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Ron Levy, 31 October 2022
The Emergence of ‘Fixed Constitutional Commitments’ on the Environment: A Tool for Addressing Climate Change?Stephen M. Griffin, 22 April 2020
American Federalism, the Coronavirus Pandemic, and the Legacy of Hurricane KatrinaErin C. Houlihan, 3 March 2020
A Gender Unequal United States? Delayed Ratification and Gaps in the Amendment Procedure ![Former Representative Carolyn Maloney at an Equal Rights Amendment shadow hearing in June 2018 (photo credit: Phi Nguyen) Former Representative Carolyn Maloney at an Equal Rights Amendment shadow hearing in June 2018 (photo credit: Phi Nguyen)](/sites/default/files/ERA.jpg)
3 May 2023
US Equal Rights Amendment blocked again, a century after introduction
The U.S. Senate on Thursday fell short of the votes needed to enshrine equal rights for …![2010 rally for the Equal Rights Amendment (photo credit: National Organization for Women / flickr) 2010 rally for the Equal Rights Amendment (photo credit: National Organization for Women / flickr)](/sites/default/files/3743787206_3325aa5eb3_o_0.jpg)
26 April 2023
The Senate will vote this week on a measure that would seek to remove a barrier to enshrining the Equal Rights Amendment in the U.S. Constitution, more than a h…![United States of America (photo credit: medium.com) United States of America (photo credit: medium.com)](/sites/default/files/1_iHtJom_2nzQ_WS4mTcbx3Q%20%282%29.jpeg)
17 November 2022
State constitutions are far easier to amend than the federal constitution — and on Election Day, voters in several states passed amendments that added new right…![Supreme Court of the United States (photo credit: supremecourt.gov) Supreme Court of the United States (photo credit: supremecourt.gov)](/sites/default/files/CourtBuilding%20%281%29%20%281%29.jpg)
8 July 2022
With the federal constitutional protection of a woman’s right to choose now gone following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health,…![Supreme Court of the United States (photo credit: supremecourt.gov) Supreme Court of the United States (photo credit: supremecourt.gov)](/sites/default/files/CourtBuilding%20%281%29.jpg)
24 June 2022
The supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in…
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