The Equal Rights Amendment: Still a Possibility
May 2nd, 2013
Some of you may think of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as being from a bygone age. But in fact, potential realization of the ERA is very much alive. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) plan to introduce a resolution on Thursday, May 9 that would eliminate the 1982 deadline originally established to ratify the Act. At present, the ERA is just three states short of being ratified. Should the deadline be...
