Crier Wire - King George

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Nice recap and important commentary at the end.

Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

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So tell me folks -

What in the hell is wrong with this? -

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ARTICLE

SECTION 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

SECTION 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

SECTION 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
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I’m baffled by the opposition. Mind blowingly baffled.
Granted - Two years is too long to wait for taking effect - but still… come on!

For Girls, It’s Be Yourself, and Be Perfect, Too - New York Times

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For Girls, It’s Be Yourself, and Be Perfect, Too - New York Times

Esther and Colby are two of the amazing girls at Newton North High School here in this affluent suburb just outside Boston. “Amazing girls” translation: Girls by the dozen who are high achieving, ambitious and confident (if not immune to the usual adolescent insecurities and meltdowns). Girls who do everything: Varsity sports. Student government. Theater. Community service. Girls who have grown up learning they can do anything a boy can do, which is anything they want to do.
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Interesting article.

E.R.A. “Three State Strategy” - 4ERA

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4ERA
The Equal Rights Amendment, passed by Congress in 1972, would have
become the 27th Amendment to the Constitution if three-fourths of the
states had ratified it by June 30, 1982. However, that date passed with
only 35 of the necessary 38 state ratifications. Instead, the 27th Amendment
is the “Madison Amendment,” concerning Congressional pay raises, which
went to the states for ratification in 1789 and reached the three-fourths
goal in 1992.
The fact that a 203-year ratification period was accepted as valid
has led ERA supporters to propose that Congress has the power to maintain
the legal viability of the ERA and the existing 35 state ratifications.
If so, only three more state ratifications would be needed to make the
ERA part of the Constitution. Legal analysis supporting this strategy
was developed in 1995 by Allison Held, Sheryl Herndon and Danielle Stager,
then third-year law students at the T. C. Williams School of Law in Richmond,
VA. Their article was published in the Spring 1997 issue of William &
Mary Journal of Women and the Law.
LEGAL RATIONALE
Article V of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to propose
an amendment and to determine the mode of ratification, but it is silent
as to the power of Congress to impose time limits or its role after ratification
by three-fourths of the states.

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Very interesting indeed. Certainly a lot better (and cheaper) than starting over.