Andrew Schlafly

Andy Schlafly
Schlafly in 2007
Born	Andrew Layton Schlafly April 27, 1961 (1961-04-27) (age 50)
Nationality	American
Occupation	lawyer, homeschool teacher

Andrew Layton "Andy" Schlafly (born April 27, 1961) is an American lawyer, conservative political activist, teacher of homeschooling classes,^[1] and the founder and owner of wiki Conservapedia. He is the son of Phyllis Schlafly.

He is the lead counsel for the AAPS's efforts to bring the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act before the United States Supreme Court and lead counsel for efforts to recall New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez.^[2]

Early life and education

Schlafly is one of the six children of John Fred Schlafly, Jr. and Phyllis Schlafly, residents of Alton, Illinois.^[3] John Fred Schlafly, Jr.'s grandfather August was a Swiss immigrant to the United States. John Fred Schlafly was an attorney, and Phyllis Schlafly was a conservative activist who founded the Eagle Forum and spearheaded the movement opposing the Equal Rights Amendment. Andrew Schlafly received a B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering and a certificate in Engineering Physics from Princeton University and degree from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor. At Harvard, Schlafly was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Schlafly has worked as an engineer with Bell Labs, Intel, and Johns Hopkins University and an adjunct professor at Seton Hall Law School.^[1] In 1984, Schlafly married Catherine Kosarek, a medical student and fellow Princeton alum.^[4] In 1992, Schlafly ran as a Republican for the United States House of Representatives seat of Virginia's 11th congressional district; Schlafly came in last place in the primary.^[5]

Legal work

Schlafly worked as an associate for the Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz law firm in New York City before moving to private practice, stating: "Large firms never do work [for conservatives] on homosexual or abortion issues."^[6] Additionally, Schlafly is General Counsel for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and is leading its Supreme Court challenge of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.^[7][8] In 2010, Schlafly wrote an article for the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons about the economic effects of the legislation.^[9]

In 2010, Schlafly became lead counsel for a group seeking to recall US Senator Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey. The group, associated with the tea party movement, argues that the US Constitution permits political recall despite not explicitly mentioning so.^[10] Later that year, Schlafly represented the group RecallND in a case before the North Dakota Supreme Court in another frustrated effort to recall Kent Conrad, another Democratic US Senator.^[11]

Conservapedia

Main article: Conservapedia

Schlafly created Conservapedia in November 2006.^[12] He felt the need to start the project after reading a student's assignment written using Common Era dating notation rather than the Anno Domini system that he preferred. Although he was "an early Wikipedia enthusiast", as reported by Shawn Zeller of Congressional Quarterly, Schlafly became concerned about perceived bias after Wikipedia editors repeatedly reverted his edits to the article about the 2005 Kansas evolution hearings.^[13] Schlafly expressed hope that Conservapedia would become a general resource for American educators and a counterpoint to the liberal bias that he perceived in Wikipedia.^[14][15][16]

In 2009, Schlafly appeared on The Colbert Report to discuss his Conservative Bible Project, a project hosted on Conservapedia that aims to rewrite modern English translations of the Bible in order to remove terms described as "liberal bias".^[17]

Dialogue with Richard Lenski

Richard Lenski, an evolutionary biologist^[18] who completed an experiment on evolution which showed speciation of E. coli bacteria over 10,000 generations, was engaged in correspondence by Schlafly about the results. The correspondence was commented on across the Internet and provoked renewed evolution/creation debate. Schlafly received much criticism by Lenski in the dialogue and on sites such as RationalWiki for his apparent ignorance concerning the article published by Lenski, his neglecting to read the article in full or in detail and his general hostility towards Lenski and his work.^[19]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Andy Schlafly". Eagle Forum University. http://www.eagleforumu.org/EAGLEFORUMU/INSTRUCTOR/VIEW.cfm?int_instructor_id=7&INT_COURSE_ID=23&bln_registered=1. Retrieved June 4, 2010. 
2. ^ "New Jersey court hears arguments to recall senator". Reuters. 25 May 2010. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64O6QC20100525?type=politicsNews. 
3. ^ Critchlow, Donald T. (2005). Phyllis Schlafly and grassroots conservatism: a woman's crusade. Princeton University Press. pp. 32–33. ISBN 0691070024. http://books.google.com/books?id=2zHcBZ-ynlMC. 
4. ^ "Catherine Kosarek, Medical Student, Marries Andrew L. Schlafly, Engineer". The New York Times. November 25, 1984. http://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/25/style/catherine-kosarek-medical-student-marries-andrew-l-schlafly-engineer.html. Retrieved June 5, 2010. 
5. ^ "THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Primaries; Democrat Loses Arkansas Runoff". The New York Times. June 10, 1992. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/10/us/the-1992-campaign-primaries-democrat-loses-arkansas-runoff.html. Retrieved July 19, 2010. 
6. ^ Chen, Vivia (July 9, 2007). "Shhh! Pro Bono's Not Just for Liberals Anymore". The American Lawyer. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1183712790326. Retrieved October 31, 2010. 
7. ^ "AAPS General Counsel Andrew Schlafly Discusses ObamaCare Lawsuit". Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. May 4, 2010. http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/001011. Retrieved June 4, 2010. 
8. ^ "ObamaCare: Giant Meteor Scheduled to Strike in 2014". June 2, 2010. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/obamacare-giant-meteor-scheduled-to-strike-in-2014-95439854.html. 
9. ^ Schlafly, Andrew L. (Summer 2010). "ObamaCare: Not What the Doctor Ordered". Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons 15 (2): 58–59. http://www.jpands.org/vol15no2/schlafly.pdf. 
10. ^ Burton, Cynthia (May 28, 2010). "N.J. Supreme Court hears tea party's push to recall Menendez". The Philadelphia Inquirer. http://articles.philly.com/2010-05-26/news/24960567_1_menendez-tea-party-group-constitutional-convention. Retrieved June 4, 2010. 
11. ^ Beitsch, Rebecca (October 20, 2010). "Supreme Court hears arguments in recall of Conrad". Bismarck Tribune. http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_c7031eda-dc9c-11df-93c0-001cc4c002e0.html. Retrieved October 31, 2010. 
12. ^ Simon, Stephanie (2007-06-22). "A conservative's answer to Wikipedia". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/19/nation/na-schlafly19. Retrieved 2007-11-02. 
13. ^ Zeller, Shawn (2007-03-05). "Conservapedia: See Under "Right"". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/03/05/cq_2356.html. Retrieved 2008-06-08. 
14. ^ Siegel, Robert (2007-03-13). "Conservapedia: Data for Birds of a Political Feather?". http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8286084. Retrieved 2007-07-26. 
15. ^ Chung, Andrew (2007-03-11). "A U.S. conservative wants to set Wikipedia right". The Star.com. http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/190501. 
16. ^ Johnson, Bobbie (2007-03-01). "Rightwing website challenges 'liberal bias' of Wikipedia". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2024434,00.html. 
17. ^ Gibson, David (7 October 2009). "A Neocon Bible: What Would Jesus Say?". Politics Daily. http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/10/07/a-neocon-bible-what-would-jesus-say/. Retrieved 7 October 2009. 
18. ^ "Richard Lenski | Home". Myxo.css.msu.edu. http://myxo.css.msu.edu/. Retrieved 2011-03-13. 
19. ^ Arthur, Charles (July 1, 2008). "Conservapedia has a little hangup over evolution". Technology Blog. The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2008/jul/01/conservapediahasalittlehan. Retrieved June 4, 2010. 

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