“The American Bar Association (ABA) has recognized that the Equal Rights Amendment has cleared all necessary hurdles to be formally added to the Constitution as the 28th Amendment,” Biden said. “I agree with the ABA and with leading legal ...

President Biden declared that the Equal Rights Amendment, which states that "Equality of Rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged

The president’s announcement on Friday was one of many sweeping executive moves he’s making in his final days in office.

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says at a news conference an hour after President Joe Biden issued a statement of his belief that the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified that state attempts to rescind Amendment ratifications lack legal validity according to clear precedent and that the Courts have repeatedly rejected rescission attempts for amendments like the 19th and 14th Amendments given that the American Bar Association confirms rescissions hold no constitutional validity.

President Joe Biden announced a major opinion Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, enshrining its protections into the Constitution, a last-minute move that some believe could pave the way to bolstering reproductive rights.

President Joe Biden on Friday said the Equal Right Amendment should be considered ... Biden said he agreed with the American Bar Association, which has said the amendment cleared the necessary hurdles to be added to the Constitution after Virginia in ...

Explaining a seemingly bizarre declaration from the outgoing president.

The remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality in the Constitution. But advocates said they could add heft to a future legal fight.

However, the American Bar Association has said that “no time limit was included in the text of the Equal Rights Amendment” and Biden referenced the ABA in his statement. How many states need to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution? An amendment ...

The move has no immediate legal force but will likely spark lawsuits that advocates hope will restore abortion rights.

President Joe Biden said Friday that he believes the Equal Rights Amendment, which guarantees equal protections regardless of sex, is the “law of the land” but stopped short of ordering the U.S. archivist to publish the constitutional amendment.

If Biden really wanted to make the ERA the “law of the land,” he would have needed to direct the head of the National Archives to ignore the Department of Justice. But he didn't do that—or really anything for women's rights during his presidency.