In addition to being popular, decisions made by the Supreme Court this term underscore the ERA’s modern relevance and potential significance. A separate poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research in January of 2020 similarly found that three quarters of Americans support the ERA and, importantly, that 90% of Democrats and 60% of Republicans were in favor. A poll conducted by Pew Research Center in the spring of 2020 found 78% support for the ERA being added to the Constitution.
The simple principle of constitutional equality on the basis of sex is overwhelmingly popular with the American public. The Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel’s released a memo confirming that Congress can act to remove the time limit as well as any ambiguity around the validity of the Equal Rights Amendment’s status as the 28 th Amendment to the Constitution. On January 27, 2022, President Biden called on Congress to pass legislation affirming the ERA’s validity, which was the two-year anniversary of Virginia’s ratification of the ERA, and the date the ERA went into effect. The Senate has the opportunity to bring the country’s foundational governing document into the 21 st century. This, to us, is an unacceptable way to decide what should be in our supreme governing document. However, the Archivist has yet to publish the ERA as part of the Constitution, citing the expiration of the time limit placed in the Amendment’s preamble. With Virginia becoming the 38th state to ratify the ERA on January 27, 2020, all requirements for it to become the 28th Amendment to the U.S. The fate of the ERA now lies in the hands of this Chamber. Res 17, on March 17, 2021, with bipartisan support. The House of Representatives voted to pass its companion bill, H.J. As you are aware, the resolution is cosponsored by more than the majority of the United States Senate, including the entire Democratic Caucus and Senators Murkowski and Collins. Res 1, the bill to remove the time limit from the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). We write to urge you to schedule a vote on S.J. The House of Representatives has passed its companion bill, H.J. Res 1, which would remove the time limit from the ERA. The following letter has been sent to Senator Charles Schumer, urging action on S.J.
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