02.28.23

Cardin-Murkowski Resolution Validates Amendment Establishing Gender Equality as 38 State Criteria for Ratification Satisfied

Washington – US Senator Ben Cardin (Democrat-Maryland) and Lisa Markowski (Republican-Alaska) testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday Resolution (SJRes. 4) Removes the arbitrary deadline for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment and allows 38 states to ratify the Amendment. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), chaired hearingThis was the Senate’s first on ERA since 1984.

SJRes.4 is Bicameral, bipartisan joint resolution Confirm ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and take an important step toward guaranteeing equality of women in the United States Constitution. it reads:

Resolution by the United States Senate and House of RepresentativesNotwithstanding the deadline contained in House Joint Resolution 208 of the 92nd Congress, agreed by the Senate on March 22, 1972, the amendments proposed to the States in that joint resolution did not allow the Constitution to be amended by several States. has been ratified by three-fourths of Congress.

“There should be no equal time limits” Senator Cardin said. “Congress ratified the ERA and sent it to the states. It’s the responsibility of Congress, and we thank Senators Durbin, Senators Markowski, and all our co-organizers for their active participation in advancing true gender-based equality in the U.S. Constitution.”

“Things have improved in the last few years, but we still have a long way to go to achieve equality for women, and I think we need the Equal Rights Amendment to get there. I am proud that my state, Alaska, ratified the ERA in 1972. That same year it passed the House and Senate and was signed into law by President Carter. amended the state constitution to prohibit discrimination based on women should be treated equally with men under the law and Congress should do all it can to ensure that the ERA is finally part of the constitution is. Senator Markowski said. “Thank you to Speaker Durbin, Senator Graham, and other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for inviting me to testify on the ERA resolution that Senator Cardin and I have introduced.”

“The principle of equality is fundamental to us as a nation. That’s why we need the Equal Rights Amendment in our Constitution.” US Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said: “Promoting gender equality and the Equal Rights Amendment transcends generations and has become a natural focus of our commission today, the ERA’s first Senate hearing since 1984. , it is time to confirm the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which explicitly guarantees gender equality in our Constitution. Thank you Senator Kowski.”

The Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced 100 years ago to codify gender equality. Since 1923, constitutional amendments have been introduced in every session of Congress until passed by both the House and Senate in 1972. Congress then set an arbitrary seven-year deadline for the ratification process before he extended the deadline to 1982, but only 35 ratified the ERA by the arbitrary deadline. . However, the recent ratifications of the ERA by Nevada in 2017, Illinois in 2018, and Virginia in 2020 bring the ERA certification to the 38 states needed to become a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. bottom.

Ratifying the ERA, stating: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or diminished by the United States or any state on the grounds of sex.” Affirm the equality of women in the Constitution and explicitly prohibit sex discrimination in the principle of women’s equality and in the basic documents of the country.

You can read the resolution here.

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