In reaction to Monday’s Supreme Court dismissal of the class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart, two Democratic lawmakers announced today that they will reintroduce the Equal Rights Amendment.
“Making women’s equality a constitutional right — after Congress passes and 38 states ratify the ERA — would place the United States on record, albeit more than 200 years late, that women are fully equal in the eyes of the law,” according to Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), who is sponsoring the amendment along with Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.).
The ERA was first introduced in 1923 as the “Lucretia Mott Amendment.” Every year since its introduction, Congress has either failed to pass the ERA or the requisite number of states (38) have failed to ratify the amendment.
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