Eric Cantor
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
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Legal Case
Name | Plaintiff(s) | Defendant(s) | Start | End | Description |
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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 United States US Department of Defense | 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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