Astrue v. Capato - Post-Argument SCOTUScast
SCOTUScast 03-28-12 featuring Adam White
On March 19, 2012 the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Astrue v. Capato. The question in this case is whether twins who were conceived in vitro after the death of their biological father, and who cannot inherit the father’s personal personal property under state law, are nevertheless eligible for Social Security child survivor benefits.
To discuss the case, we have Adam White, who is Counsel at the Washington law firm Boyden Gray and Associates.
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Laurence H. Silberman Chair in Constitutional Governance, American Enterprise Institute; Executive Director, Antonin Scalia Law School’s C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State
Adam J. White is the Laurence H. Silberman Chair in Constitutional Governance and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on the Supreme Court and the administrative state. He also directs the Antonin Scalia Law School’s C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State.
He writes on regulation and constitutional government for a variety of publications. He practiced law in Washington, D.C., after clerking for the D.C. Circuit's Judge David Sentelle. He also has been chairman of the ABA's Administrative Law Section.
In 2021, he served on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, where he criticized “Court packing” and other efforts to restructure the Supreme Court.