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SleeplessinSoCal

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Thu Jan 27, 2022, 12:57 PM Jan 2022

ERA ratification held up by a memo from 2020

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
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ERA ratification held up by a memo from 2020 (Original Post) SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2022 OP
"equality on the basis of sex." Klaralven Jan 2022 #1
Pretty hard to go back and insert modern lexicon into a document that's been circulating for so long lagomorph777 Jan 2022 #2
I suppose the Roberts Court would then get to define "sex". Klaralven Jan 2022 #3
Yeah, they seem to enjoy redefining words. lagomorph777 Jan 2022 #4

lagomorph777

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2. Pretty hard to go back and insert modern lexicon into a document that's been circulating for so long
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 01:06 PM
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