D.C. Court Questions Ability to Advance Equal Rights Amendment

Federal appellate judges voiced doubts about their authority to order the Equal Rights Amendment published as part of the US Constitution, as they heard arguments Wednesday in a case designed to recognize the ERA as the 28th Amendment.

The Illinois and Nevada attorneys general, both Democrats, are asking the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to revive their lawsuit seeking to force the US archivist to publish and certify the ERA. They contend it is fully ratified since the Nevada, Illinois, and Virginia legislatures gave it the final three votes needed in 2017, 2018, and 2020.

The ...