Eric Cantor

Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor ; (politician);
Born	Eric Ivan Cantor; 1963-06-06; Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	William & Mary Law School, Columbia University
Religion	Judaism
Children	• Evan Jenna; • Michael
Spouse	Diana Fine
Member of	ACT for NIH, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Jewish Institute for National Security of America
Party	Republican
	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 7th district
In office
	January 3, 2001 - August 18, 2014
	House Majority Leader
In office
	January 3, 2011 - August 1, 2014
	House Minority Whip
In office
	January 3, 2009 - January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Roy Blunt
	House Republican Chief Deputy Whip
In office
	January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2009
Preceded by	Roy Blunt
	Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 73rd district
In office
	January 8, 1992 - January 3, 2001

Legal Case

Name	Plaintiff(s)	Defendant(s)	Start	End	Description
Hedges v. Obama	Daniel Ellsberg Chris Hedges Noam Chomsky Jenifer Bolen Kai Wargalla Birgitta Jónsdóttir Alexa O'Brien	Barack Obama Leon Panetta John McCain John Boehner Harry Reid Eric Cantor Nancy Pelosi US Department of Defense Mitch McConnell United States of America	13 January 2012	28 April 2014	The plaintiffs challenged the 2012 NDAA contending that indefinite detention on "suspicion of providing substantial support" to groups such as al-Qaeda and the Taliban was so vague as to allow unconstitutional, indefinite detention of civilians based on vague allegations. The Court of Appeals struck down an initial agreement, and the US Supreme Court concurred, arguing that the plaintiffs could not prove they would be affected by the law, so had no standing to contest it.

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/2013	23 January 2013	27 January 2013	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2014	22 January 2014	25 January 2014	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2017	17 January 2017	20 January 2017	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
WEF/Annual Meeting/2019	22 January 2019	25 January 2019	World Economic Forum Switzerland
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020	21 January 2020	24 January 2020	World Economic Forum Switzerland	This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2022	22 May 2022	26 May 2022	Switzerland	1912 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/2023	16 January 2023	20 January 2023	World Economic Forum Switzerland	The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"

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