Statutory deadlines and presidential proclamations aside, like outgoing President Joe Biden’s recent declaration that the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was now law, all that matters is the Archivist’s decision. On Dec. 17, 2024, Colleen J. Shogan, head of the National Archives and Records Administration, announced that she would not certify the ERA, writes guest columnist Mark R. Brown, the Newton D. Baker/Baker & Hostetler Chair at Capital University Law School.Read More
It’s not up to the U.S. president to decide when Equal Rights Amendment is law: Mark R. Brown
