Statement from President Joe Biden on the Equal Rights Amendment
1 day ago · On January 27, 2020, the Commonwealth of Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. ... has recognized that the Equal Rights Amendment has cleared all necessary hurdles ...
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is 'the law of the land.' …
1 day ago · What is the Equal Rights Amendment? The ERA is a 1970s-era prohibition on discrimination based on gender, guaranteeing men and women equal rights under the law. As a constitutional amendment, it needs ratification from three-quarters of the states before it’s added to the U.S. Constitution. ... 2020, when Virginia lawmakers voted to ratify ...
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered …
1 day ago · “The Equal Rights Amendment is the law of the land,” Biden said even though presidents have no role in the constitutional process. He did not direct the leader of the National Archives to certify the amendment, as some activists have called for, sidestepping a legal battle. ... Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it in 2000, although ...
Here Are Key Dates in the Equal Rights Amendment’s 100-Year …
1 day ago · The Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced in Congress after being written by the suffragist Alice Paul, ... Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the amendment, allowing it to clear the ...
Scott Statement on the Equal Rights Amendment
1 day ago · The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) became the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution when Virginia was the 38th state to ratify in 2020. Article V of the Constitution is clear and does not provide for any limit on the time for ratification of a Constitutional amendment, and adding such a time limitation would require an amendment to the ...
Virginia Ratifies The Equal Rights Amendment, Decades After The ... - NPR
Jan 15, 2020 · Virginia became the pivotal 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment after its Senate and House of Delegates voted Wednesday to approve the change to the U.S. Constitution.
Equal Rights Amendment ratified in Virginia, reaching historic …
Jan 15, 2020 · The long-gestating proposal to create an Equal Rights Amendment, or ERA, in the U.S. Constitution passed a historic threshold Wednesday when Virginia's state legislature ratified the amendment. However, legal experts say there may be some legal roadblocks to its adoption.
Virginia’s long path to ratifying the ERA - CNN
Feb 1, 2020 · Virginia’s ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment this week represents not only a potential milestone for the ERA’s century-long struggle but also a remarkable evolution for a state...
The Equal Rights Amendment Explained - Brennan Center for …
Jan 23, 2020 · On January 15, Virginia became the latest state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a proposed amendment to the Constitution that guarantees equal rights for women.
Apr 25, 2022 · In February 2022, the Commonwealth of Virginia filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) seeking to withdraw the state from a lawsuit challenging the Archivist of the United States’ refusal to publish and certify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as part of the U.S. Constitution.