President Biden says he believes the amendment has met the requirements to be enshrined in the Constitution. Its history has been long and complex.
Presidents have no direct role in approving constitutional amendments. So what could President Biden’s pronouncement recognizing a new one actually do?
PHILADELPHIA — Progressive activists in Congress have put mounting pressure on President Joe Biden to direct the archivist of the United States to certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment — which would become the first explicit mention of women in the U.
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.
With just days left in office, President Biden has said the Equal Rights Amendment is now the law of the land.
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Biden announced that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution.
U.S. President Joe Biden called the Equal Rights Amendment "the law of the land," on Friday, backing an effort to enshrine the change into the U.S. Constitution even though it long ago failed to secure the approval of enough states to become an amendment.
A flurry of executive orders that President Donald Trump signed into place Monday night included one that cemented language at the executive level to delegitimize transgender identities. But within the fold of that order,
Donald Trump has plans to upend families, neighborhoods, businesses, livelihoods, and lives — from his deportation agenda, to his calls for abusive policing and restrictions on abortion, to his
The ERA’s deadline expired decades ago, but the president argues that recent approvals by three states put the amendment over the top.
President Biden has declared the Equal Rights Amendment to be officially ratified, saying it should be considered the 28th Amendment to the Constitution.