A joint resolution establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

This joint resolution says that the Equal Rights Amendment, which bans discrimination based on sex, has been approved by enough states to become part of the Constitution, even though some of those states approved it after the original deadlines set by Congress. The amendment was first proposed in 1972 with a deadline of 1979, which Congress later pushed back to 1982. Although 38 states did approve it, three of them did so after the deadlines, and five states later took back their approval, so its status has been fought over in court.

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