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Marv ClowderMarvClowder@mstdn.jp
Jan 17, 2025, 3:19 PM
Shogan, who would be responsible for the amendment’s publication, said in a December statement alongside Deputy Archivist William Bosanko that the amendment “cannot be certified as part of the Constitution due to established legal, judicial, and procedural decisions,” pointing to a pair of conclusions in 2020 and 2022 from the Office of Legal Counsel at the US Department of Justice that affirmed that ratification deadlines were enforceable.
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Marv ClowderMarvClowder@mstdn.jp
Jan 17, 2025, 3:20 PM
Pressed by CNN on that December statement from the archivist, the senior official said that the archivist’s role is “prescribed by statute,” is “purely ministerial,” and “she is required to publish an amendment once it has been effectively ratified.”
Ultimately, the official conceded, “It will be up to the courts to interpret this and their view of the Equal Rights Amendment.”
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