Last Friday, former President Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment "the law of the land" - so why has it failed to become the nation's 28th constitutional amendment.

President Joe Biden said Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment, first proposed in 1923, should be considered ratified and part of the U.S. Constitution.

President Joe Biden announced a major opinion Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, enshrining its protections into the Constitution, a last-minute move that some believe could pave the way to bolstering reproductive rights.

President Biden says he believes the amendment has met the requirements to be enshrined in the Constitution. Its history has been long and complex.

Presidents have no direct role in approving constitutional amendments. So what could President Biden’s pronouncement recognizing a new one actually do?

If Biden really wanted to make the ERA the “law of the land,” he would have needed to direct the head of the National Archives to ignore the Department of Justice. But he didn't do that—or really anything for women's rights during his presidency.

President Joe Biden renewed his call for the Equal Right Amendment to be ratified, but is stopping short of taking any action on the matter in his final days in office.

And he said Friday morning it was his belief that the Equal Rights Amendment — an 53-year-old amendment that would explicitly block discrimination on the basis of sex — has passed all the requirements to become the 28th amendment of the Constitution of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Speaking to the Conference of Mayors Friday, President Joe Biden said the Equal Rights Amendment should be ...

Some legal scholars argue that the amendment was properly ratified, but for Biden to definitively say it’s "the law of the land" ignores precedent and the reality that no federal government entity has recognized the amendment as part of the Constitution. We rate Biden’s claim False.

President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to have been ratified. His statement “affirm[ed] what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendment is the law of the land,

Let’s ensure that the principles of the ERA are not just words on paper, but are reflected in our workplaces, schools and community spaces.”