Category: Democracy Amendments

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement in response to the National Archivist’s refusal to certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment. “The archivist is correct that she has a responsibility to uphold the law. Unfortunately, by refusing to certify the ERA, she is wrongfully inserting herself into a clear
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The ERA was approved by Congress in 1972 and ratified by 38 states in 2020. A new national alliance is urging President Biden to instruct the National Archivist to certify and publish the ERA as the 28th Amendment without delay.  WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 11, 2024)— Data For Progress released a new poll today showing strong
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Watch our national town hall featuring U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and members of the Biden Publish the ERA Alliance discuss the campaign to publish the Equal Rights Amendment. The Alliance consists of over forty non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organizations representing millions of members calling on President Biden to enshrine equal justice under the law in the
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The ERA was approved by Congress in 1972 and, by 2020, ratified by 38 states. The letter asks President Biden to instruct the National Archivist to certify and publish the ERA as the 28th Amendment without delay.  WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 3, 2024)—Style Weekly published yesterday an official letter to President Biden dated November 22, 2024,
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As attacks on the rights of women, girls, and LGBTQIA+ individuals surge nationwide, a second Trump term comes with grave new threats spelled out in Project 2025. With so many freedoms on the line, President Biden has the authority, responsibility, and opportunity to certify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) before his term ends. The ERA
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Free Speech For People strongly endorses Rep. Joe Morelle’s newly introduced constitutional amendment that will ensure that no officer of the United States—including the president— is above the law. The amendment prevents U.S. officers from asserting immunity on the grounds that the alleged criminal act was within the constitutional authority of their office or related
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On December 5th, Free Speech For People joined Shattering Glass and 83 organizations and professional associations from across the country in calling on President Biden to instruct the US Archivist (“Archivist”) to publish the Equal Rights Amendment (“ERA”) as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. For the past two years, Shattering Glass has been educating
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The Equal Rights Amendment, first introduced in 1972, met the criteria for publication in January 2020, when Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it.   WASHINGTON, DC (April 26, 2023) A coalition of democracy and gender equality advocates issued a letter to President Biden today urging him to instruct the Acting Archivist of the
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