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by flanked-evergl 517 days ago
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5264378/biden-era-natio...

> Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law. What happens next is unclear

> In response to an NPR question about whether the archivist would take any new actions, the National Archives communications staff pointed to a December statement saying that the ERA "cannot be certified as part of the Constitution due to established legal, judicial, and procedural decisions."
2 comments
gnz11 517 days ago
That has literally nothing to do with attempting to abolish the US Constitution.
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flanked-evergl 517 days ago
If a president can decree amendments, the Constitution means nothing. If you can break the constitution to change it, as Biden attempted, then how do you have a constitution?
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sethammons 517 days ago
paste your article into chatgpt and tell it your thoughts. I've very curious if you can convince it you have a valid point. More so, you may come out more educated and everyone wins
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flanked-evergl 516 days ago
https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2025/nr25-004

> “In 2020 and again in 2022, the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice affirmed that the ratification deadline established by Congress for the ERA is valid and enforceable. The OLC concluded that extending or removing the deadline requires new action by Congress or the courts. Court decisions at both the District and Circuit levels have affirmed that the ratification deadlines established by Congress for the ERA are valid. Therefore, the Archivist of the United States cannot legally publish the Equal Rights Amendment. As the leaders of the National Archives, we will abide by these legal precedents and support the constitutional framework in which we operate.

Pointing out that Biden, in contradiction the the US constitution, tried to alter the US constitutions. I don't make the facts, they are what they are.

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gnz11 517 days ago
I’m not sure what to say other than that you have a bizarre interpretation of the article. I mean in no way, shape or form is Biden trying to abolish the US Constitution.
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flanked-evergl 517 days ago
The US Constitution does not allow the president to decree new constitutional amendments.
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myvoiceismypass 517 days ago
The ERA was introduced in 1923 and passed by Congress in 1972.
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flanked-evergl 517 days ago
If the ERA was dully ratified, then it would not need Biden to decree it law. If Biden can decree an amendment to the constitution as law, then the constitution has no meaning.
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fmbb 517 days ago
It has been ratified though.

Biden is just pointing that out, no?

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flanked-evergl 516 days ago
No.

https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2025/nr25-004

> “In 2020 and again in 2022, the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice affirmed that the ratification deadline established by Congress for the ERA is valid and enforceable. The OLC concluded that extending or removing the deadline requires new action by Congress or the courts. Court decisions at both the District and Circuit levels have affirmed that the ratification deadlines established by Congress for the ERA are valid. Therefore, the Archivist of the United States cannot legally publish the Equal Rights Amendment. As the leaders of the National Archives, we will abide by these legal precedents and support the constitutional framework in which we operate.

Don't post fake news.

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