The Justice Department (DOJ) issued a legal opinion this week arguing that the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution had already expired despite recent efforts to revive the proposed amendment.
“We conclude that Congress had the constitutional authority to impose a deadline on the ratification of the ERA and, because that deadline has expired, the ERA Resolution is no longer pending before the States,” a memo (pdf) dated Jan. 6 from the DOJ Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) stated.
