Is It Ratified?

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/politics/senate-republicans-archivist-era/index.html

So, is it ratified or not?? Should it be admitted as the 28th Amendment as the courts figure it out? It’s been a long time coming for the Equal Rights Act.

It was 1972, believe it or not, when the ERA was sent to the states to get 3/4 (38) of them to ratify the amendment and make it part of the Constitution. Only just now in 2020 does it appear that the 38th state ratified it.

Here’s the problem though: Of the original 35 states to ratify the amendment, five of them think they’ve recinded the ratification before the original deadline, and the additional three have ratified it after the extended deadline had passed in 1982. So, is it really ratified or not?

This is my opinion: Yes, it is!

Here’s why: Keep in mind that I’m not a Constitutional Lawyer or anything. I’ve never even taken college classes about the Constitution. I only go by what makes sense, what I find on the internet, and my opinion.

The five states that think they’ve recinded the ratification are wrong. They haven’t! I believe that once a state ratifies a constitutional amendment, it’s done, forever, thank you for playing! Otherwise what’s to stop states from recinding their ratification of other amendments? What if all of a sudden a whole bunch of states recinded the 1st and the 4th? A state just can’t undo these things no matter what the will of the people is today.

As for the additional three: I don’t think there should be a deadline on when an amendment has to pass by. Once an amendment has been passed by Congress and sent to the states, again, done, forever, thank you for playing. Whether it takes one year or a hundred, it’s out there until 3/4 of the state ratifies it.

So in 2020, when the 38th state ratified the amendment, it became part of the Constitution at that point. I think publishing it on a piece of paper is just a formality. It went active as the 28th Amendment the moment the vote was certified.

I hope all of this gets resolved quickly so people can have the Equal Rights that they so deserve, and that the U.S. prides itself on.