Generations of Black women leaders have made powerful arguments in support of the Equal Rights Amendment. Everyday women face discrimination and are treated differently because of their sex. In 1923 the ERA amendment was proposed. On March 22, 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment was passed by the U.S. Senate and…
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2/16/2022 by MADISON GUSLER Madison Gusler (bottom center) at the New York City Women’s March for Reproductive Rights on Oct. 2, 2021, along with president and CEO of the ERA Coalition, Carol Jenkins (center top), Vivien Pong (left) and Jennifer Horn (right). The Equal Rights Amendment has been in the works for almost…
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By Erwin Chemerinsky, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf If the government were to require that only men or only women had to pay a tax of several hundred dollars a year solely because of their sex, that would be an unconstitutional denial of equal protection under the 14th Amendment. Yet that is exactly…
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Aryana Goodarzi On January 27th, 2022, Representative Jackie Speier said, “Two years ago, the final state Virginia ratified the amendment. The amendment says two years…it is law. And that’s today.” According to Article V of the Constitution, to amend it the ERA must get through both houses of Congress (done…
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