‘I’d Like It to Start Over': Justice Ginsburg Says Deadline for Equal Rights Amendment Has Passed

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a discussion hosted by the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington on Sept. 12, 2019. Sarah Silbiger/Reuters

As states try to force the United States to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has weighed in again on the issue, reiterating her position that she thinks the ratification process needs to “start over.”

“I would like to see a new beginning. I'd like it to start over,” Ginsburg, who has been a strong advocate for the ERA, said during a talk at Georgetown Law on Feb. 10.