Jonathan H. Adler is an American legal commentator and law professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He has been recognized as one of the most cited professors in the field of environmental law. His research is also credited with inspiring litigation that challenged the Obama Administration's implementation of the Affordable Care Act, resulting in the Supreme Court's decision in King v. Burwell. Early life and education Adler was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Friends' Central School before attending Yale University, where he majored in History, graduating magna cum laude in May 1991 with distinction in History. After working several years at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Adler attended law school at the George Mason University School of Law. He attended at night while continuing to work at CEI. He was the Articles Editor for the George Mason Law Review from 1998–1999. He graduated summa cum laude in May 2000 as the class valedictorian. Career Adler is currently a tenured professor at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)'s School of Law where he teaches courses in environmental, regulatory, and constitutional law. He is the Director of the law school's Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Regulation. In 2011, Adler was named the inaugural holder of the Johan Verheij Memorial Professorship at CWRU. Adler is a contributing editor to the conservative National Review Online and a contributor to "The Volokh Conspiracy". He blogged anonymously under the pseudonym "Juan Non-Volokh" at "The Volokh Conspiracy" until May 1, 2006. Adler serves on the advisory board of the NFIB Legal Foundation, and the Environmental Law Reporter and ELI Press Advisory Board of the Environmental Law Institute. In 2004, Adler received the Paul M. Bator Award. In 2007, the Case Western Reserve University Law Alumni Association awarded Adler their annual "Distinguished Teacher Award." Adler clerked for Judge David B. Sentelle. From 1991–2000, he worked at the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, where he directed the Institute's environmental studies program, and worked on environmental policy matters. Although a proponent of "free-market environmentalism," Adler has also endorsed the imposition of a carbon tax and other measures to address the problem of climate change. He is also credited with helping to convince some former climate change deniers to accept the scientific evidence for global warming and the associated threat. Adler is currently one of the most cited law professors in the fields of administrative and environmental