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49. Isn't that what they do today?

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #48)

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 09:47 AM

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The Equal Rights Amendment May Pass Now. It's Only Been 96 Years. [View all] ancianita Nov 2019 OP

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