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. archivist to publish the constitutional amendment.

The president’s announcement on Friday was one of many sweeping executive moves he’s making in his final days in office.

“The American Bar Association (ABA) has recognized that the Equal Rights Amendment has cleared all necessary hurdles to be formally added to the Constitution as the 28th Amendment,” Biden said. “I agree with the ABA and with leading legal ...

President Joe Biden on Friday said the Equal Right Amendment should be considered ... Biden said he agreed with the American Bar Association, which has said the amendment cleared the necessary hurdles to be added to the Constitution after Virginia in ...

President Biden declared that the Equal Rights Amendment, which states that "Equality of Rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged

If Biden really wanted to make the ERA the “law of the land,” he would have needed to direct the head of the National Archives to ignore the Department of Justice. But he didn't do that—or really anything for women's rights during his presidency.

Biden announced today that the Equal Rights Amendment is the "law of the land," but the Justice Department and the national archivist disagree.

The remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality in the Constitution. But advocates said they could add heft to a future legal fight.

President Joe Biden said that the Equal Rights Amendment has been ratified and should be published as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. "In keeping with my oath and duty to Constitution and country,

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.

However, the American Bar Association has said that “no time limit was included in the text of the Equal Rights Amendment” and Biden referenced the ABA in his statement. How many states need to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution? An amendment ...

All Biden has done with this announcement is throw constitutional experts and ERA supporters into a state of confusion, writes opinion columnist Robin Epley.