Virginia attorney general moves to withdraw from ERA lawsuit

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: AP

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares moved Friday to withdraw the state from a lawsuit that seeks to force the federal government to recognize Virginia's 2020 vote to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and add the text to the Constitution.

In a court filing, Miyares asked that the commonwealth be dismissed as a party to the lawsuit, which was initiated by his Democratic predecessor and is currently on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Miyares, who took office Jan. 15, has reconsidered Virginia's position and believes a district court previously correctly dismissed the suit, the filing said.

Former Attorney General Mark Herring and two other Democratic attorneys general initially brought the lawsuit in January 2020, days after Virginia’s legislature voted to make the Commonwealth the critical 38th state to ratify the amendment. The vote came after years of efforts by advocates who argued the amendment would guarantee women equal rights under the law. Miyares, then a member of the House of Delegates, voted against ratification.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/virginia-attorney-general-moves-to-withdraw-from-era-lawsuit/ar-AAU2QUc

[underpants]

1. Boy, that's a shocker

State employees no longer have to wear masks at work starting Monday. Optional but not required.

[Martin68]

2. Damn Youngkin and all those who voted for him.

[dflprincess]

4. And the ones who didn't bother to show up to vote

because they think only presidential races are important. (The sames ones that don't vote "down ticket" if they do show up to vote for president)

[riversedge]

5. I so am disgusted with non voters.

[TimeToGo]

8. Or they didn't LOVE the Dem candidate

[Martin68]

10. Good point, timetogo. I hated having to vote for McAuliffe again, but I held my nose and did it.

When will all Democrats understand that a no matter how exhausting and frustrating you think the process is, our democracy depends on every one of us voting every time.

[TimeToGo]

12. Exactly

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My daughter lives in Virginia and she knew a number of people who weren’t going to vote because of that. No clue if they ended up voting anyway. But I bet not wanting to vote for someone who you don’t think is good. But, that’s a luxury we don’t have right now.

[GB_RN]

13. From The Numbers, It Looks Like McAuliffe Has A Hard Ceiling Of Support...

Of around 48%, in addition to those who ignore the off-year elections? He beat Cuccinelli in 2013 with 47.8% (vs Cuccinelli's 45.2%), but there was a third party candidate who siphoned votes from Cuccinelli (and garnered 6.5%).

There was no third party candidate sucking votes from Youngkin, and McAuliffe's percentage was practically the same this time as it was in 2013. It's like not many people were excited by him, and a lot just voted for him holding their noses in both elections, while would-be Democratic voters weren't excited by the bland, white guy (who was also tarred as/by being close to the Clintons) and stayed home in droves (at least this time, as the turnout was down from prior years, IIRC).

I'm not from VA, but I pay attention to what goes on to my neighbor in the north. 😉

[Martin68]

14. In addition, Youngkin exploited school board issues to get the women's vote.

Never underestimate subliminal racial prejudices and Puritan sexual views among suburban voters. The bogus CRT fear mongering and sexual/gender book banning issues had a real effect on the election.

[niyad]

3. and the WAR ON WOMEN continues apace. Would you consider cross-posting this in

Women'sRights And Issues? Thanks in advance.

[riversedge]

6. It is hard to believe it is 2022 sometimes.

[nvme]

7. State legislatures

These are the areas Democratic Party members need to start targeting for progress. This is where gerrymandering happens and were voting rights are being restricted. This is where aborting gets restricted. I am pointing out only 2 areas being affected. There are many other ways the R's are overtaking the US and making it possible for an authoritarian take over the country.

[cstanleytech]

9. I thought the Constitution only spelled out how new amendments are to be passed?

So would not any clause by the government that had a set date by when it had to be confirmed be unconstitutional?

[madville]

11. Could some of the states that voted for ratification in the 70s

Rescind or withdraw their votes now? I can't imagine that the states like TX, TN, IN, ND, SD, NE, ID, MT, WV, etc would all still support it's passage. They've probably never bothered since it's unlikely the current version will pass regardless, even RBG said a new version needed to be introduced because of all the legal problems with the current one.