The Final Step To Equality For Women: Record the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Equal Rights Amendment,ERA
What is the Equal Rights Amendment?
"The Equal Rights Amendment, first drafted in 1923 enshrines the principle of gender equality. It would help overcome many of the obstacles that kept women as second-class citizens. “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.” - Brennan Center
"I have been a strong supporter of the ERA ever since I first ran for the Senate as a 29-year-old. We must recognize the clear will of the American people and definitively enshrine the principle of gender equality in the Constitution. It is long past time that we put all doubt to rest." - President Biden in White House memo
President Biden has the power to tell the Archivist to add the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the constitution.
80% of Americans think our Constitution already guarantees gender equality and an even larger number (97%) support equal rights. ACTIVATE YOUR NETWORK to call on President Biden to publish NOW, before it is too late! Spread the word that President Biden MUST PUBLISH the 28th Amendment (Equal Rights). He is nearly out of time. Key talking points and ideas for activating are HERE and the social media toolkit is HERE.
“What does the legal profession think?”
The Constitution provides that amendments take effect when three-quarters of the states ratify them, putting the current threshold at 38 states. Virginia was the 38th state to ratify the ERA since Congress proposed it in 1972, technically pushing the ERA across that threshold. - Brennan Center
On August 6th, 2024, after a year of scholarly study of the issues at hand, the American Bar Association passed Resolution 601 which makes the following points:
Time limits on an amendment are inconsistent with Article V
Article V does not permit rescissions of ratifications
In accordance with Article V we urge implementation of the 28th Amendment (Equal Rights)
To view ABA leaders speaking to the resolution or to read research underpinning the resolution, go to the American Bar Association website here
Read about the ERA in the National Archives
Constitutional Amendment Process
The authority to amend the Constitution of the United States is derived from Article V of the Constitution. After Congress proposes an amendment, the Archivist of the United States, who heads the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), is charged with responsibility for administering the ratification process under the provisions of 1 U.S.C. 106b.
The Archivist and the Director of the Federal Register follow procedures and customs established by the Secretary of State, who performed these duties until 1950, and the Administrator of General Services, who served in this capacity until NARA assumed responsibility as an independent agency in 1985. - National Archives
Women considered the legal property of their husbands?
"When the Equal Rights Amendment was first put forward women were still considered the legal property of their husbands. American women still experience second class citizenship in pay, healthcare, legal protection."
RATIFY THE FILM is a feature documentary about the 100-year struggle for constitutional gender equality, and it's an inspiring story of a multi-racial, multi-generational, bi-partisan effort to make Virginia the 38th and final state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. It's also a story of how bureaucracy is used to stifle progress, and it takes a close look at the incredible perseverance of women - specifically, the Black women leaders who have taken their rightful place at the front of the movement for gender equality. Their impact campaign will activate 15,000,000 Americans on the issue of gender equality. - IDA
Watch the trailer
Take Away: Call the White House to encourage President Biden to have the Archivist record the Equal Rights Amendment.
Deepak
DemLabs
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