The ERA Solidifies Women's Rights in the Constitution as the 28th Amendment

[Quiet Em]

The federal government has finally recognized the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ushering in a whole new era for gender parity in this country.

Is this a permanent amendment?
Yes. Amendments to the Constitution are permanent and cannot be reversed. The only exception to this is by the full ratification of another separate amendment, as happened with Prohibition. According to Article 5 of the Constitution, amendments must be passed by two-thirds of each house of Congress, which happened March 22, 1972, and ratified by three-fourths of the states, or 38, which happened on January 27, 2020. It is now a permanent part of the Constitution and recognized by the federal government as such.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-era-solidifies-womens-rights-in-the-constitution-as-the-28th-amendment/

The Equal Rights Amendment is now in the Constitution. It is the law of the land.

Bring on the MAGA court battles, we are ready to defend it.

[hedda_foil]

1. This is far from a done deal. Biden said he considered it passed.

The courts will be asked to weigh in by every rw legal group in the country and out. There are several major issues that could outweigh Biden's statement.

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2. There will be a legal battle.

I believe we are ready and prepared for that legal battle.

[EdmondDantes_]

5. I can think of 6 problems with this

Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barrett.

Not saying we shouldn't fight for equal rights, but given the issues around the time limit and revocation of ratification, I am sure this isn't going to pass review by the courts, especially the Supreme Court.

[Quiet Em]

6. Let them try to take it away.

[Seeking Serenity]

3. I believe such a decision is within the authority of the Archivist, not the President on his own authority

[Quiet Em]

4. The archivist has no authority.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Goodness

1 U.S. Code § 106b - Amendments to Constitution

Whenever official notice is received at the National Archives and Records Administration that any amendment proposed to the Constitution of the United States has been adopted, according to the provisions of the Constitution, the Archivist of the United States shall forthwith cause the amendment to be published, with his certificate, specifying the States by which the same may have been adopted, and that the same has become valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the Constitution of the United States.

(Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 2(b), 65 Stat. 710; amended Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(d), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2291.)

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