[E. Pluribus Unum]

Both houses of Congress approved the amendment in 1972, but it was not ratified by the states in time to be added to the Constitution. Ms. Gillibrand has been pushing a legal theory that the deadline for ratification is irrelevant and unconstitutional.

The Constitution is unconstitutional.

Check.

[goodnesswins]

What a moron.

[1Old Pro]

He could do it all, she contends, with one phone call.

And a pen.

[MtnClimber]

If men are required to be as emotional as some women then there are going to be regrets. Just sayin.

[OttawaFreeper]

[BenLurkin]

SCOTUS can ‘t define what a woman is anyway.

[AppyPappy]

They don’t even believe in women

[Jamestown1630]

I saw this one talking about the drones yesterday. She doesn’t seem real bright.

[bankwalker]

of what rights are they now deprived?

[KarlInOhio]

The seven year deadline ended on March 22, 1979. 35 states approved it before that date and three more votes to approve afterward. But 5 of those states voted to rescind their ratification before March 22, 1979 and one more afterward. So is a date limit allowed within an amendment and can a state rescind its ratification? The text of the Constitution is silent on both.

[Honorary Serb]

Gillibrand is pushing feminazi BS!

And any such action by biden won’t save his legacy—as perhaps the worst ever President of the United States!

[Billthedrill]

The DC Clown Show gets funnier and funnier. Not only do they want Biden to pardon everyone in the entire party from any crimes, past, present, or contemplated, they want him to enact Constitutional Amendments with a wave of his mighty wand for good measure. Underlying this is the conviction so dear to progressive hearts that once they get something they want it’s unchangeable and forever. Trump has driven these people nuts.

[Publius]

If you read Article V, you will see that there is no role for the President in the Amendatory Process. Biden has no say. Article V makes Congress and the states the only parties to amending the Constitution.

Ratification windows received the green light from the Supreme Court in 1921 in Dillon v. Gloss and again in 1939 in Coleman v. Miller. Ratification windows are relevant.

The ratification window for the ERA closed on June 1, 1979. The attempt by Congress to extend the ratification window to June 1, 1982 was killed by a federal court in Idaho because Congress used the Legislative Process as defined in Articles I and II rather than the Amendatory Process as defined in Article V. No higher court would take an appeal.

The belated ratifications by Illinois and Virginia were ruled null and void by a 3-judge panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. No one attempted to appeal that decision to the Supreme Court.

The ERA died on June 1, 1979, and the only way it can come back is for its backers start from the beginning and get Congress to approve the amendment proposal by a two thirds vote in each House to send it to the states for ratification. Even Ruth Bader Ginsburg said so.

[sten]

Don’t forget her father was middle management at NXIVM... the sex trafficking company

[thinden]

sex still on her mind?

did her dad or step mom ever get indicted for their roles in the NVIXM sex cult?

didn’t she invite hildabeast to join her at her table at a big NVIXM “get together”?

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Gillibrand isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, is she?

[Gene Eric]

yeah, he can scribble something on the back of your pocket constitution...

[ContraryMary]

Gillibrand is an idiot. The Supreme Court has already ruled that Congress has the ability to establish deadlines for ratification.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Women have equal rights in the US. What they do not have is equal responsibilities.

[bert]

The sexes are not equal

[nwrep]

How can she be this stupid? Even Biden’s handlers will reject this nonsense.