[Pikachu_Dad]

The ERA had an expiration date built into it.

That expiration date has passed.

So it is unlikely to become part of the Constitution even if Virginia passes it.

[Publius]

Correct. The expiration date was in 1979, and a district federal court threw out an attempt by Congress to revive it in 1982. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case.

It's dead. Any belated ratifications are strictly a case of virtue signaling, and the Archivist of the United States will return the Certificate of Ratification to the Secretary of State of Virginia with a rejection letter attached.

[arthurus]

The left will declare it “passed” if another state “ratifies” and leftist judges will act as if it is a duly ratified amendment to the Constitution. And we really don’t know what the USSC will say. We can assume that Roberts will vote for it and maybe Kavanaugh, too.