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How the left is trying to resurrect the unnecessary Equal Rights Amendment
The New York Post ^
| January 2, 2020
| Inez Stepman
Posted on 01/03/2020 7:18:46 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: 100American; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ...
Amendments must be ratified by 3/4 of states, not 2/3 as she says farther down in the article.
Also, I believe that 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause was meant to protect the equality of freed slaves, not man-woman equality, SSM, etc.
PING!
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posted on
01/03/2020 7:22:03 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I have a recollection of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts deciding that it was unfair that there was a difference in the cost of Life Insurance as males were paying more for coverage than were females. Legislature passed a law saying that it had to be the same.... figuring that the rate would go down for males. hah. rate went up for women instead.
Be careful, what you ask for; you may get what you wish.
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posted on
01/03/2020 7:23:58 PM PST
by
garyb
(What if you can't trust the voice in your head?)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; All
The only purpose of the ERA is to further eviscerate the Constitution and make it more like the constitutions of communist tyrannies, all of which have articles declaring equal rights for women and men (a direct attack on the family).
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posted on
01/03/2020 7:25:57 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
It’s “Best if used by” date was 30 years ago.
They have to start the process all over again
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posted on
01/03/2020 7:26:08 PM PST
by
digger48
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The original ERA had a 7-year time limit for ratification. When it failed to get the required 38 states, Congress passed a law extending the time limit another 3 years. Both time limits have long since expired. And several states have ‘unratified’ the amendment. The left’s argument will be that states cannot ‘unratify’ and that the time limits placed on ratification can be ignored...just because.
If/when VA ratifies, it will of course go to the courts/SCOTUS, taking who knows how much time and we will enjoy the spectacle of seeing an amendment to the Constitution being added or not by 9 unelected Justices. Kind of like how we got gay “marriage”.
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posted on
01/03/2020 7:27:10 PM PST
by
hanamizu
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The ERA would be the gravest error of our era.
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posted on
01/03/2020 7:31:32 PM PST
by
lightman
(The Millenials are asleep in their "wokeness".)
To: digger48
No communism-inspired amendment has a best-by date, of course; take amendments numbers sixteen and seventeen.
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posted on
01/03/2020 7:32:43 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
They will have equal success trying to resurrect prohibition.
YOU GO, GIRL! :)
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posted on
01/03/2020 7:48:18 PM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I thought there was a time limit on ratification and that limit passed years ago.
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posted on
01/03/2020 7:50:35 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
To: Gay State Conservative
Correct. There was. The ERA died in March 1979, and a federal district court said so. No higher court would hear an appeal of the case.
This is just virtue signaling. No federal judge will allow either the Illinois ratification or the pending Virginia ratification to stand.
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posted on
01/03/2020 7:52:49 PM PST
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
01/03/2020 8:10:40 PM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
They already have damn near everything that caused people to shoot down the ERA so this is just an attempt to layer one law on another to make democrat law-fare more labyrinth like and more difficult to defend against.
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posted on
01/03/2020 8:12:10 PM PST
by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I think this is their attempt to impose social justice / fourth wave feminism from the top down.
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posted on
01/03/2020 8:13:25 PM PST
by
tbw2
To: Publius
Have you seen some of the rulings by judges appointed by the Kenyanesian Usurper?
I wouldn’t be so certain that no federal judge will side with them.
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posted on
01/03/2020 8:13:27 PM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: hanamizu
Since the deadline for ratification, part of the Amendment, was effectively passed by a 2/3 vote in each house, Congress should have made sure the extension was passed by a 2/3 vote. Since Congress simply treated the extension as a law (presumably a simple majority in each house), that will enable them to resurrect or eliminate the deadline by simple majorities via precedent.
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posted on
01/03/2020 8:34:01 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I see your point. But it will be the Justices who will get the final word. Not just on what Congress did/might do, but states that rescinded ratification. Once we will be in the hands of the all-wise SCOTUS.
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posted on
01/03/2020 8:47:56 PM PST
by
hanamizu
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
We need an equal rights amendment for men now, not women.
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posted on
01/03/2020 9:02:40 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Divide and stir up resentment between people. It’s what the left is and does.
Garbage.
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posted on
01/03/2020 9:05:56 PM PST
by
vpintheak
(Leftists are full of "Love, peace" and bovine squeeze.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Actually it was also unnecesary to have the “women’s vote” amend, and the “black vote” amend.
We could likewise argue that they made the nation worse, and certainly didn’t improve it.
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posted on
01/03/2020 9:21:58 PM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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