Washington Post: “The attorneys general for the last three states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment on Thursday filed a lawsuit in federal court arguing that the amendment must be added to the U.S. Constitution. The suit challenges a Justice Department memo earlier this month that said the national archivist, who certifies the ratification of amendments, should not do so because the congressional deadline for ratification expired in 1982.”
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