Archivist Pick Leaves Equal Rights Amendment to Courts, Congress

President Joe Biden’s nominee for the next US archivist would need federal court or congressional confirmation that the Equal Rights Amendment is fully ratified before she would publish the measure as part of the Constitution, the nominee told a Senate hearing Wednesday.

“Who will decide the fate of the ERA is the federal judiciary and/or Congress,” Colleen Shogan, the archivist nominee, said in response to questions from Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio).

As part of the long-running dispute over the Equal Rights Amendment, the previous archivist David Ferriero faced pressure from ERA advocates to publish and certify it as the 28th ...