Eric Cantor

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	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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