Blogger Profile: Brendan Fischer
Brendan M. Fischer is a law fellow with the Center for Media and Democracy and graduated cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School in December 2011.
He has worked as a summer law clerk for the Inter-American Foundation and the Texas Civil Rights Project, and prior to law school, Brendan served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a rural community in Northeastern El Salvador.
Twitter: @prwatch_brendan
Email: brendan@prwatch.org
Brendan Fischer
Center for Media and Democracy
May 21st, 2013
PBS Killed Wisconsin Uprising Documentary "Citizen Koch" To Appease Koch Brothers
"Citizen Koch," a documentary about money in politics focused on the Wisconsin uprising, was shunned by PBS for fear of offending billionaire industrialist David Koch, who has given $23 million to public television, according to Jane Mayer of the New Yorker. The dispute highlights the increasing role of private money in ...
Brendan Fischer
Center for Media and Democracy
December 11th, 2012
Michigan Passes "Right to Work" Containing Verbatim Language from ALEC Model Bill
Amidst massive pro-labor protests, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed sweeping legislation attacking private and public sector unions, just hours after passing the lame-duck legislature. The operative language in the bills is nearly identical to the American Legislative Exchange Council's "model" Right to Work Act. Both HB 4003, which affects public ...
Brendan Fischer
Center for Media and Democracy
March 22nd, 2012
ALEC Ratified NRA-Conceived Law That May Protect Trayvon Martin's Killer
A Florida law that may protect the man who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in February is the template for an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) "model bill" that has been pushed in other states. The bill was brought to ALEC by the National Rifle Association (NRA). Florida's "stand ...