Q: Did former President Joe Biden issue a statement saying that he thought the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered part of the Constitution? A: Yes. On his last full day in office, Biden published a statement supporting the ERA,
A: Yes. On his last full day in office, Biden published a statement supporting the ERA, but it has no legal effect.
The president’s announcement on Friday was one of many sweeping executive moves he’s making in his final days in office.
PHILADELPHIA — Progressive activists in Congress have put mounting pressure on President Joe Biden to direct the archivist of the United States to certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment — which would become the first explicit mention of women in the U.
President Joe Biden has weighed in on the decades-long Equal Rights Amendment debate, but does his statement hold any weight? Experts say no.
Some legal scholars argue that the amendment was properly ratified, but for Biden to definitively say it’s "the law of the land" ignores precedent and the reality that no federal government entity has recognized the amendment as part of the Constitution. We rate Biden’s claim False.
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.
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.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that’s unlikely ...
Three days before leaving office, President Joe Biden announced that the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution should be considered in effect.
Democrats and Republicans worry President Joe Biden set a bad precedent after President Donald Trump issued sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 rioters.
It feels like every day there’s another viral example of misogynistic rhetoric, actions, or controversy, and we haven’t even gotten through January yet. Here’s 10 of the worst.