With Virginia poised to pass ERA, Trump administration, Republican AGs move to block it

[CousinIT]

https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/with-virginia-poised-to-pass-era-trump-administration-republican-ags-move-to-block-it/

“These same Republican attorneys general are trying to gut health care for millions of Americans, roll back environmental protections, and reverse years of progress in reproductive freedom,” the Democratic Attorneys General Association said in a statement. “At least now they are making abundantly clear what we’ve known all along—they do not believe in equality for women. This preemptive lawsuit is a blatant effort to thwart our democracy and block women from gaining Constitutional equality, which is already long overdue.”

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department also issued a memo arguing the legal deadline to ratify the amendment has expired, CNN reported. That drew condemnation from Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring.

“It is wholly unsurprising that the Trump Administration has found yet another way to oppose women’s equality,” Herring said in a statement. “The ERA should have been passed by Virginia and other states a long time ago. It should have been unanimous. Women in America deserve to have equality guaranteed in the Constitution. The fact that Republican attorneys general are suing to block the ERA, and that they now have the support of the Trump Administration, is absolutely repugnant.”

Herring pledged to “do everything in my power to make sure that the will of Virginians is carried out and the ERA is added to our Constitution” after Virginia ratifies the amendment.

The other states that haven’t ratified the ERA are: Arizona, Utah, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.

[Ohiogal]

1. Hating on women is what we do!

The nerve of these uppity females wanting equal rights to a man!

— the GOP

[MichMan]

2. The deadline passed 28 years ago.

I think it would most likely need to start over given that amount of time.

[MH1]

6. Yes, but it's more complicated

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment#Post-deadline_ratifications_and_the_%22three-state_strategy%22

[Delmette2.0]

16. I read the opponents arguments.

It seems that most of the arguments have been overridden anyway.
Women are not drafted, but they do serve in combat leadership positions and in the front lines. We have gay marriage and same sex bathrooms. And we are doing just fine.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Man, they never pass up an oppty to shit on someone, do they?

[NewJeffCT]

4. I think the courts will need to rule on some other issues

ERA supposedly had to be ratified by a certain date (1970 something?) and then that was extended into the 80s and it never got that last vote.

Then, several states have since rescinded their ERA passage, and that is likely another issue for the courts.

I hope it does pass.

[MH1]

7. At the very least it is symbolic, but there are big questions around deadlines and recissions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment#Post-deadline_ratifications_and_the_%22three-state_strategy%22


Looks like it would likely go to the Supreme Court.


Once again ...

But.Her.Emails.

[NewJeffCT]

8. Yes, just imagine if Clinton had won...

we'd have somebody way to the left of Gorusch in Scalia's place and likely a much younger woman in place of RBG, who probably would have retired if Clinton was president. Not sure if Kennedy would have stuck around longer, though.

[Maxheader]

5. Equal rights for women means...

expenditures by the businesses...day care should be provided..an expense..equal pay..an expense..better working conditions..ergonomic work stations..an expense..

kansaas tried to pass a bill that would do a lot to address those issues..lost in the general cuz the corps said
it would be too expensive..

[TheBlackAdder]

10. In my CAWP Women in Politics course, 45% of women since the mid-70s voted paternalistic.

.

Right up to this day, 45% of women vote against the ERA, against female gendered issues.

The main reasons are upbringing, family values and the main one. . . religion.


This is a great source of information. The only research body specializing on Women & Politics:



https://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/

.

[MineralMan]

9. Looks like the Babble Belt is against the ERA.

What a surprise...

[CousinIT]

17. Yep. All of the redneck riviera (South) is against.

Only other states are Utah and Arizona. All others are South.

[MineralMan]

18. Well, Utah is the Book of Mormon belt buckle.

And Arizona wishes it was part of the Southern States.

[bucolic_frolic]

11. Electing women gets us there

only a matter of time.

[Wounded Bear]

13. We're working on it...

[Mersky]

12. Oppression is barr's speciality

Controlling and subjugating women is central to his agenda.

[Glorfindel]

14. My home state of Georgia really seems to dislike female politicians.

It has never elected a female governor, lieutenant governor, or US senator, and only about four US representatives. The current female senator from Georgia was appointed. It's something I have never understood. Even Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas have better records of electing females.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

15. I'm amazed Indiana isn't on that list.