The ERA Solidifies Women's Rights in the Constitution as the 28th Amendment

[wnylib]

21. You are correct, as I understand it.

I am fully in favor of the ERA. But to make it law as the 28th amendment, we need to follow the facts.

I am linking an article on the legal issues of the ERA from the Alice Paul Institute, which advocates for the ERA. Alice Paul was a suffragette.

I am posting this from my phone, so I can't copy and paste. I will summarize parts of it and people can read it for themselves.

The Coleman v Miller decision that Congress has the power to set time limits in ratification of amendments still stands. But, it is open to question because another amendment, the Madison Amendment, was ratified after 203 years. That fact challenges the reasoning of the Coleman decision.

But, regardless of whether or not SCOTUS reverses the Coleman decision, Congress does have the power to decide on accepting ratification after the deadline. This is important because it is the best chance of getting the ERA into the Constitution, via pressure on Congress from constituents. IMO grass roots organization in the states and demonstrations in DC would be a good focus for action to get Congress to accept ERA as the 28th amendment.

This article also says that states cannot rescind their ratification. The Constitution does not allow for that.

Here is the article.

https://www.equalrightsamendment.org/pathstoratification#:~:text=A%201921%20Supreme%20Court%20decision,a%20three%2Dfourths%20majority%20ratifies.