Equal Rights Amendment
Coverage of Equal Rights Amendment in the Nexus archive.
- The Equal Rights Amendment: A promise unfulfilled
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), proposed to Congress in 1923 to guarantee rights regardless of sex, remains unadopted over a century later. The article highlights the ERA's failure to become part of the U.S. Constitution.
- The Equal Rights Amendment: A promise unfulfilled
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), proposed to the U.S. Constitution in 1923 to guarantee rights regardless of sex, has not been formally adopted over a century later. Correspondent Martha Teichner examines the ERA's history and interviews three generations of women about their ongoing pursuit of constitutional equality.
- Giving up the gavel: New York upholds mandatory retirement age for judges
New York’s mandatory judicial retirement age at 70 remains in effect after the state’s highest court ruled that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) does not nullify the longstanding law. The court dismissed claims by three judges that the ERA’s age protections implicitly repealed the age limit, emphasizing that implied repeal is disfavored and the provisions can coexist.