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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.
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.
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.
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