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NEW CHANCE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS: Speaker Pelosi and Dem lawmakers are speaking out for the Equal Rights Amendment, or ERA. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
The ERA is a constitutional amendment to ban discrimination based on sex. It's been in the works for nearly 50 years. The deadline to ratify it expired in 1982 when only 35 of the 38 necessary states had passed it.
Now that Virginia has become the 38th state, Pelosi and others are trying to extend the deadline. The ERA would provide a legal defense against a potential rollback of Roe v. Wade, as well as guarantee a federal judicial standard for sex discrimination cases.
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"The Equal Rights Amendment 2020" is a stage-magic show -- a glitzy production, playing now in the media, Congress, and the courts. The real ERA is 40 years dead. What you see now is a political hologram -- it looks real, but you can walk right thru it. Let's take a closer look!
In 1972,the 92nd Congress, by the required 2/3 votes, approved the ERA Resolution (H.J. Res. 208). Like every proposed constitutional amendment since the First Congress, it contained a Proposing Clause--which is not a "preamble," but required under Article V of the Constitution.
Congress need not include a deadline in a Proposing Clause, but the Supreme Court has said it can do so and they're binding. The ERA Proposing Clause had a 7-year deadline for ratification--just like Proposing Clauses of the 23rd, 24th, 25th, & 26th Amts, & failed D.C. proposal.
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Why do I feel like #Pelosi and Dem leaders purposely left out ANY articles of #impeachment that would have captivated the nation?
Imagine this process airing Trump's myriad crimes, racism, incitement of violence against the free press, torturing migrants, emoluments...

The world would be riveted. America would show a moral core.

Instead...
Oh, I'm not asking for theater.

I'm asking for TRUTH and JUSTICE.

What we're seeing now is theater. Smoke and mirrors. Performative opposition.
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Kate "Ratify the ERA” Kelly
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Inspired by @erataskforceaz @FairUtah & @VAratifyERA to do an Equal Rights Amendment MYTHS thread!

MYTH #1: We don't need the ERA/ There are no rights men have that women don’t/ Women don’t need the ERA bc they already have rights under the protection of the 14th Amendment.
@erataskforceaz @FairUtah @VAratifyERA FACT: 14th A did not even allow women the right to vote (19th Amendment did) & is subject to judicial interpretation. SC Justice Scalia said: “Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn’t.”
@erataskforceaz @FairUtah @VAratifyERA What do we want? "STRICT SCRUTINY" When do we want it? NOW!

What do we want? "STRICT SCRUTINY" When do we want it? NOW!

What do we want? "STRICT SCRUTINY" When do we want it? NOW!
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Kate Kelly
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Heading to DC for the 1st Congressional hearing on Equal Rights Amendment in 36 years‼️ & most exciting #ERA event since the 2012 We Are Woman Capitol rally 🙌

Here's why all lawyers➕lawmakers➕everyday Americans should care abt #ERANow & why arguments v #ERA are 🗑️ (a thread):
We are FINALLY only ONE STATE away from actually ratifying this sucker & getting equality on the basis of sex into the Constitution! WE ARE SO VERY CLOSE & everyone should care! Changing our Constitution is one of the most difficult processes in the world.

ONE MORE STATE TO GO!
2/ LAWYERS should care about the #ERA bc the 1st section of the amendment will be used to litigate cases abt discrimination on the basis of sex.

The ABA (the largest bar association in the US) actively supports ratification of the #ERA: abajournal.com/news/article/e…
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