Andrew Schlafly
Encyclopedia
Andrew Layton "Andy" Schlafly (born April 27, 1961) is an American lawyer, conservative political activist, teacher of homeschooling classes, 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.
, residents of Alton, Illinois
. 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. In 1984, Schlafly married Catherine Kosarek, a medical student and fellow Princeton alum. 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.
law firm in New York City
before moving to private practice, stating: "Large firms never do work [for conservatives] on homosexual or abortion issues." 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
. In 2010, Schlafly wrote an article for the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons about the economic effects of the legislation.
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. 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.
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
. 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.
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".
, an evolutionary biologist 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.
Wiki
A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
Conservapedia
Conservapedia
Conservapedia is an English-language wiki project written from a self-described American conservative Christian point of view. The website considers itself to be a supporter of "conservative, family-friendly" content...
. He is the son of Phyllis Schlafly
Phyllis Schlafly
Phyllis McAlpin Stewart Schlafly is a Constitutional lawyer and an American politically conservative activist and author who founded the Eagle Forum. She is known for her opposition to modern feminism ideas and for her campaign against the proposed Equal Rights Amendment...
.
He is the lead counsel for the AAPS
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons is a politically conservative American non-profit organization founded in 1943 to "fight socialized medicine and to fight the government takeover of medicine." The group was reported to have approximately 4,000 members in 2005, and 3,000 in...
's efforts to bring the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The law is the principal health care reform legislation of the 111th United States Congress...
before the United States Supreme Court and lead counsel for efforts to recall New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez.
Early life and education
Schlafly is one of the six children of John Fred Schlafly, Jr. and Phyllis SchlaflyPhyllis Schlafly
Phyllis McAlpin Stewart Schlafly is a Constitutional lawyer and an American politically conservative activist and author who founded the Eagle Forum. She is known for her opposition to modern feminism ideas and for her campaign against the proposed Equal Rights Amendment...
, residents of Alton, Illinois
Alton, Illinois
Alton is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 27,865 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in Southern Illinois...
. 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
Eagle Forum
Eagle Forum is a conservative interest group in the United States founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 and is the parent organization that also includes the Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund and the Eagle Forum PAC. The Eagle Forum has been primarily focused on social issues; it describes...
and spearheaded the movement opposing the Equal Rights Amendment
Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution. The ERA was originally written by Alice Paul and, in 1923, it was introduced in the Congress for the first time...
. Andrew Schlafly received a B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering and a certificate in Engineering Physics from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
and degree from Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
with a Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
. At Harvard, Schlafly was an editor of the Harvard Law Review
Harvard Law Review
The Harvard Law Review is a journal of legal scholarship published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School.-Overview:According to the 2008 Journal Citation Reports, the Review is the most cited law review and has the second-highest impact factor in the category "law" after the...
. Schlafly has worked as an engineer with Bell Labs
Bell Labs
Bell Laboratories is the research and development subsidiary of the French-owned Alcatel-Lucent and previously of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company , half-owned through its Western Electric manufacturing subsidiary.Bell Laboratories operates its...
, Intel, and Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
and an adjunct professor at Seton Hall Law School. In 1984, Schlafly married Catherine Kosarek, a medical student and fellow Princeton alum. In 1992, Schlafly ran as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
for the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
seat of Virginia's 11th congressional district
Virginia's 11th congressional district
Virginia's Eleventh Congressional District is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It comprises most of Fairfax County, all of the city of Fairfax, and part of eastern Prince William County...
; Schlafly came in last place in the primary.
Legal work
Schlafly worked as an associate for the Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is a prominent law firm located in New York City. Herbert Wachtell, Martin Lipton, Leonard Rosen, and George Katz founded the firm in 1965. All four were graduates of New York University School of Law...
law firm in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
before moving to private practice, stating: "Large firms never do work [for conservatives] on homosexual or abortion issues." Additionally, Schlafly is General Counsel for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons is a politically conservative American non-profit organization founded in 1943 to "fight socialized medicine and to fight the government takeover of medicine." The group was reported to have approximately 4,000 members in 2005, and 3,000 in...
and is leading its Supreme Court challenge of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The law is the principal health care reform legislation of the 111th United States Congress...
. In 2010, Schlafly wrote an article for the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons about the economic effects of the legislation.
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
Tea Party movement
The Tea Party movement is an American populist political movement that is generally recognized as conservative and libertarian, and has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since 2009...
, argues that the US Constitution permits political recall
Recall election
A recall election is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before his or her term has ended...
despite not explicitly mentioning so. Later that year, Schlafly represented the group RecallND in a case before the North Dakota Supreme Court
North Dakota Supreme Court
The North Dakota Supreme Court is the highest court of law in the state of North Dakota. The Court rules on questions of law in appeals from the state's district courts....
in another frustrated effort to recall Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad is the senior United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party...
, another Democratic US Senator.
Conservapedia
Schlafly created Conservapedia in November 2006. He felt the need to start the project after reading a student's assignment written using Common EraCommon Era
Common Era ,abbreviated as CE, is an alternative designation for the calendar era originally introduced by Dionysius Exiguus in the 6th century, traditionally identified with Anno Domini .Dates before the year 1 CE are indicated by the usage of BCE, short for Before the Common Era Common Era...
dating notation rather than the Anno Domini
Anno Domini
and Before Christ are designations used to label or number years used with the Julian and Gregorian calendars....
system that he preferred. Although he was "an early Wikipedia enthusiast", as reported by Shawn Zeller of Congressional Quarterly
Congressional Quarterly
Congressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is a privately owned publishing company that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress...
, Schlafly became concerned about perceived bias
Bias
Bias is an inclination to present or hold a partial perspective at the expense of alternatives. Bias can come in many forms.-In judgement and decision making:...
after Wikipedia editors repeatedly reverted his edits to the article about the 2005 Kansas evolution hearings
Kansas evolution hearings
The Kansas evolution hearings were a series of hearings held in Topeka, Kansas, United States May 5 to May 12, 2005 by the Kansas State Board of Education and its State Board Science Hearing Committee to change how evolution and the origin of life would be taught in the state's public high school...
. 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.
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
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
in order to remove terms described as "liberal bias".
Dialogue with Richard Lenski
Richard LenskiRichard Lenski
Richard E. Lenski is an American evolutionary biologist. He is the son of sociologist Gerhard Lenski. He earned his BA from Oberlin College in 1976, and his PhD from the University of North Carolina in 1982...
, an evolutionary biologist who completed an experiment on evolution
E. coli long-term evolution experiment
The E. coli long-term evolution experiment is an ongoing study in experimental evolution led by Richard Lenski that has been tracking genetic changes in 12 initially identical populations of asexual Escherichia coli bacteria since 24 February 1988...
which showed speciation of E. coli
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms . Most E. coli strains are harmless, but some serotypes can cause serious food poisoning in humans, and are occasionally responsible for product recalls...
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
RationalWiki
RationalWiki is a satirical wiki devoted to analyzing and refuting what its writers perceive as the antiscience movement, pseudoscience, fundamentalism, and irrational ideas in general....
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.