President Joe Biden released a statement Friday declaring that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) “has become part of our Constitution.”
Biden asserted that as of 2020, 38 states have ratified the amendment and stated it should now be recognized as “the law of the land,” according to a White House press release. The amendment is meant to ensure equal rights for men and women in the U.S., but some interpretations of the text have implied it would erase gender distinctions and grant abortion protections.
“The American Bar Association (ABA) has recognized that the Equal Rights Amendment has cleared all necessary hurdles to be formally added to the Constitution as the 28th Amendment,” the White House statement reads. “I agree with the ABA and with leading legal constitutional scholars that the Equal Rights Amendment has become part of our Constitution.”
“As Archivist and Deputy Archivist of the United States, it is our responsibility to uphold the integrity of the constitutional amendment process and ensure that changes to the Constitution are carried out in accordance with the law,” Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan and Deputy Archivist William J. Bosanko said in a statement in Dec. 2024. “At this time, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) cannot be certified as part of the Constitution due to established legal, judicial, and procedural decisions.”
The National Archives informed the Daily Caller News Foundation that this remains their position and that “the underlying legal and procedural issues have not changed.” (RELATED: Dems Attempt To Ram Through New Constitutional Amendment With Creative Legal Maneuver)
“Equality is a fundamental promise of our democracy,” Vice President Kamala Harris wrote in a statement Friday. “That is why the Equal Rights Amendment belongs in our Constitution. It makes our nation stronger, and it is the law of the land because the American people have spoken in states across our nation.”
The amendment was passed by Congress in 1972 but failed to be ratified by the required three-quarters of states within the seven-year deadline.
“Today, I affirm the Equal Rights Amendment to have cleared all the necessary hurdles to be added to the U.S. Constitution now,” Biden said at a press conference Friday. “The Equal Rights Amendment is the law of the land now. It’s the 28th Amendment to the Constitution, NOW!”
The president claimed to have “consulted dozens of constitutional scholars” before making the declaration.
Biden’s announcement was released as the president has only two full days remaining in office.
Former Democratic Missouri Rep. Cori Bush and Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley revived the push for the amendment in 2023, stating its necessity due to “Women and LGBTQ folks facing daily sexism, pregnancy discrimination, pay inequity, sexual violence, and persistent legislative attacks on our bodily autonomy.”
The ERA could potentially eliminate single-sex spaces — such as bathrooms and locker rooms — as it does not define “sex” and could be interpreted to include gender identity.
Biden previously tried to rewrite of Title IX to include protections for “gender identity,” though this rule was ultimately shot down by a federal court in January and later revoked by the administration.
The White House did not immediately respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.
Hey Joe you idiot .
Go home to the beach and eat some ice cream .
NOBODY is listening to you anymore .
You’re all done .
rofl…….You’re right, the Biden clone is unhinged! Next…….
Just crawl off and die already
Never in my lifetime can I ever remember a President of the United States do so much to dictate controls upon the American people with the last breaths of their administration. Like this guy hasn’t already done enough damage to this country with open borders, inflation, endless wars, and short-sighted energy policy. Is there any wonder why he leaves office with a 32% approval rating? Have a little dignity man and leave with some grace.
B.S. headline FJB doesn’t have the authority to do any such thing. Just the ramblings of a onetime idiot and now a demented fool plus the LGBTQ+WTFE, commie, America hating, freak show of his administration. Any judge that would entertain the idea of a court challenge for ignoring this stupidity is a traitor to the constitution and his/her office and should be delt with as such. Tortured killed and their head stuck on the fence around the White House.
Any person who believes,
that Joe Biden won the 2020 election ,
with the most votes ever recorded in history ,
during Covid ,
is a total fool .
We are surrounded by Idiots . Liars . Fools .
Another reason to have a quick turnaround in presidential elections. Have the election the first Tuesday in August, and have the Inauguration the third Monday in September. Only one major holiday (Labor Day) in that time frame, and it is not affected.
Good ole Joey Shades saving US Democracy by using his king’s powers to overrule the Constitution.
If King Joe couldn’t continue ruling, shouldn’t Queen Dr. Jill have ascended to the throne?
Dick tatter til the end
In my personal opinion crappy joe and that idiot Carmella couldn’t find an eighth of a once of intelligence between them. Let’s be clear those legal so called crooked scholars are the same ones that claimed the lap top wasn’t real!!
They’re all phonies and fakes who hate the county.
Guess I should start a go fund me – for them and their illegal friends, with a free ride to any country they choose.
As a compliment I will add a 6 pack of bricks to every parachute as a complimentary parting gift as the flight attendant announces we’re going down.
Quick everyone put on a parachute on and don’t worry about the extra weight it’s so you won’t be stuck without any supplies.
Now jump quick hurry up you simpletons!!
Pincchi-Joe can’t be held accountable for stealing top secret documents he was not permitted to possess, yet remained president and now rambles on with dysarthria mere days before leaving office that the 28th amendment is now the law of the land?