For those in favor of adding more steps for #ERA:
1) If we believe in equal rights, why continue this silly legal battle? Why not just stop fighting it in court & let it happen?
2) Remember we've gone through many steps already. How many is enough? #PublishERA #ERANow
@POTUS🧵
1) If we believe in equal rights, why continue this silly legal battle? Why not just stop fighting it in court & let it happen?
2) Remember we've gone through many steps already. How many is enough? #PublishERA #ERANow
@POTUS🧵
1787: The Constitution is written & excludes women. #PublishERA #ERANow scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewconten…
1848: A national women's rights movement was started. /2
1848: A national women's rights movement was started. /2
1866-1868: In response to the suffrage movement, a combination of, "It's the wrong time for this," "It's unnecessary," & refusal to discuss it. We are seeing the exact same responses today! #PublishERA #ERANow /3 senate.gov/art&history/hi…
1869 Constitutional Amendment: Previous slaves can vote too, except women. /4 #PublishERA #ERANow archives.gov/milestone-docu…
1873: Supreme Court says women don't have a right to vote. /6 #PublishERA #ERANow loc.gov/resource/rbnaw…
1917 White House: Arrests women picketers. They are tortured in prison. /7 #PublishERA #ERANow loc.gov/collections/wo…
1920: 72 years after the movement began, the Constitutional Amendment is certified as law, allowing women to vote, but not to have equal rights. /8 #PublishERA #ERANow
1923 Equal Rights Amendment (#ERA) was written & proposed in Congress. /9 #PublishERA #ERANow archives.gov/women/era#:~:t…
1924-1972: #ERA is brought to Congress every single year but was never passed to the states for ratification. EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. /10 civiced.org/womenshistorym…
1972: Congress passed the 28th Amendment, ERA, & sent it to states for ratification. The 27th amendment was given >200 years for ratification, Congress added a much shorter deadline for the ERA in its preamble, the legality of which is debated by experts. /11 #PublishERA #ERANow
2020: ERA is ratified by the minimum # of states after 233 years.
The National Archivist has the ministerial duty to publish ratified Constitutional Amendments. Despite this, Trump immediately issues a directive to not publish it. /12 #PublishERA #ERANow
The National Archivist has the ministerial duty to publish ratified Constitutional Amendments. Despite this, Trump immediately issues a directive to not publish it. /12 #PublishERA #ERANow
2020 & again in 2021: House passes resolutions to remove the previous ratification deadline & declare the #ERA Constitutionally valid. /13 #PublishERA #ERANow msmagazine.com/2022/02/10/equ…
2020: Lawsuit filed by Virginia to compel the Archivist to do his job & publish the ERA. #PublishERA #ERANow /14 voteequality.us/faq/illinois-v…
2022: Chairwoman Maloney requests the Archivist publish the ERA, citing experts who stated the #ERA is currently part of the Constitution. /15 #PublishERA #ERANow oversight.house.gov/news/press-rel…
9/28/22: The battle continues in its 235th year. While the Biden administration has clearly stated support for the #ERA, it is shockingly arguing against the ERA in court. Proof: voteequality.us/wp-content/upl… /16 #PublishERA #ERANow
Mr. President, how long must we wait?
Stop fighting so the court rules that #ERA is law, as Constitutional experts have determined. Stop the need for Band-Aid, reactionary policy & let us celebrate our new equality. /end #PublishERA #ERANow @POTUS
Stop fighting so the court rules that #ERA is law, as Constitutional experts have determined. Stop the need for Band-Aid, reactionary policy & let us celebrate our new equality. /end #PublishERA #ERANow @POTUS
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