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, is Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Mountain States Policy Center and the Independence Institute. He authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025) and is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”