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.
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Panel III: AI and Military Power in U.S.-China Competition
2025 AI and National Security Symposium
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
From the Courthouse Steps: Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook
In Trump v. Slaughter, the Supreme Court held 6-3 that the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC)...
From the Courthouse Steps: Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook
In Trump v. Slaughter, the Supreme Court held 6-3 that the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC)...
Nondelegation and the Limits of Agency Authority after Consumers' Research and Loper Bright
The panel will discuss the questions left open—or raised—by the Supreme Court’s decisions in FCC...
Nondelegation and the Limits of Agency Authority after Consumers' Research and Loper Bright
The panel will discuss the questions left open—or raised—by the Supreme Court’s decisions in FCC...
Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: Learning Resources v. Trump
The Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in Learning Resources v. Trump, a case examining the...