Biden say Equal Rights Amendment is Ratified

Saturday, January 18, 2025

President Joe Biden: Today I'm affirming what I have long believed and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: The 28th Amendment is the law of the land, guaranteeing all Americans equal rights and protections under the law regardless of their sex.

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Biden says the ERA is the law of the land. But ... it's not at all clear what comes next. www.npr.org/2025/01/17/n ...

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Which will be summarily overruled by Trump's SCOTUS.

Jill Stein 2028!

#1 | Posted by censored at 2025-01-17 05:16 PM | Reply

It has no force of law sadly so. Much ado about nothing.

#2 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-01-17 05:37 PM | Reply

In order to become an Amendment it would have to have been ratified within 7 years. That clearly didn't happen.

Biden can't just make it an Amendment. Is social media post. This is stupid.

#3 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-01-17 07:43 PM | Reply

You know, coming from China, it's nice to live under a system where the Commander of the Military, FBI, DoJ, declares that the founding legal charter is permanently amended and citizens just laugh at him and nothing happens.

#4 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-01-18 12:24 AM | Reply

This is stupid.

#3 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-01-17 07:43 PM | Reply

you can say that again....

This is stupid.

#3 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-01-17 07:43 PM | Reply

CHUCKLE !!

#5 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-01-18 07:34 AM | Reply

obviously that days nurse / handler / guard..... left joe alone for too long.....

#6 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-01-18 07:35 AM | Reply

Biden has an excuse.....this ILLITERATE MORON does not...

--"The Equal Rights Amendment is the 28th Amendment, and it is the law of the land."

--Kamala Harris

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#7 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-01-18 10:03 AM | Reply

In order to become an Amendment it would have to have been ratified within 7 years. That clearly didn't happen.
#3 | Posted by BellRinger

The Constiution says nothing about a seven year limit. That is something that Congress made up and whether or not they have the right to limit the power of the states in such a way should be litigated by the courts.

#8 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-01-18 04:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

I'll add that it took 42 years to ratify the 19th amendment. If it took that long for the states to resolve an issue such as women's suffrage then why should congress be able to place restrictions on how long states should be able to debate matters of such importance that they require a Constitutional change to settle?

#9 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-01-18 04:30 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Ratification doesn't occur by Executive tweet.

Also, I've read that at least a few states that originally ratified have subsequently rescinded which would bring the number of states below 3/4.

#10 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-01-18 04:46 PM | Reply

#4 Bellringer It is the only Amendment that a deadline date. It was done on purpose so that if it finally got approved it would still fail.

#11 | Posted by Ronnie68 at 2025-01-18 05:03 PM | Reply

" The Constiution says nothing about a seven year limit. "

It's in the text of the Amendment, making it part of the Amendment itself.

#12 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-01-18 05:03 PM | Reply

#4 Bellringer It is the only Amendment that has ever had a deadline date. It was done on purpose so that if it finally got approved it would still fail.

#13 | Posted by Ronnie68 at 2025-01-18 05:05 PM | Reply

#11Ronnie88

The Constitutin doesn't require NOR does it prohibit a time limit.

#14 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-01-18 05:09 PM | Reply

" First, only 35 " not 38 " states had ratified the ERA by the time the deadline set by Congress hit in 1982.

Second, five of those states who ratified had subsequently voted (before the deadline) to rescind their ratifications " which, if respected, would cut the number of ratifying states down to 30. (Initially, the amendment had broad bipartisan support, but a backlash from conservatives brewed as the 1970s went on and turned Republicans against it.)"

www.vox.com

Given the deadline AND the fact that 5 states rescinded after initially ratifying this thing is dead in the water.

#15 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-01-18 05:32 PM | Reply

"Biden can't just make it an Amendment. Is social media post. This is stupid."

It is if you take it at face value. But it looks more like low-key trolling to me.

#16 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-01-18 06:04 PM | Reply