Last Friday, former President Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment "the law of the land" - so why has it failed to become the nation's 28th constitutional amendment.
Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Andrew Walworth interviews columnist and New England Law Boston professor Wendy Murphy about how President Biden's lame-duck declaration of support for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) conflicts with his administration's efforts to argue in favor of transgender rights.
President Biden says he believes the amendment has met the requirements to be enshrined in the Constitution. Its history has been long and complex.
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.
Presidents have no direct role in approving constitutional amendments. So what could President Biden’s pronouncement recognizing a new one actually do?
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.
President Joe Biden renewed his call for the Equal Right Amendment to be ratified, but is stopping short of taking any action on the matter in his final days in office.
And he said Friday morning it was his belief that the Equal Rights Amendment — an 53-year-old amendment that would explicitly block discrimination on the basis of sex — has passed all the requirements to become the 28th amendment of the Constitution of ...
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Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is ‘the law of the land.’ What is it, and what happens next?Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Speaking to the Conference of Mayors Friday, President Joe Biden said the Equal Rights Amendment should be ...
President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to have been ratified. His statement “affirm[ed] what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendment is the law of the land,
The ERA’s deadline expired decades ago, but the president argues that recent approvals by three states put the amendment over the top.
President Joe Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the Constitution. The national archivist disagrees.
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