President Joe Biden’s declaration the Equal Rights Amendment is “the law of the land” likely only sets up more debates for Congress and the courts.
President Joe Biden said Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment, first proposed in 1923, should be considered ratified and part of the U.S. Constitution.
President Joe Biden announced a major opinion Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, enshrining its protections into the Constitution, a last-minute move that some believe could pave the way to bolstering reproductive rights.
Biden’s statement has no legal force and a White House official said courts would have to decide whether the amendment is a valid part of America’s constitution
President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to have been ratified. His statement “affirm[ed] what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendment is the law of the land,
The remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality in the Constitution. But advocates said they could add heft to a future legal fight.
Did Florida ever ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the 1972 amendment that declared women equal under the law?
The ERA’s deadline expired decades ago, but the president argues that recent approvals by three states put the amendment over the top.
A lame duck tries to revive a moribund amendment. Why?
Joe Biden leaves office with his most bonkers idea yet. Thank God he's gone. Of all Joe Biden's recent statements, the most idiotic has to be last week's declaration that 1972's Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution has passed and is now the "law of the land."
All Biden has done with this announcement is throw constitutional experts and ERA supporters into a state of confusion, writes opinion columnist Robin Epley.