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Putting State Equal Rights Amendments to Work
The ERA Project’s Naomi Young and Ting Ting Cheng wrote for State Court Report on the power of state ERAs to integrate sex equality principles at every stage of policymaking.
Model Policy Agenda for State Equal Rights Amendments
This Model Policy Agenda proposes an actionable roadmap for state and local executives—including governors, mayors, attorneys general, and agency administrators—to make sex equality a reality in their jurisdictions.
Explaining “Proposal 1”: New York Equal Rights Amendment
This explainer details New York State's latest effort to add an Equal Rights Amendment to its state Constitution.
A Critical Juncture: Outlining A Strategy for Final Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment
This policy brief provides a strategic vision for final ratification of the ERA as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Explainer on the Status of the ERA
This legal explainer lays out the latest on the federal Equal Rights Amendment.
Explaining Marjorie Byrnes v. The Senate of New York
Explaining the latest lawsuit challenging the New York Equal Rights Amendment: Marjorie Byrnes et al. v. The Senate of the State of New York et al.
Article V: Analysis of Jurisdiction-Stripping Legislation
This memorandum considers the possibility of Congress enacting legislation to strip the federal courts and the Supreme Court of jurisdiction over cases or controversies involving Article V of the Constitution of the United States.
Op-Ed: Thirty Years After the Violence Against Women Act, the ERA Is Needed to Halt Gender-Based Violence
ERA Project Policy Associate Naomi Young wrote for Ms. Magazine on how the ERA holds the power to transform the underlying power dynamics fueling gender-based violence.
Gender-Based Violence and the ERA
This Q&A explains the background of the U.S. v. Rahimi case, what’s at stake when the constitutional right to possess a gun is used to undermine protections against gender-based violence, and how the final ratification of the ERA could, and should, alter the way the Supreme Court values the importance of comprehensive sex equality.
What SCOTUS’s Ruling on Affirmative Action Means for Sex-Based Equality and the Equal Rights Amendment
What the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard means for sex-based equality and the Equal Rights Amendment.
Illinois v. Ferreiro: What the Court’s Decision Means for State ERAs
The ERA Projects answered questions on the Court of Appeals decision in Illinois v. Ferriero.
The Sex Equality Gap
This paper details how despite sweeping federal, state, and local laws that prohibit discrimination based on sex, white women have been the primary beneficiaries of sex equality laws, leaving women of color significantly behind.
The ERA & LGBTQ Rights – Including Marriage Equality
This resource provides an analysis of the potential for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to strengthen protections for LGBTQ rights, including marriage equality.
FAQ on the New York State Equality Amendment
Adopted in 1938, the New York State Constitution’s equality protections fall far short of a modern notion of equality that would protect the rights of all New Yorkers. Legislation currently pending in the New York Legislature would update the state’s constitution by prohibiting forms of discrimination that are currently unrecognized by the law.
The ERA and Abortion
This explainer details how the ERA, which would add an explicit guarantee of sex equality to the United States Constitution, would protect the right to abortion and the full range of reproductive healthcare and is more critically needed now than ever before.
Biden Administration Revises Federal Government Position on Validity of the Equal Rights Amendment
Today the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) released a new opinion on the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). This explainer provides a brief background, and describes the OLC opinion and its significance.
Explainer on the Status of the ERA
This legal explainer lays out the latest on the federal Equal Rights Amendment.
Amicus Brief: Allegheny Reproductive Health v. Pennsylvania DHS
The ERA Project submitted an amicus brief to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court explaining why a state ban on public funding for abortion is a form of sex discrimination, in violation of the state’s Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
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