How to Successfully Challenge Bad Laws

January 8th, 2009
  • I am looking for a step by step book or guide that answers the question of how to effectively, ethically, and successfully challenge and eliminate bad laws.


  • for both, thanks for the quick response!


  • I could do some more research, but it would primarily involve the type of networking that you might want to do yourself in challenging the law. (After all, to challenge the law, you'll certainly want contacts and connections to assist you.) Specifically, I would contact the LWV of Minnesota and the LWV of Minneapolis, as well as Marcia Avner of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ( http://www.mncn.org/ ), the author of the "The Lobbying and Advocacy Handbook for Nonprofit Organizations". They would surely have better information than most if not all web pages as to lobbying, legal reform, and reformers in Minnesota, or could at least direct you to the right people to talk to. Another reason you might want to contact them is that you may have a specific issue in mind, or a specific way that you want to raise the issue. Contacting them personally might help them to provide guidance for you. But if you would like me to contact them, please let me know.


  • You might be interested in the Law Reform Database and the Law Reform Network: http://www.bcli.org/pages/database/ http://www.lawreform.net/


  • Hello federal-ga, From my research on the Web and Minnesota library catalogs, it seems that the best guides to changing bad laws in Minnesota, and the Minneapolis area in particular, come from the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Minnesota and the LWV of Minneapolis. The LWV of Minnesota publishes the following guide: "How to Make a Difference: A Citizen's Guide to State Government" The League of Women Voters of Minnesota http://www.lwvmn.org/PubsMakeADifference.asp The LWV of Minneapolis has this handy web page, which includes a link to an "Action Directory", with information about local agencies and officials and about a handbook called "Our Local Government and How it Works". "Take Action!" The League of Women Voters of Minneapolis http://www.lwvmpls.org/voterinfo.htm Another possibilty is the following book, which does not explicitly relate to Minnesota, but which is written by a professor from St. Paul: "The Lobbying and Advocacy Handbook for Nonprofit Organizations" Amherst H. Wilder Foundation http://www.wilder.org/pubs/lobbying_handbook/index.html That book was the most popular result for "lobbying" when I searched on Amazon.com. The second most popular result seems like a good choice for a guide to changing laws on the federal level. "Most popular results for lobbying" Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/ref=dp_sr_00/104-9933267-7004766 "The Citizen's Guide to Lobbying Congress" Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1556521944/104-9933267-7004766?v=glance I hope that these guides are helpful. - justaskscott-ga I used the following search terms, alone and in various combinations, on Google, Minnesota and Minneapolis libraries, and Amazon.com: minnesota hennepin minneapolis local "citizen action" "political participation" lobbying "citizens in action" "how to make a difference" "citizen participation" I also browsed the LWV sites.


  • So what you're saying is, you want a guide (or guides) to changing bad laws on both the state and federal levels in the United States, and that a guide just for federal laws or just for state laws would be insufficient. Is that correct? Also, is there a specific state that you are most interested in, for instance, New York?


  • Yes, I am looking for a guide or guides to successfully challenging and changing bad laws for all levels of government in the United States. This would include the federal, state, county and local level. The guide would have to be applicable to my state, Minnesota. I live in Hennepin County near Minneapolis. Thanks!


  • Are you interested in a book or guide for a particular state or country?


  • Would it be possible to find anything more specific on lobbying/legal reform in Minnesota? How about advice from successful reformers? Thanks.


  • about a 10 dollar answer. Thanks Scott.







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