Dan Canon

Dan Canon is a civil rights attorney[1] and former Democratic candidate for the U. S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 9th Congressional District.[2]

Canon is a lifelong native of Clark and Floyd counties in southern Indiana, often seen as cross-state extensions of the Greater Louisville area. The son of a working-class mother, Canon is a high-school dropout who received his GED. He worked as a music teacher for a decade as a non-traditional college student and in 2007 graduated from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law. Canon then helped found the law firm Clay Daniel Walton Adams, PLC, focusing on civil rights litigation[3]. He is a visiting professor at his alma mater for the 2017-18 school year.[3]

As a civil rights lawyer, Canon has mainly practiced in Kentucky and Indiana. He has argued before the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and the Kentucky Supreme Court, and he is counsel of record on several published cases from those courts. Canon has represented teachers against school systems[4], union laborers against big corporate employers, veterans against the federal government, police officers against corrupt departments, and inmates against violent prison systems[5]. He successfully took on several governors during the legal battle to recognize same-sex marriages[6] and is currently suing President Trump after violence occurred at a campaign rally in Louisville.[7] Canon was one of several attorneys who argued that same-sex marriage bans are unconstitutional in the United States Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges.[3]

Canon is an adjunct professor of civil rights law at the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and an adjunct professor of criminal justice in the Indiana public college system.

Congressional run

On July 5, 2017, Canon announced his candidacy[8] for U. S. Representative for Indiana's 9th Congressional district, which comprises 13 counties, including all of Bloomington and parts of southern Indianapolis.[9] He was one of three candidates in the May 8 Democratic primary to face the Republican incumbent, Trey Hollingsworth, in the November general election.

Canon was one of the most progressive congressional candidates in the U.S., being one of the first to advocate for legalizing marijuana at the federal level[10] and the first to call for the abolition of the office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),[11] in addition to supporting Medicare for All, a federal jobs guarantee, raising the federal minimum wage, and reparations to close the racial wealth gap.[12]

Canon was endorsed by several local and national organizations[13], including Justice Democrats.

References

  1. ↑ "Dan Canon | Attorney". www.dancanonlaw.com. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  2. ↑ "Canon for Indiana". www.canonforindiana.com. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  3. 1 2 3 "Brandeis Law hires local attorney as visiting professor — Louis D. Brandeis School of Law". louisville.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  4. ↑ THACKERMatt.Thacker@newsandtribune.com, MATT. "Jeffersonville High School teacher files lawsuit". News and Tribune. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  5. ↑ "Indiana County Asks For Jury Trial In Prisoners' Feminine Hygiene Products Suit - Lexis Legal News". www.lexislegalnews.com. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  6. ↑ "Indiana couples file federal lawsuit to recognize same-sex marriage". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  7. ↑ "Lawsuit claiming Trump incited violence advances". POLITICO. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  8. ↑ "Civil rights lawyer Dan Canon announces run for Trey Hollingsworth's 9th Congressional seat". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  9. ↑ "Indiana's 9th congressional district". Wikipedia. 2017-11-29.
  10. ↑ "These Red-State Democrats Think Legal Marijuana Can Help Them Win". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  11. ↑ McElwee, Sean (2018-03-09). "It's Time to Abolish ICE". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  12. ↑ "Priorities | Canon for Indiana". www.canonforindiana.com. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  13. ↑ "Endorsements". Canon for Indiana: News & Media. 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
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