J. Nathan Matias 🦣 on Nostr: Fascinated by the 11th hour effort to ask the Biden administration to publish the ...
Fascinated by the 11th hour effort to ask the Biden administration to publish the Equal Rights Amendment as an official part of the constitution.
Basically: 75% of states have now ratified it (after Virginia voted for it in 2020), but the original bill included a 7 year time limit that was unusual and may not be constitutional. So advocates are asking the White House to support the archivist to certify it as a part of the constitution, and then come the legal fights
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/what-comes-next-for-the-equal-rights-amendment/
Basically: 75% of states have now ratified it (after Virginia voted for it in 2020), but the original bill included a 7 year time limit that was unusual and may not be constitutional. So advocates are asking the White House to support the archivist to certify it as a part of the constitution, and then come the legal fights
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/what-comes-next-for-the-equal-rights-amendment/