On Friday evening, the Department of Justice filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in the case by the states of Illinois and Nevada seeking force U.S. Archivist David S. Ferriero to publish the Equal Rights Amendment as part of the Constitution. The brief asks the D.C. Circuit to affirm the dismissal of the case “without resolving the ERA’s legal status.”
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ERA Coalition Responds to Virginia AG Ending Support for the Equal Rights Amendment
“AG Miyares and the Youngkin Administration are turning their backs on the voters of Virginia, who resoundingly support the ratification of the ERA as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution.”
Amicus briefs filed in support of the ERA
Yesterday, 12 briefs were filed in support of the Equal Rights Amendment in the DC District Court! It’s not just the advocacy groups supporting this issue, there is a real groundswell here, including constitutional scholars, corporations, and others.
ERA Coalition, Advocates for Women’s Equality File Amicus Brief in Case to Force Recognition of Equal Right Amendment
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
ERA Coalition Applauds State Attorneys General Opening Brief in Case to Force Recognition of Equal Rights Amendment
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
ERA Coalition Statement on the Notice of Appeal by Attorneys General in Lower Court Ruling on the ERA
Democratic Attorneys General Kwame Raoul of Illinois, Aaron Ford of Nevada, and Mark Herring of Virginia filed their notice of appeal yesterday to a recent lower court decision that dismissed their court case, Virginia, et al v Ferriero, from March. Ferriero could compel the Archivist to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution as … Continue reading ERA Coalition Statement on the Notice of Appeal by Attorneys General in Lower Court Ruling on the ERA
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