PASS THE ERA

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Once women have equal rights on the basis of sex, any law limiting what that sex can do is unconstitutional. In other words, women get abortions, men don't. So a ban violates the right to privacy and sexual equality. It's sexual discrimination.

The states have ratified the ERA. Now PASS IT. And don't give me any bullshit about ratification deadlines. These are arbitrary and not constitutional. Article V makes no mention of a time limit for the ratification of a constitutional amendment, and no amendment before the 20th century had a time limit attached to it. The House lifted the deadline. Unfortunately the filibuster prevents the Senate from agreeing.

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1. The votes aren't there.

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2. Either the filibuster needs to be abolished or we elect 10 more Democrats

to the Senate.

THEN it can be done. THEN it WILL be done.

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3. There won't be 10 more Democrats in the Senate after the mid-terms, and the 2024 map

favors Republicans. 2026 at the very earliest.

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4. That's what depresses the fuck out of me

But it's the only way to make Manchin and Sinema irrelevant.

Actually, if we want to abolish the filibuster, we only need three more Democrats who will vote to abolish the filibuster, and then they're irrelevant. But if we keep the filibuster, we'd need 10 more Dems. And that ain't gonna happen.

So let's look at states with good Dem challengers to R senators and work like hell to get them elected. Three more Dems doesn't seem to be insurmountable.