President Jimmy Carter signs H.J.Res.638 extending the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment on Oct. 20, 1978. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration via Wikimedia Commons
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (3rd ed., 2015). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”