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In reply to the discussion: The Equal Rights Amendment May Pass Now. It's Only Been 96 Years. [View all]customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)on the case before the Court:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/10/08/supreme-court-set-rule-lgtbq-rights-work-addressed-gender-discrimination-years-ago/
Oral arguments were heard about a month ago. While I would expect a case of this gravity to have its decision released in the usual pre-Fourth-of-July flurry, it is possible that if it goes in favor of the appellants (pro-equality groups), it might be strategic for the dissenting Justices to push for a pre-January release, in order to influence politics in Virginia.
And my post has nothing to do with rescinding anything, Virginia never ratified the ERA. If they are about to become the 38th state to ratify, and the reich-wing pulls out all the stops on a hysteria campaign, trying to keep at least a couple of Democratic delegates and senators from ratifying, then it might not happen.
I can envision Faux Snooze, etc. pulling out all of the old tricks like unisex bathrooms, affirmative action for GLBT individuals, and probably more BS than I can even imagine. African-American Democratic voters might be particularly susceptible to the hysteria, and might urge their Democratic members of the VA legislature to not vote for ratification.
I'm not saying they're going to win, but I am saying that they may try.