The move has no immediate legal force but will likely spark lawsuits that advocates hope will restore abortion rights.

Did Florida ever ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the 1972 amendment that declared women equal under the law?

President Joe Biden announced a major opinion Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, enshrining its protections into the Constitution, a last-minute move that some believe could pave the way to bolstering reproductive rights.

President Joe Biden renewed his call for the Equal Right Amendment to be ratified, but is stopping short of taking any action on the matter in his final days in office.

President Joe Biden has weighed in on the decades-long Equal Rights Amendment debate, but does his statement hold any weight? Experts say no.

Outgoing President Joe Biden ... because 38 states had not ratified the proposed amendment before that deadline's expiration, the ERA is not a part of the United States Constitution and the ...

In one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ratified, potentially enshrining gender equality into the U.S. Constitution as its 28th Amendment.

The Equal Rights Amendment, which would prohibit discrimination based on gender, was sent to the states for ratification in 1972.

Progressive activists in Congress have put mounting pressure on President Joe Biden to direct the archivist of the United States to certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment — which would become the first explicit mention of women in the U.

Much of the nation will be focused on Capitol Hill come Inauguration Day as President-elect Donald Trump is officially sworn in for his second term.

The U.S. Constitution specifies not only the date of presidential inaugurations, but the exact time the transition of power is official.