Equal Rights Amendment

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How Democrats revived the Equal Rights Amendment from a long legal limbo | Opinion

The landmark measure still faces an uphill battle before it’s enshrined into law

https://www.penncapital-star.com/civil-rights-social-justice/how-democrats-revived-the-equal-rights-amendment-from-a-long-legal-limbo-opinion/?

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A pastor’s suicide brings grief, warnings of the dangers of outing amid erosion of LGBTQ+ rights

SMITHS STATION, Ala. (AP) — After the 2019 suicide of a local teenager, small-town mayor and pastor F.L. “Bubba” Copeland helped students place roadside signs in his Alabama community to try to reach others who might be hurting.

https://apnews.com/article/alabama-pastor-suicide-bubba-copeland-1a7394ab2d25d9bc96314e232de610a6?

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Archivist says Equal Rights Amendment can’t be certified as Democrats push Biden to recognize it

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare joint statement, the archivist and deputy archivist of the United States said Tuesday that the 1970s-era Equal Rights Amendment cannot be certified without further action by Congress or the courts, as Democrats press President Joe Biden to act unilaterally on its ratification before he leaves office next month.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-equal-rights-amendment-women-sex-discrimination-a6ee48bd6e8199839f5a44adb483d59d?

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Biden says Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, kicking off expected legal battle as he pushes through final executive actions

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.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/politics/joe-biden-equal-right-amendment/index.html?

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Biden says Equal Rights Amendment should be ratified, though unclear it matters

President Biden on Friday said he believes the Equal Rights Amendment is the "law of the land" as the U.S. Constitution's 28th Amendment — though with only days left in his term, his power on the issue is not immediately clear.

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/17/equal-rights-amendment-28th-constitution-biden?

Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is ‘the law of the land.’ What is it, and what happens next?

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s symbolic declaration on Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is “the law of the land” likely only sets up more debates for Congress and the courts over the constitutional prohibition on gender-based discrimination.

https://apnews.com/article/equal-rights-amendment-biden-colleen-shogan-c83635146b8e58aa0fffb04ac67ada6b?

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⚖️ ERA fight goes to states

Data: Brennan Center for Justice. Map: Axios Visuals Equal Rights Amendment advocates see a bleak political landscape: Instead of focusing on the Constitution, many are zooming in on the states, Axios' Natalie Daher reports. ? Why it matters: The century-long fight for sex equality under U.S. law faces new challenges as the Trump administration guts DEI initiatives and rolls back civil rights measures. Advocates tell Axios that neither litigating before the conservative Supreme Court nor attempting a two-thirds majority in a deeply polarized Congress is an immediate winning strategy. ? The real momentum for the ERA lies in the states, mirroring the reproductive rights strategy since Dobbs, says Ting Ting Cheng, director of the Equal Rights Amendment Project at Columbia University Law School. 29 states already have some form of an ERA in their state constitutions. Keep reading.