President Joe Biden's symbolic declaration on Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is “the law of the land” likely only sets up more debates for Congress and the courts over the constitutional prohibition on gender-based discrimination.
Biden’s statement has no legal force and a White House official said courts would have to decide whether the amendment is a valid part of America’s constitution
President Biden says he believes the amendment has met the requirements to be enshrined in the Constitution. Its history has been long and complex.
President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to have been ratified. His statement “affirm[ed] what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendment is the law of the land,
One of the more questionable things departing chief exec Joe Biden did in his waning days was declaring the Equal Rights Amendment officially “ratified” as the Constitution’s 28th Amendment.
Presidents have no direct role in approving constitutional amendments. So what could President Biden’s pronouncement recognizing a new one actually do?
Did Florida ever ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the 1972 amendment that declared women equal under the law?
President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined by the 14th Amendment. We asked two experts in constitutional and immigration law to walk us through what the amendment says,
The coalition filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts that seeks to stop what they call an unlawful action by the president.
A lame duck tries to revive a moribund amendment. Why?