![]() ![]() Constitution for an amendment to be added. The ERA is the 28th Amendment because, as of January 27, 2020, it met the strict requirements of Article V of the U.S. All of those people should inform the women and girls in their lives of this fact. The Department of Justice has found time during COVID to fight a fully-ratified statement of constitutional equality for both women and men. Our next, and final, post in the series is about the 1978 DC Voting Rights amendment. The National Archives issued a press release on the current status of the ERA, saying the Archivist will abide by the Justice Department’s opinion unless otherwise directed by a final court order. In January 2020, the Department of Justice issued its opinion, concluding “that Congress had the constitutional authority to impose a deadline on the ratification of the ERA and, because that deadline has expired, the ERA Resolution is no longer pending before the States.” Because of the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the ERA, the National Archives requested guidance from the Department of Justice on the legal issues regarding ratification of the amendment. The Archivist of the United States has statutory responsibilities regarding certifications of constitutional amendments. Despite failing to garner enough states by the deadline, three additional states have ratified the amendment in recent year’s putting the status of the amendment into question. (National Archives Identifier 181981)Ĭontroversy surrounding the Equal Rights Amendment persists today. President Jimmy Carter Signing Extension of Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Ratification. Congress decided to extend the time limit to Jhowever, no additional states ratified the amendment during its extension. In 1978, with the seven-year deadline approaching, the ERA was three states short of reaching the required three-fourths mark. (National Archives Identifier 7455549)Ĭongress then sent the ERA to the states but included a seven-year deadline for ratification. Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relative to Equal Rights for Men and Women, March 22, 1972. The Senate approved an identical version on March 22, 1972, by a vote of 84–8. On October 12, 1971, the House approved Griffiths’s version of the ERA by a vote of 354–24. 208 not only made it to the floor, it was successful. While previous attempts to pass the ERA rarely got out of committee, H.J. The text read:Įquality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. 208, proposing an Equal Rights Amendment. In 1971, Representative Martha Griffiths introduced H.J. Anthony’s nephew, this was the first time the ERA was introduced into the U.S. Drafted by Alice Paul and introduced by Daniel Anthony, Susan B. ![]() 75, Proposing an Equal Rights Amendment, December 13, 1923. It was first drafted in 1923 by suffragist Alice Paul, and since then some version of the ERA was introduced in every session of Congress until 1971. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed constitutional amendment that would guarantee equal rights under the law regardless of sex. ![]() Today we’re looking at an amendment that was first introduced nearly 100 years ago and we’re still talking about today: The Equal Rights Amendment. This is the fifth installment of a series about unratified constitutional amendments. ![]()
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