Resolution Axing Deadline to Ratify Equal Rights Amendment ‘Brazenly Unconstitutional’: Rep. McClintock

An activist holds a copy of the U.S. Constitution during a news conference on women’s rights on Capitol Hill in Washington, on April 30, 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images

The House on March 17 adopted a resolution that would remove a deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a move that Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) called “brazenly unconstitutional.”

The resolution to repeal the ERA’s ratification deadline passed 222–204, with four Republicans joining all Democrats in voting for the measure. The amendment would abridge the U.S. Constitution by adding language that bans discrimination on the basis of sex.