{"id":2391633,"date":"2025-01-17T10:25:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-era-is-the-law-of-the-land-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T10:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:28:38","slug":"biden-says-era-is-the-law-of-the-land-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-era-is-the-law-of-the-land-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden says ERA is the &#8216;law of the land&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-says-era-is-the-law-of-the-land-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2391633&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content appears to reference a statement made by \u2062president\u200b Biden regarding the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). He supports its\u200c ratification\u200c but\u200c does\u2063 not issue a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comrade-de-blasio-were-going-to-have-sheriffs-deputies-go-to-the-home-or-hotel-of-every-single-traveler-coming-in-from-the-uk-video\/\" title=\"Comrade De Blasio: \u201cWe\u2019re going to Have Sheriff\u2019s Deputies go to the Home or Hotel of Every Single Traveler Coming in From the UK\u201d (VIDEO)\">direct order<\/a> to enforce it. The overarching \u2064themes likely involve discussions of\u2062 gender equality and constitutional rights,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-air-force-celebrates-pride-month-with-ceo-of-organization-advocating-for-child-gender-transitions\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Air Force Marks Pride Month with CEO Supporting Child Gender Transitions\">reflecting ongoing\u2064 debates<\/a> about the\u2062 ERA in American politics. \u200bFor further details, \u200done woudl need to access\u2062 the full article.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden says Equal Rights Amendment should be ratified but stops short of direct order<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> said Friday that he believes the Equal Rights Amendment, which guarantees equal protections regardless of sex, is the &ldquo;law of the land&rdquo; but stopped short of ordering the U.S. archivist to publish the constitutional amendment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The ERA, which would be the 28th Amendment, began its path to ratification in the 1970s, with progressives waging a pressure campaign on Biden after Virginia became the 38th state to approve it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3256750\/squad-biden-death-penalty-equal-rights-amendment\/\"><strong>&lsquo;SQUAD&rsquo; DEMOCRATS DEMAND BIDEN &lsquo;TAKE ACTION&rsquo; ON EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT IN FINAL DAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the American Bar Association, Virginia&rsquo;s ratification means the ERA &ldquo;has cleared all necessary hurdles to be formally added to the Constitution,&rdquo; but the ratification deadline expired in the 1980s, setting up a dispute with the U.S. archivist.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have supported the Equal Rights Amendment for more than 50 years, and I have long been clear that no one should be discriminated against based on their sex. We, as a nation, must affirm and protect women&rsquo;s full equality once and for all,&rdquo; Biden wrote in a Thursday statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is long past time to recognize the will of the American people. In keeping with my oath and duty to Constitution and country, I affirm what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: The 28th Amendment is the law of the land, guaranteeing all Americans equal rights and protections under the law regardless of their sex,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;I agree with the ABA and with leading legal constitutional scholars that the Equal Rights Amendment has become part of our Constitution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. archivist has resisted attempts to publish the amendment, stating in December that it cannot be ratified without the president or Congress extending the ratification deadline.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In 2020 and again in 2022, the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice affirmed that the ratification deadline established by Congress for the ERA is valid and enforceable,&rdquo; the archivist&rsquo;s statement reads. &ldquo;The OLC concluded that extending or removing the deadline requires new action by Congress or the courts. Court decisions at both the District and Circuit levels have affirmed that the ratification deadlines established by Congress for the ERA are valid.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Senior administration officials faced a barrage of questions Friday about the ambiguity of Biden&rsquo;s announcement. One <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miles-anonymous-taylor-accidentally-exposes-the-fraudulence-of-the-mainstream-media\/\" title=\"Miles &#039;Anonymous&#039; Taylor Accidentally Exposes the Fraudulence of the Mainstream Media\">senior administration official<\/a> confirmed<\/a> that Biden was not directly ordering the archivist to publish the amendment.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She has a clear, statutorily, prescribed ministerial role here. The president has made it very clear that he&rsquo;s not going to fire her if she doesn&rsquo;t do what he has made clear she should do because of his view that this amendment has been ratified,&rdquo; the official said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The White House also declined to detail any conversations Biden&rsquo;s team might have had with the archivist, with one senior administration official saying they &ldquo;don&rsquo;t know what she is planning to do or what she believes she should do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The archivist is required to publish an amendment once it&rsquo;s ratified,&rdquo; the person continued. &ldquo;Ultimately, this is going to be decided in court, but I think this statement makes loud and clear this administration and this president&rsquo;s belief.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden supports the Equal Rights Amendment but won&#8217;t order its publication<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2391634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24184670580776.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,9114,48683],"class_list":["post-2391633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-era","tag-law-of-the-land"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24184670580776.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391633"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391642,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391633\/revisions\/2391642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}