Equal Rights Amendment Primed for Senate Panel, Appeals Court

The latest congressional effort to validate the disputed Equal Rights Amendment as part of the US Constitution is set for a Senate committee hearing, as a federal appeals court prepares to rule on the ERA controversy any day.

The judiciary committee will hear testimony Tuesday morning on the proposed amendment. It’s been stuck in legal limbo since January 2020, when Virginia’s legislature became the 38th state to approve it, four decades after the deadline Congress set for ratification by states.

There’s disagreement even among ERA supporters as to whether Congress, the courts, or the executive branch could provide the best ...