On March 22, 1972, the U.S. Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment, sending the measure to the states for ratification in order for it to become a part of the U.S. Constitution, the ultimate law of ...
The amendment has been in the works since 1920 and passed a milestone in 2020. A century-long battle to amend the Constitution to cement equal rights for Americans regardless of sex is coming to a ...
The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how they ...