Episode 1731 • • 1:50:44 - 1:54:56
1731: Cyber Timebombs
Equal Rights Amendment, Biden Proclamation and Ratification Deadlines
President Biden made a surprise announcement affirming that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has met the requirements to be added to the US Constitution. However, the National Archivist, Colleen Shogan, has declined to certify the amendment, citing a 1982 ratification deadline that expired decades ago. The legal debate centers on whether Congress has the authority to retroactively remove deadlines from constitutional amendments that were not fully ratified in time.