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BumRushDaShow

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15. Did you miss this in my post?
Mon May 6, 2024, 02:16 PM
May 2024
It won't keep a RW SCOTUS from messing with it again (like they have messed with the codified VRA) but at least it gets it "on the books".


where I even gave an example of something "codified' - the VRA (VOTING RIGHTS ACT) that the SCOTUS HAS messed with (killing Sections 4 & 5).

What makes it different with at least making it federal law is that it takes time to work through the courts vs completely reversing a court ruling that comes because it was declared not to be codified federally anywhere. I.e., based on arguments from a RW state health official who wanted his state's (MS) more restrictive law to not be bound to Roe or Planned Parenthood v Casey.

You DO realize what it takes for a Constitutional Amendment, right?

THAT massive burden is why after 52 years, the ERA STILL HASN'T BEEN RATIFIED. It doesn't mean that it can't or won't happen but in the meantime, get it on the books.

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