New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says at a news conference an hour after President Joe Biden issued a statement of his belief that the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified that state attempts to rescind Amendment ratifications lack legal validity according to clear precedent and that the Courts have repeatedly rejected rescission attempts for amendments like the 19th and 14th Amendments given that the American Bar Association confirms rescissions hold no constitutional validity.

The remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality in the Constitution. But advocates said they could add heft to a future legal fight.

“The American Bar Association (ABA) has recognized that the Equal Rights Amendment has cleared all necessary hurdles to be formally added to the Constitution as the 28th Amendment,” Biden wrote. “I agree with the ABA and with leading legal constitutional scholars that the Equal Rights Amendment has become part of our Constitution.

Biden announced today that the Equal Rights Amendment is the "law of the land," but the Justice Department and the national archivist disagree.

Biden’s statement has no legal force and a White House official said courts would have to decide whether the amendment is a valid part of America’s constitution

The ERA’s deadline expired decades ago, but the president argues that recent approvals by three states put the amendment over the top.

President Joe Biden said Friday that he believes the Equal Rights Amendment, which guarantees equal protections regardless of sex, is the “law of the land” but stopped short of ordering the U.S. archivist to publish the constitutional amendment.

President Biden asserted the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, is part of the Constitution, arguing Friday it had met the criteria to be added as

Did Florida ever ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the 1972 amendment that declared women equal under the law?

The president’s announcement on Friday was one of many sweeping executive moves he’s making in his final days in office.

The Democrats who backed Joe Biden's imaginary 28th Amendment have lost the right to complain about authoritarianism and threats to democracy.