ERA ratification held up by a memo from 2020

[SleeplessinSoCal]

A Trump-Era Memo Is Blocking The Equal Rights Amendment From Being Ratified Today

The Equal Rights Amendment, which ensures women have equal protections under the law, should become the 28th Amendment of the Constitution this week.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-era-memo-blocking-equal-rights-amendment-ratification-today_n_61f1e7dbe4b0061af259fed2

[Klaralven]

1. "equality on the basis of sex."

But not gender?

[lagomorph777]

2. Pretty hard to go back and insert modern lexicon into a document that's been circulating for so long

[Klaralven]

3. I suppose the Roberts Court would then get to define "sex".

[lagomorph777]

4. Yeah, they seem to enjoy redefining words.