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IronLionZion

(45,250 posts)
2. Lots of liberal women won last night so it's possible
Wed Nov 6, 2019, 04:11 PM
Nov 2019

Congress probably has to pass something to update the deadline for ratification but it's doable. It would be sweet to impeach Trump and pass the ERA same time.

Wouldn't that be something?! pnwest Nov 2019 #1
Indeed. A fundamental constitutional right for half the population. Finally! ancianita Nov 2019 #3
I don't even dare to hope. pnwest Nov 2019 #9
Lots of liberal women won last night so it's possible IronLionZion Nov 2019 #2
Mitch will let it come to the floor because the pressure's been just too great. ancianita Nov 2019 #5
Oh my. How wonderful! mtngirl47 Nov 2019 #4
Right! I picture women like me, seeing this headline, going ... ancianita Nov 2019 #7
I joined NOW as a young woman and remember debating mtngirl47 Nov 2019 #10
About fucking time! BigmanPigman Nov 2019 #6
We have one hurdle to go before that happens customerserviceguy Nov 2019 #8
About your first paragraph, I've heard nothing; your second paragraph is moot. VA is #38 and ancianita Nov 2019 #11
Here's something I found quickly customerserviceguy Nov 2019 #14
A main argument against it before was that a draft would have to include women and Liberty Belle Nov 2019 #33
I do recall that customerserviceguy Nov 2019 #34
Israelis, Russians, Kurds, and more have managed just fine IronLionZion Nov 2019 #36
OP says it lost by one vote in VA last time IronLionZion Nov 2019 #12
I hope Kavanaugh is impeached before this reaches SCOTUS. robertpaulsen Nov 2019 #13
Under the Constitution customerserviceguy Nov 2019 #15
Great. Just what I needed assurance of. This whole legal fight has to end. ancianita Nov 2019 #16
From the OP: robertpaulsen Nov 2019 #17
You can file anything you want before a court customerserviceguy Nov 2019 #22
I don't see that happening in VA, since no time limit has historically existed on amendments' ancianita Nov 2019 #27
I'm sorry customerserviceguy Nov 2019 #29
Sorry, too, that I didn't know that. Thanks. ancianita Nov 2019 #30
SCOTUS Sgent Nov 2019 #42
They can issue rulings on if something is or is not Constitutional but they have no say on cstanleytech Nov 2019 #20
For anyone interested the Alice Paul Institute is near Philly in South Jersey. discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2019 #18
I lived in Alice Pauls house in Ridgefield Connecticut as a child...my parents bought it... Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #25
I've been to Ridgefield discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2019 #35
I graduated high school from Ridgefield and started college at Danbury ....Western Campus UConn... Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #46
I'm not remembering a mall but I was only in town for 5 hours discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2019 #60
It is towards Danbury on the back way...not route 7...used to be the old fair grounds...we would get Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #62
I was at a place West of town near the Welcome Center discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2019 #63
yeah...this would be the back way to 84...did you get the job? Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #64
I didn't take 84 either but I drove past the interchange after making a wrong turn discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2019 #65
Haha...I lived in Marietta for a couple of years...then in Woodstock...You know Newt Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #68
The farthest out 75 I've been was Smyrna discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2019 #69
If it passes could it be used potentially to protect a women's right to choose to have cstanleytech Nov 2019 #19
Yep. It's probably been behind the fight to stop ratification. It should finally settle Roe v Wade. ancianita Nov 2019 #21
I was politically aware customerserviceguy Nov 2019 #24
Yes but given the dramatic political shift of the court over to the far fringe right cstanleytech Nov 2019 #47
That would make my life complete...fought for women's rights my entire life...and never believed Demsrule86 Nov 2019 #23
This would be a two-fer. CaptYossarian Nov 2019 #26
It could go even further and quash all current cases from states fighting against Roe v Wade. ancianita Nov 2019 #28
I don't think it will be that simple Buckeyeblue Nov 2019 #41
Given that the amendment hasn't been passed yet, we'll see. ancianita Nov 2019 #43
I agree with you and I think the constitution already guarantees reproductive rights Buckeyeblue Nov 2019 #44
Fetuses don't even have citizenship or constitutional standing, since they are not viable to the ancianita Nov 2019 #53
Thanks to everyone for their part in this discussion. crickets Nov 2019 #75
That's assuming of course the far-right justices on the court want to set a precedent cstanleytech Nov 2019 #48
Isn't that what they do today? Buckeyeblue Nov 2019 #49
Largely however if they are willing to totally ignore a clearly written cstanleytech Nov 2019 #51
Their own political views are interpretations either supported or NOT supported by the Constitution. ancianita Nov 2019 #76
It will pass!!!! Nitram Nov 2019 #31
Awesome news pandr32 Nov 2019 #32
About time this passed Kaiserguy Nov 2019 #37
Somewhere Phyllis Schlafly is rolling in her grave. llmart Nov 2019 #38
I hope so. Her name is so much worse to me than curse words, that I can't even say it. ancianita Nov 2019 #39
"She" persisted! 2020 will be exactly 100 years after the 19th Amnt & 50 since NOW US March.. stuffmatters Nov 2019 #40
It had an expiration date that politicians agreed to Polybius Nov 2019 #45
That date has been declared by constitutional experts as unconstitutional. It won't hold. ancianita Nov 2019 #54
And the few states that rescinded won't hold either? Polybius Nov 2019 #59
No. No matter what they say now. Their original ratifications will still officially stand. ancianita Nov 2019 #67
I'll bookmark this Polybius Nov 2019 #71
Haha... I hear you. ancianita Nov 2019 #74
While both sides can sue and go before the Supreme Court melm00se Nov 2019 #50
Exactly. The People have spoken after the 38th state's ratification. No other branch can alter it. ancianita Nov 2019 #55
The downside MosheFeingold Nov 2019 #52
Probably not. I'm the first to say that the universe is half negative; in this case, doubt and ancianita Nov 2019 #57
Hmm... Polybius Nov 2019 #61
I don't know abou that MosheFeingold Nov 2019 #70
of course not -- this is a ridiculous RW argument obamanut2012 Nov 2019 #72
I wan't saying it as a bad thing Polybius Nov 2019 #73
Why not. Your own house is. ancianita Nov 2019 #77
Not exactly Polybius Nov 2019 #78
Long long LONG overdue... RobertDevereaux Nov 2019 #56
This discussion always makes me cry. MuseRider Nov 2019 #58
I feel you. When our hearts are hurt or healed, the tears flow. May we move forward to be healed. ancianita Nov 2019 #66
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