John Boehner

John Boehner
Born	John Andrew Boehner 1949-11-17 Reading, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	Xavier University
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Children	Lindsay Tricia
Spouse	Deborah Gunlack
Party	Republican
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives  In office January 5, 2011 - Present Preceded by Nancy Pellosi  House Minority Leader In office January 3, 2007 - January 3, 2011 Preceded by Nancy Pellosi, Nancy Pellosi Succeeded by Nancy Pellosi  House Majority Leader In office February 2, 2006 - January 3, 2007 Preceded by Roy Blunt  Chairman of the House Education Committee In office January 3, 2001 - January 3, 2006  Chairman of the House Republican Conference  In office January 3, 1995 - January 3, 1999  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 8th district In office January 3, 1991 - Present  Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 57th district In office January 3, 1985 - December 31, 1990

17 November 1949| 

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 Nancy Pellosi Eric Cantor John Michael McConnell 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, indefininte detention of civilians based on vague allegations. The Court of Appeals struck down an initial agreement, and the US Supreme Court concurred, arguning that the plaintiffs could not prove they would be affected by the law, so had no standing to contest it.

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