Biden Declared the Equal Rights Amendment Ratified: What Is It? What’s Next?

President Joe Biden’s declaration that the Equal Rights Amendment is ’the law of the land' has met with resistance.

Equal Rights Amendment supporters demonstrate outside Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va., on Jan. 8, 2020. Steve Helber /AP Photo

President Joe Biden announced on Jan. 17 that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which was first proposed more than a century ago, is now the “law of the land.”

The legal effect of Biden’s statement is disputed.