopefuls Governor Scott Walker, former Governor Mike Huckabee and Senator Ted Cruz. Other speakers include author Travis Brown, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, actor Clint Howard, Economist Dr. Arthur Laffer, West Virginia Solicitor General Elbert Lin and Economist Stephen Moore.

Complete Conference Agenda

Full Speaker List

To register for media credentials, contact media@alec.org. Media credentials are non-transferable and subject to the ALEC media policy.

Wednesday, July 22

12:00 PM-2:00 PM, Opening Luncheon

• Keynote Speakers: Actor Clint Howard and West Virginia Solicitor General Elbert Lin

2:15 PM-3:30 PM, Policy Workshops

• Higher Education Freedom of Thought
• Discussion on VAPE: Word of the Year

3:45 PM-5:00 PM, Policy Workshops

• A Brave New World: Effective, Efficient and Cost Responsible Alternatives in Criminal Justice
• Building an Infrastructure for Innovation: The Drug Discovery Process and the Promise for Patients

Thursday, July 23

8:00 AM-9:15 AM, Plenary Breakfast

• Keynote Speaker: Governor Scott Walker

9:30 AM-10:45 AM, Policy Workshops

• Setting an Effective State-Led Education
• Dark Money Debate: What Lawmakers Need to Know About the First Amendment and Anonymous Political Speech

11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Policy Workshops

• Advances in Medication-Assisted Treatment Models in Alternatives to Incarceration
• Leveraging Innovation for Cost Savings in Medicaid Dental Program Administration

12:30 PM–2:00 PM, Plenary Lunch

• Keynote Speaker: Former Governor Mike Huckabee

Friday, July 24

8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Plenary Breakfast

• Keynote Speakers: Dr. Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore

9:30 AM-10:45 AM, Policy Workshops

• Article V – Proposed Rules for a Convention of States
• The Life of Tomorrow, Today: Opportunities and Challenges for the Connected Life

11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Policy Workshops

• Renewable Energy Mandate Reform: State Case Studies
• Utilizing Technology and Data Analytics to Promote Efficiencies in Government

12:30 PM–2:15 PM Plenary Lunch

• Keynote Speakers: Travis Brown and Senator Ted Cruz

The American Legislative Exchange Council is a 501(c)(3) educational organization that provides nonpartisan research, study and analysis. ALEC facilitates interaction between public and private sector leaders, think tanks and citizen groups through meetings and model policy development.

ALEC Model Policy Library

To learn more about the American Legislative Exchange Council and to find more information on the 42nd ALEC Annual Meeting, visit www.alec.org.

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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.

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FULL TITLE: Cruz, Huckabee and Walker to Speak at American Legislative Exchange Council 42nd Annual Meeting in San Diego

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[cripplecreek]

Looks like to place to be for candidates.

[napscoordinator]

Add Trump to the mix and that should be our GOP lineup for 2016. And may the best candidate win. Trump for issues, Huckster just for whatever, and Ted and Scott for serious consideration.

[Hostage]

betty boop, thought you might be interested to see the below in asterisks!

Publius, please ping the Article V list!

Friday, July 24

8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Plenary Breakfast

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore
9:30 AM-10:45 AM, Policy Workshops

*****Article V – Proposed Rules for a Convention of States*****
The Life of Tomorrow, Today: Opportunities and Challenges for the Connected Life

[Wolfie]

Nice to see our Congresscritters meeting with the people who write our laws.

[betty boop]

Jeepers, wish I could go....

[Hostage]

I imagine most of the attendees will be state legislators.

I will try via ALEC to see if there is or will be available a copy of the presentation on the rules.

[betty boop]

I will try via ALEC to see if there is or will be available a copy of the presentation on the rules.

I would love to see it! RULES will be necessary to obviate problems of leftist mischief-making that could derail the COS, which appears to be semimojo's chief fear.

Prof. Natelson suggests the following scenario might well occur:

It is possible that non-cooperative states may, if they do not boycott the convention [as Rhode Island did the 1787 Constitutional Convention] opt to send oversized delegations. They may do so as a measure of protest, as a populist gesture, or as a way of skewing debate in their favor.... The presence of oversized committees does not change the one state, one vote rule ... but the situation could present problems of crowding and fairness.

One way of forestalling this problem without impairing the prerogative of a state to govern its own committee is to adopt a convention rule limiting the number of commissioners from any one state who may participate in any given debate or appear on the floor at one time. One of our advisors suggested a limit on the amount of floor time that may be used on any day by any state committee. (page 87, my emphasis)

So RULES are needed to keep matters on track. Only the COS can write its own rules; Congress is forbidden to do it. So I'm glad that ALEC has started working on proposed rules. The COS must pass them by majority vote before they become effective. But I'm heartened to see that some of the "early spade work" is already being done.

[betty boop]

I should have posted this reply to another thread, here. We've been discussing Prof. Natelson's splendid exegesis of Article V on that thread.

[Publius]

July 24 ALEC meeting in San Diego:

•Article V – Proposed Rules for a Convention of States

[Jacquerie]

Thanks. Repeal the 17th posted elsewhere the Assembly of States will also meet again this year, November in Salt Lake City.