Eric Cantor

Eric Cantor
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	Foundation for Defense of Democracies
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 John Michael McConnell Nancy Pelosi US Department of Defense 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.

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