A deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment expired in 1982, but some states ratified it afterward. Some scholars argue the deadline is unconstitutional. Other legal experts said the ...
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 of ...
(Reuters) - Illinois joined 36 U.S. states on Wednesday when it ratified an U.S. constitution Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) intended to ensure women are treated the same as men under state and federal ...
In 1972, Congress passed the amendment with more than the two-thirds majority needed to send it to the states for ratification. However, the lawmakers inserted a critical provision into the ...
It’s been lost in the news blitz of the past three weeks that in a sudden and last-ditch effort on the Friday before leaving office, President Joe Biden announced that the Equal Rights Amendment was ...
The "Corwin Amendment" to the U.S. Constitution would have protected slavery. RI was one of five states to approve it.
Q: Did former President Joe Biden issue a statement saying that he thought the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered part of the Constitution? A: Yes. On one of his last days in office, Biden ...
Daniel Trafford can rattle off dates of Civil War battles and publications down to the month and day without hesitation. But ...