Biden Pressured to Publish Equal Rights Amendment on His Way Out

Backers of the Equal Rights Amendment including dozens of Democrats in Congress are urging President Joe Biden to order the measure be published as the 28th Amendment before Donald Trump returns to the White House next month.

If Biden grants their wish, the amendment’s ratification would almost certainly face new legal challenges, potentially ending at a conservative US Supreme Court. Biden has previously voiced support for the ERA but urged Congress to take action on affirming its ratification.

The ERA’s opponents argue the measure’s purported ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures came too late, thanks to the 1979 deadline Congress ...