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In reply to the discussion: The Equal Rights Amendment May Pass Now. It's Only Been 96 Years. [View all]IronLionZion
(45,250 posts)2. Lots of liberal women won last night so it's possible
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.
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Mitch will let it come to the floor because the pressure's been just too great.
ancianita
Nov 2019
#5
About your first paragraph, I've heard nothing; your second paragraph is moot. VA is #38 and
ancianita
Nov 2019
#11
A main argument against it before was that a draft would have to include women and
Liberty Belle
Nov 2019
#33
I don't see that happening in VA, since no time limit has historically existed on amendments'
ancianita
Nov 2019
#27
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 graduated high school from Ridgefield and started college at Danbury ....Western Campus UConn...
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#46
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 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
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
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
It could go even further and quash all current cases from states fighting against Roe v Wade.
ancianita
Nov 2019
#28
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
That's assuming of course the far-right justices on the court want to set a precedent
cstanleytech
Nov 2019
#48
Their own political views are interpretations either supported or NOT supported by the Constitution.
ancianita
Nov 2019
#76
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
That date has been declared by constitutional experts as unconstitutional. It won't hold.
ancianita
Nov 2019
#54
No. No matter what they say now. Their original ratifications will still officially stand.
ancianita
Nov 2019
#67
Exactly. The People have spoken after the 38th state's ratification. No other branch can alter it.
ancianita
Nov 2019
#55