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On March 22, 1972, the U.S. Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment, sending the measure to the states for ratification in order for it to become a part of the U.S. Constitution, the ultimate law ...
In a last-minute effort to protect reproductive rights, President Joe Biden has announced that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified. “It is long past time to recognize the will of the American ...
"The Equal Rights Amendment is the law of the land — now!" he said in a speech to the U.S. Conference of Mayors. "It's the 28th Amendment to the Constitution — now." ...
It was sent to the states for ratification in 1972, with Congress setting a 1979 deadline for three-quarters of state legislatures to ratify the amendment. The deadline was later extended to 1982.
President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that's unlikely to alter a ...
Days before leaving office, former President Joe Biden said that 38 states had ratified the Equal Rights Amendment, an anti-sex-discrimination law Congress passed in 1972 — enough to make it the ...
When Virginia ratified the Equal Rights Amendment in 2020, we expected it to be published by archivist. Trump stopped it. Biden can fix this.
President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that's unlikely to alter a ...