The Equal Rights Amendment Died Over 40 Years Ago. Democrats Are Trying To Raise It From the Dead.

Wishful thinking is alive and well on Capitol Hill. Case in point: The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on February 28 titled “The Equal Rights Amendment: How Congress Can Recognize Ratification and Enshrine Equality in Our Constitution.” This hearing is intended to push the fiction that Congress has any authority to resurrect the ERA that it proposed in 1972, but that expired more than 40 years ago.

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