Can he even do that?

It SHOULD be law, but I don't think Biden gets to make that call.  Just looking for last minute attaboys.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

In the age of Trump

Dobbs and no ERA.  How to fuck women over completely.

We may get a constitutional amendment

Virginia has passed the ERA.

Both chambers of the Virginia state legislature passed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) on Wednesday, becoming the 38th state to pass the resolution.

The amendment’s passage in Virginia crosses the threshold necessary for it to be included in the U.S. Constitution and sets the stage for all 38 states to call for a historic constitutional convention.

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Democratic lawmakers in the state have pushed for the passage of the amendment since the party gained control of both chambers of the legislature in 2019 for the first time since 1994.

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Proponents have maintained that the ERA will protect women from discrimination and gender-based violence at a time of heightened attention to women's issues sparked by the "Me Too" movement.

  The Hill

I'm pretty sure it will do neither of those things, but it's high time our constitution recognized women as people.

Some of the chamber’s Republicans came out against the amendment, fearing it would expand abortion access and arguing that existing constitutional amendments already provide sufficient protections.

Obviously they don't with Roe v. Wade under constant attack, and possibly being stricken down by the current Supreme Court.

“The ERA does nothing for true equality of women but uses women as a political pawn to push the liberal agenda,” said state Sen. Amanda Chase (R).

Women's equality is a liberal agenda, is it? Conservative women don't want equal rights? Amanda, you're showing your Stockholm syndrome.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Another reminder of where we are as a nation

The Equal Rights Amendment has not been ratified.

ERA: We're still not there

Hard to believe this is the 21st century.

Illinois on Wednesday became the 37th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, putting the country only one state away from a landmark change to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing equal rights for women.

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The ERA, first proposed in 1972, guarantees equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex. Ratification requires the assent of 38 states, but there’s some legal debate over whether it’s too late for additional states to join those that acted years earlier.

  TPM

Ferfuxsake.

Illinois was one of 15 states not to ratify before the 1982 deadline. The push to ratify took center stage once more after Nevada voted to ratify the amendment last year.

You want to know which states haven't ratified, I'm sure.  I don't think the list will surprise you much, other than the facts that this is the 21st century and that these same states will point to Muslim countries and denegrate them for their treatment of women.

Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Nevada
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Utah
Virginia

I'm guessing you can notice the pattern.

And, what may be a worse indicator of the times, five states voted to withdraw their ratification of the ERA, even though Congress has denied them the legality of it:

Nebraska
Tennessee
Idaho
Kentucky
South Dakota