Senate Push for Equal Rights Amendment Won’t End Court Fight (1)

Efforts to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution have new momentum now that the Senate is under Democratic control, but the disputed amendment’s fate is expected to rest with the Supreme Court regardless of congressional action.

Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) are introducing a Senate resolution that aims to affirm the amendment’s ratification by rescinding the deadline for three-fourths of the states to ratify the now 49-year-old proposition, the lawmakers said in a statement Thursday.

“There should be no time limit on equality,” Cardin said in the statement. “Even as we celebrate America’s ...