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.
It’s not a law, it’s a Constitutional amendment. So passage by Congress isn’t enough, it needs to be ratified by the states too. And it wasn’t ratified by enough states (38) at the time.
But almost 50 years later, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it. Are they too late? Biden just said they are not too late, but this question will probably have to go through the courts.
It’s not a law, it’s a Constitutional amendment. So passage by Congress isn’t enough, it needs to be ratified by the states too. And it wasn’t ratified by enough states (38) at the time.
But almost 50 years later, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it. Are they too late? Biden just said they are not too late, but this question will probably have to go through the courts.