Virginia becomes the 38th state to vote to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, but a court ruling or congressional action is likely needed to override the 1982 ratification deadline
Virginia on Wednesday became the 38th state to vote to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, teeing up an expected legal battle over whether the approval counts.
The Trump administration has said the ratification deadline expired in 1982, a decade after Congress first passed the ERA, which would enshrine women’s equality in the U.S. Constitution. It may take a court ruling or congressional action to override that decision and determine whether the vote in Virginia, which pushed the number of ERA-approving states across a necessary...
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