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President Joe Biden on Friday said the Equal Right Amendment should be considered ratified, but is stopping short of taking any action on the matter in his final days in office. "I have supported ...
Nearly two dozen Asian American parents and legal activists took issue with Proposition 1 — the “Equal Rights Amendment” — that will go up for a vote on Election Day, during a rally at ...
The U.S. Senate blocked the Equal Rights Amendment from being ratified into law in 2023, a century after it was introduced, with a 51-47 vote in favor, nine votes shy of the 60 needed to clear the ...
Trump pledges a series of Day 1 executive actions to end 'four long years of American decline' Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified; At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says; Biden urges Americans to 'keep the faith' as he spends final full day as president in South Carolina
The amendment, also known as the Equal Rights Amendment, [3] expands the Constitution of New York's Equal Protection Clause, which is limited to protecting people from denial of rights on the basis of "race, color, creed, or religion". [4] [5] The full text of the proposal is: [6] Adds anti-discrimination provisions to State Constitution.
What is the Equal Rights Amendment? The ERA is a 1970s-era prohibition on discrimination based on gender, guaranteeing men and women equal rights under the law. As a constitutional amendment, it needs ratification from three-quarters of the states before it's added to the U.S. Constitution. How long has the push to codify the ERA been going on?
President Biden asserted the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, is part of the Constitution, arguing Friday it had met the criteria to be added as ...
The amendment's advocates say that it will allow parents' rights to direct the upbringing of their children, protected from federal interference, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Amendment was first proposed during the 110th Congress as House Joint Resolution 97 in July 2008, but no action was taken during that ...