Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski sponsored legislation in January to revoke the deadline on Equal Rights Amendment ratification.
Hyde-Smith on Tuesday argued that the Equal Rights Amendment is redundant and that women are already protected under the 14th Amendment and other laws. She also raised concerns about how the Equal Rights Amendment could affect issues like abortion and transgender women’s access to spaces like locker rooms.
“We’re making some progress. That’s good. Is it good enough? Shouldn’t be good enough,” Murkowski said.
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The Equal Rights Amendment is dead and should stay that wayFor the past few years, Democrats have been trying to resurrect the Equal Rights Amendment, a constitutional amendment proposed to the states in the 1970s that failed to win enough support to be ratified. Its deadline for ratification has long since passed — 1982 was the official cutoff date — but…
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Alabama, 4 other states prevail in suit to block Equal Rights Amendment certificationAlabama Attorney General Steve Marshall hailed Tuesday’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit as “a significant victory for the rule of law.”
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Catholic bishops sound 'alarm' on Equal Rights Amendment, saying it will hurt religious freedomThe United States Conference of Catholic Bishops released a letter Monday urging senators to oppose a motion that would remove the decades-passed deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Equal Rights Amendment stumbles in court and on Capitol HillThe Equal Rights Amendment suffered twin setbacks this week after a federal appeals court shot down an effort to force it into the Constitution, and the nominee to lead the National Archives reaffirmed she won’t act on her own to add it to the government’s founding document.
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Protesters disrupt Senate hearing on ERA. Here's what Sen. Mike Lee caught on cameraAt least three protesters disrupted a Senate hearing Tuesday on the Equal Rights Amendment, shouting at senators that the proposed amendment has already been ratified.
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Want to protect life? Oppose the revival of the Equal Rights AmendmentLike the resilient undead, the Equal Rights Amendment is back. This time, the ERA has emerged from its grave in the form of a joint House and Senate resolution to remove the expiration date on the constitutional amendment. (Yes, the one that already expired in 1982.)
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