Biden says Equal Rights Amendment should be ratified but stops short of direct order
President Joe Biden said Friday that he believes the Equal Rights Amendment, which guarantees equal protections regardless of sex, is the “law of the land” but stopped short of ordering the U.S.
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Biden affirms Equal Rights Amendment is part of Constitution
President Biden asserted the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which prohibits discrimination ... but it wasn’t until 2020 that Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it. The decades-long delay is ...
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Is the Equal Rights Amendment ratified? Here's its history.
Activist Alice Paul pushed for the Equal Rights Amendment after the 19th Amendment ... leaving it just one state shy of the majority—until Virginia’s General Assembly passed the ERA in January ...
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What is the Equal Rights Amendment and what’s next after Biden’s push to add it to the Constitution?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s symbolic declaration on Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment ... when Virginia lawmakers voted to ratify the amendment, meaning that the necessary ...
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Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified
The Equal Rights Amendment, which would ban discrimination based on gender, was sent to the states for ratification in 1972. Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it in 2020, although years ...
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Biden claims Equal Rights Amendment is ‘law of the land’ after decades-long ratification fight
The Equal Rights Amendment — which would become the nation ... Bar Association and a host of legal scholars who say the Virginia legislature’s act to ratify the ERA in 2020 — the 38th ...
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Minnesotans gather to support passing a state Equal Rights Amendment
Thirty-eight states have ratified an Equal Rights Amendment. Virginia became the 38th state in 2020. More than 120 U.S. House of Representatives members have called on President Joe Biden to have ...
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Biden says Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified but not taking action
"I have supported the Equal Rights Amendment for more than 50 years ... necessary hurdles to be added to the Constitution after Virginia in 2020 became the 38th state to ratify it even though ...
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Biden affirms Equal Rights Amendment is part of Constitution
President Biden asserted the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which prohibits ... but it wasn’t until 2020 that Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it. The decades-long delay is likely to ...
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Biden says Equal Rights Amendment should be ratified but stops short of direct order
According to the American Bar Association, Virginia’s ratification means ... “I have supported the Equal Rights Amendment for more than 50 years, and I have long been clear that no one should ...
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Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified
The Equal Rights Amendment, which would prohibit discrimination ... But it wasn't until 2020, when Virginia lawmakers passed the amendment, that 38 states had ratified it. The archivist said ...