Nevada Democrats want to ratify Equal Rights Amendment decades after Congressional deadline
CARSON CITY Nevada Democrats are trying again to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, 35 years after a deadline set by Congress expired.
Senate Joint Resolution 2, introduced Monday by state Sen. Patricia Spearman, D-North Las Vegas, was referred to the Committee on Operations and Elections. A similar resolution in 2015 failed to make it out of committee.
Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972 and sent it to the states, setting a seven-year time limit, which was later extended until 1982.
It was ratified by 35 states three short of those needed to amend the United States Constitution. But supporters of the effort point to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said Congress may determine whether an amendment is valid, even after the deadline.
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