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In reply to the discussion: The Equal Rights Amendment May Pass Now. It's Only Been 96 Years. [View all]ancianita
(36,060 posts)5. Mitch will let it come to the floor because the pressure's been just too great.
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Mitch will let it come to the floor because the pressure's been just too great.
ancianita
Nov 2019
#5
About your first paragraph, I've heard nothing; your second paragraph is moot. VA is #38 and
ancianita
Nov 2019
#11
A main argument against it before was that a draft would have to include women and
Liberty Belle
Nov 2019
#33
I don't see that happening in VA, since no time limit has historically existed on amendments'
ancianita
Nov 2019
#27
They can issue rulings on if something is or is not Constitutional but they have no say on
cstanleytech
Nov 2019
#20
For anyone interested the Alice Paul Institute is near Philly in South Jersey.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Nov 2019
#18
I lived in Alice Pauls house in Ridgefield Connecticut as a child...my parents bought it...
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#25
I graduated high school from Ridgefield and started college at Danbury ....Western Campus UConn...
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#46
It is towards Danbury on the back way...not route 7...used to be the old fair grounds...we would get
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#62
I didn't take 84 either but I drove past the interchange after making a wrong turn
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Nov 2019
#65
Haha...I lived in Marietta for a couple of years...then in Woodstock...You know Newt
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#68
If it passes could it be used potentially to protect a women's right to choose to have
cstanleytech
Nov 2019
#19
Yep. It's probably been behind the fight to stop ratification. It should finally settle Roe v Wade.
ancianita
Nov 2019
#21
Yes but given the dramatic political shift of the court over to the far fringe right
cstanleytech
Nov 2019
#47
That would make my life complete...fought for women's rights my entire life...and never believed
Demsrule86
Nov 2019
#23
It could go even further and quash all current cases from states fighting against Roe v Wade.
ancianita
Nov 2019
#28
I agree with you and I think the constitution already guarantees reproductive rights
Buckeyeblue
Nov 2019
#44
Fetuses don't even have citizenship or constitutional standing, since they are not viable to the
ancianita
Nov 2019
#53
That's assuming of course the far-right justices on the court want to set a precedent
cstanleytech
Nov 2019
#48
Their own political views are interpretations either supported or NOT supported by the Constitution.
ancianita
Nov 2019
#76
I hope so. Her name is so much worse to me than curse words, that I can't even say it.
ancianita
Nov 2019
#39
"She" persisted! 2020 will be exactly 100 years after the 19th Amnt & 50 since NOW US March..
stuffmatters
Nov 2019
#40
That date has been declared by constitutional experts as unconstitutional. It won't hold.
ancianita
Nov 2019
#54
No. No matter what they say now. Their original ratifications will still officially stand.
ancianita
Nov 2019
#67
Exactly. The People have spoken after the 38th state's ratification. No other branch can alter it.
ancianita
Nov 2019
#55