SUPREME COURT DOCKETS CERT PETITION IN EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT CASE A 🧵 Vikram Valame, who argues that the male-only Selective Service registration law is invalid because the ERA is part of the Constitution, has filed a cert petition with the Supreme Court (Valame v. Trump, 25-1259).

A landmark, must-read article on the Equal Rights Amendment by Harvard Law's Stephen E. Sachs, in the University of Chicago Law Review (5-1-26). Here is the link to his full article, "The Twelfth Amendment and the ERA"; there is a "Download PDF" button there. lawreview.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...

A landmark, must-read article on the Equal Rights Amendment by Harvard Law's Stephen E. Sachs, in the University of Chicago Law Review (5-1-26). Here is the link to his full article, "The Twelfth Amendment and the ERA"; there is a "Download PDF" button there. lawreview.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...

YET ANOTHER FEDERAL JUDGE REJECTS EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT 1) In a 4-21-26 opinion, Judge William G. Young, Massachusetts, memorialized his 3-24-26 bench ruling dismissing the claim that the ERA is part of the U.S. Constitution. (Equal Means Equal v. Trump) Young is at least the 16th federal judge

The court ruled the law violates the 1971 state Equal Rights Amendment, very similar to failed federal ERA. Pro-life groups long said ERA could easily be so construed. As late as 2019-20, leading ERA backers denied it. Here is 4-30-19 testimony by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, then ERA leader in U.S. House.

PA COURT RULES 4-3 THAT E.R.A. = ABORTION FUNDING 1) For decades, promoters of the federal Equal Rights Amendment insisted that it had "nothing to do with abortion." Today, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled 4-3 www.publicsource.org/pennsylvania...

Remarkable that Mr. Black in his lengthy exposition failed to mention that over a dozen federal judges (most named by Democrats), in lawsuits claiming the ERA ratification deadline was invalid, without exception have rejected those claims, including unanimous panels of the D.C. and 9th Circuits.

FAKE CONSTITUTION The booklet labeled "the current US Constitution" is a fake being disseminated by the ERA deadline-denial cult. In the real world, since Jan 2020, 19 federal judges (13 Dem-appointed), including unanimous DC & 9th Circuits panels, have rejected lawsuits claiming ERA was ratified.

4) The Justice Department ERA-not-ratified position has prevailed in every case, with no dissents, including unanimous rulings by panels of the appeals courts for the D.C. and Ninth circuits. Of the 19 federal judges who have rejected deadline-denial lawsuits, 13 were appointed by Dem presidents.

Rule of law does not rest on "belief." Since Jan 2020, 19 federal judges (13 appt'd by Dems) have REJECTED claims the ERA was ratified, including unanimous panels of D.C. Circuit & 9th Circuit. No judge has accepted this "belief." The Justice Dept. under both Trump & Biden agreed: ERA not ratified.

BIDEN E.R.A. STATEMENT A 🧵 1) On Jan. 17, 2025, President Biden said he believed the Equal Rights Amendment "has become part of our Constitution." ERA Coalition CEO Zakiya Thomas says Biden's statement "gave the ERA executive branch legitimacy." But ERA Coalition legal advisor Linda Coberly says

ABA PRESIDENT: IMPLEMENTING THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT IS ON HER MIND A 🧵 1) In recorded remarks to an ABA ERA webinar (3-25-26), ABA President Michelle Behnke said, "In January 2025, then-President Joe Biden declared the ERA 'the law of the land'. However, the ERA has yet to be implemented

ABA PRESIDENT: IMPLEMENTING THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT IS ON HER MIND A 🧵 1) In recorded remarks to an ABA ERA webinar (3-25-26), ABA President Michelle Behnke said, "In January 2025, then-President Joe Biden declared the ERA 'the law of the land'. However, the ERA has yet to be implemented

E.R.A. COALITION'S COBERLY TELLS A.B.A. GROUP SHE FEARS SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF CLAIM THAT THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT WAS RATIFIED--BUT VALAME SAYS HE WILL SEEK SUCH REVIEW A 🧵 During an ABA webinar on the Equal Rights Amendment (March 25, 2026), Linda Coberly, legal advisor to the ERA Coalition,

E.R.A. COALITION'S COBERLY TELLS A.B.A. GROUP SHE FEARS SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF CLAIM THAT THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT WAS RATIFIED--BUT VALAME SAYS HE WILL SEEK SUCH REVIEW A 🧵 During an ABA webinar on the Equal Rights Amendment (March 25, 2026), Linda Coberly, legal advisor to the ERA Coalition,

🎂 GLORIA STEINEM ON THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT 🎂 Gloria Steinem was born on March 25, 1934. In recognition of Ms. Steinem's 92nd birthday today, we present her cogent explanation, in 1986, of what happened with the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment. (From the Oprah Winfrey Show, January 14, 1986.)

BREAKING: YET ANOTHER FEDERAL JUDGE RULES THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT WAS NEVER RATIFIED A 🧵 1) Federal District Judge William G. Young of Massachusetts today (March 24, 2026) rejected the claim that the ERA is part of the U.S. Constitution. "No court has agreed with that analysis," Young said.

The ABA says it is "standing up and speaking out" for the Rule of Law--yet it is promoting the fantasy political claim that the Equal Rights Amendment is part of the Constitution, altho every federal judge presented with this claim has rejected it, including unanimous panels of D.C. & 9th Circuits.

EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT EXPIRATION ANNIVERSARY 47 1) 47 years ago today (March 22, 1979), the ERA irreversibly expired. The ERA now "exists" only as a political prop for pandering office-seekers, and as the sacred object of veneration for a fashionable fantasy-law cult (👀@americanbar.org).

Sir, since Jan. 2020, 18 federal judges (13 appointed by Democrats) have rejected lawsuits claiming the 1972 ERA was ratified, including unanimous panels of the D.C. & 9th Circuits. So as a newly elected lawmaker and an attorney, do you plan to introduce a new ERA in the House of Representatives?

"MAGICAL THINKING" ON THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT 1) Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby dissects EQUAL MEANS EQUAL V. TRUMP, a lawsuit that challenges the male-only draft registration as a violation of the fantasy Equal Rights Amendment. @jeffjacoby.bsky.social @equal-means-equal.bsky.social A 🧵

CONSTITUTIONAL METAPHOR WATCH News item: Equal Rights Amendment Now road tour car breaks down before reaching its destination. Complete article in the first reply.

Since Jan 2020, 18-0 federal judges (13 named by Democrats) have REJECTED legal claims the ERA was ratified, including unanimous panels of 9th Circuit (quoted in the article) & D.C. Circuit (oddly not, despite strong language p. 25). The Equal Means Equal case too will fizzle; likely lacks standing.

The real 1972 Equal Rights Amendment is long dead. It now has an illusory life as a political prop to excite the gullible. Since Jan. 2020, 18-0 federal judges (13 appointed by Democrats) have REJECTED lawsuits claiming the ERA was ratified, including unanimous panels of the D.C. and 9th Circuits.

Since Jan 2020, 18-0 federal judges (13 named by Democrats) have REJECTED legal claims the ERA was ratified, including unanimous panels of 9th Circuit (quoted in the article) & D.C. Circuit (oddly not, despite strong language p. 25). The Equal Means Equal case too will fizzle; likely lacks standing.

Since Jan 2020, 18-0 federal judges (13 named by Democrats) have REJECTED legal claims the ERA was ratified, including unanimous panels of 9th Circuit (quoted in the article) & D.C. Circuit (oddly not, despite strong language p. 25). The Equal Means Equal case too will fizzle; likely lacks standing.

Congressman McGovern, you style yourself a defender of "rule of law." Since Jan. 2020, 18-0 federal judges (13 appointed by Democrats) have REJECTED legal claims that the Equal Rights Amendment was ratified, including unanimous panels of the D.C. Circuit and 9th Circuit. Do you see the disconnect?

Pure political theater. The current Congress has no power to wish the long-expired 1972 Equal Rights Amendment into the Constitution, whether by simple-majority votes or other. A senior official of the Biden Justice Dept. succinctly explained the constitutional principle to the D.C. Circuit in 2022.

Reminder that mindless repetition does not make a delusional belief come true. Since Jan. 2020, 18-0 federal judges (13 appointed by Democrats) have REJECTED legal claims that the ERA was ratified, including unanimous panels of the D.C. and 9th Circuits. In 2026, the ERA is a political urban legend.

Congressman McGovern, you style yourself a defender of "rule of law." Since Jan. 2020, 18-0 federal judges (13 appointed by Democrats) have REJECTED legal claims that the Equal Rights Amendment was ratified, including unanimous panels of the D.C. Circuit and 9th Circuit. Do you see the disconnect?

ABA FANTASY LAW UPDATE The American Bar Association is doubling down on its claim that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified & part of the Constitution, despite no-dissent rejections by D.C. and 9th Circuits. Four ERA activists (one a federal judge) & no skeptics on March 25 ABA panel on the ERA.

ABA FANTASY LAW UPDATE The American Bar Association is doubling down on its claim that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified & part of the Constitution, despite no-dissent rejections by D.C. and 9th Circuits. Four ERA activists (one a federal judge) & no skeptics on March 25 ABA panel on the ERA.

An long-obsolete car being used as a prop promoting a long-expired amendment. Since Jan. 2020, 18-0 federal judges (13 appointed by Democrats) have REJECTED legal claims that the Equal Rights Amendment was ratified, including UNANIMOUS rulings by panels of the D.C. Circuit and 9th Circuit.

MALONEY USES LONG-OBSOLETE CAR TO PROMOTE LONG-EXPIRED E.R.A. Carolyn Maloney's "goal [is] to promote a joint congressional resolution that would add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution." (NYT) Biden DOJ to D.C. Circuit (2022): It doesn't work that way. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/n...

Fantasy law! Since Jan. 2020, 18-0 federal judges (13 appointed by Democrats) have REJECTED legal claims that the Equal Rights Amendment was ratified, including unanimous rulings by panels of the D.C. Circuit ("unpersuasive") & 9th Circuit (not "a plausible claim"). Unpublished because long expired.

Fantasy law! Since Jan. 2020, 18-0 federal judges (13 appointed by Democrats) have REJECTED legal claims that the Equal Rights Amendment was ratified, including unanimous rulings by panels of the D.C. Circuit ("unpersuasive") & 9th Circuit (not "a plausible claim"). Unpublished because long expired.

EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT SILLY SEASON IN ARIZONA 1/7) In a nine-minute interview by Lauren Gilger on KJZZ, Phoenix NPR affiliate, Mako Ward, assistant professor of African and African American Studies, and Women and Gender Studies, at the Arizona State University School of Social Transformation...

EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT SILLY SEASON IN ARIZONA 1/7) In a nine-minute interview by Lauren Gilger on KJZZ, Phoenix NPR affiliate, Mako Ward, assistant professor of African and African American Studies, and Women and Gender Studies, at the Arizona State University School of Social Transformation...

CULT CLAIM FACTCHECK Home page of ERA Coalition (2-11-26): "The ERA is law...we have the support of the legal community." D.C. Circuit, unanimous panel (2-28-23): claim "unpersuasive," dismissed 9th Circuit, unanimous panel (11-4-25): not "plausible claim" or "cognizable legal theory," dismissed

Reminder that since January 2020, 18 federal judges (13 appointed by Democrats), including unanimous panels of the D.C. Circuit and 9th Circuit, have rejected lawsuits claiming that the ERA was ratified. There have been no dissents. Pass it on. ❤️ @eraillinois.bsky.social

CULT CLAIM FACTCHECK Home page of ERA Coalition (2-11-26): "The ERA is law...we have the support of the legal community." D.C. Circuit, unanimous panel (2-28-23): claim "unpersuasive," dismissed 9th Circuit, unanimous panel (11-4-25): not "plausible claim" or "cognizable legal theory," dismissed

Harvard Law Prof. Jill Lepore has written a 702-page book lamenting that the U.S. Constitution has become virtually unamendable. She repeatedly uses the Equal Rights Amendment as an example, e.g., "It was never ratified" (p. 11); "Indiana's ratification [Jan. 1977] proved to be the last." (p. 525).

JUSTICE KAGAN GRANTS DELAY IN EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT CASE A 🧵 1) ERA proponent Vikram Valame requested, and Justice Elena Kagan promptly granted, a postponement of the deadline for Valame to file his petition for a writ of certiorari in Valame v. Trump, a case implicating the status of the ERA.

EX-ARCHIVIST SHOGAN ON BIDEN's E.R.A. CLAIM In "The Reason Interview" (1-14-26), ex-Archivist Colleen Shogan discussed Pres Biden's 2025 declaration that the Equal Rights Amendment had been ratified, noting that his Justice Dept. took opposite position. At 51-minute mark. reason.com/podcast/2026...

FACTCHECK: ERA COALITION MARKS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT HALLUCINATION A 🧵 1) ERA Coalition CEO Zakiya Thomas: Pres Biden's 1-17-25 declaration that the ERA is in the Constitution "gave the ERA...executive branch legitimacy...and it is backed by the legal community." Factcheck:

FACTCHECK: ERA COALITION MARKS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT HALLUCINATION A 🧵 1) ERA Coalition CEO Zakiya Thomas: Pres Biden's 1-17-25 declaration that the ERA is in the Constitution "gave the ERA...executive branch legitimacy...and it is backed by the legal community." Factcheck:

The ERA expired without the required 38 state ratifications. Since 2020, 18 federal judges (13 "Dem") have rejected lawsuits claiming validity for post-deadline actions, with no dissents. This includes unanimous panels of 9th and D.C. Circuits rejecting claims the deadline was invalid. Rule of law.

CA LAW REVIEW ARTICLE SAYS THE ERA IS "INSUFFICIENT" A 🧵 1) In the Dec. 2025 issue of the California Law Review, Hannah Naylor argues that the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment is seriously flawed, and that advocates should craft new language to mandate "substantive" equality for "marginalized" groups.

CA LAW REVIEW ARTICLE SAYS THE ERA IS "INSUFFICIENT" A 🧵 1) In the Dec. 2025 issue of the California Law Review, Hannah Naylor argues that the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment is seriously flawed, and that advocates should craft new language to mandate "substantive" equality for "marginalized" groups.

EX-ARCHIVIST SHOGAN REFLECTS ON HER ACTIONS ON THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT 1/5) On the podcast "The Road to Now" (12-15-25), former Archivist Colleen Shogan, now CEO of the nonprofit In Pursuit, discussed her decision as Archivist that the ERA could not be certified because it had not been ratified.