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 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, argued that the US Constitution permits political recall for federal offices, despite not explicitly mentioning so. On November 18, 2010, the New Jersey Supreme Court rejected Schlafy's arguments, finding that the New Jersey provision violated the U.S. Constitution. 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.
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