By Aryana Goodarzi Two years ago this January 27th, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. What does this mean exactly? That we should have had equal rights to that of men two years ago. It was not until the 19th amendment, which gave (white) women…
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Yesterday, 12 briefs were filed in support of the Equal Rights Amendment in the US Court of Appeals. And it's not just advocacy groups supporting this issue, there is a real groundswell here, including constitutional scholars, corporations, and others! Business and Corporate Entities (86 companies) Constitutional Accountability Center Constitutional Law…
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Advocates File Amicus Brief in Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in Nevada, Illinois, Virginia State Attorneys General Case to Force Archivist to Publish ERA Washington, DC –– Today, the ERA Coalition and advocates representing 52 organizations filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
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The State Law Audit Project is an initiative of the ERA Coalition to review state statutes and administrative code for compliance with the 28th Amendment. To prepare for 2022, states are reviewing state statutes and administrative code for unnecessary distinctions on the basis of sex. The 28th Amendment prohibits discrimination on the…
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Nevada, Illinois, Virginia State Attorneys General File Opening Brief in Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in Case to Force Archivist to Publish ERA Washington, DC –– Today, the Attorneys General of the last three states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment –– Nevada, Illinois, and Virginia ––…
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By Aryana Goodarzi On Thursday December 9th, ERA Coalition/FFWE President Carol Jenkins and ERA Coalition/FFWE board member Alyssa Milano joined Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) for a Facebook/YouTube Live discussion on the need for the Equal Rights Amendment. Carol talks about how the core of gender issues exist within the Constitution…
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By Jenny Horn Human Rights Day is observed every year on the 10th of December, marking the date that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) back in 1948. The milestone document proclaims the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human…
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Who is the U.S. Archivist and what does he do? David S. Ferriero is the 10th Archivist of the United States, confirmed to the position in November of 2009. According to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) website, Ferriero committed the National Archives and Records Administration to the principles…
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By Aryana Goodarzi December is Human Rights Month. While equality has been measured in terms of how many laws there are defining equality, the United States is based on interpretation of the law, making this measurement of equality truly lacking. The 14th Amendment is supposedly the basis of equality in…
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Yesterday, October 21, the House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment: Achieving Constitutional Equality for All. Led by Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), this was the first full House Committee hearing on the ERA since the 1970s. The ERA Coalition hosted a press conference in…
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