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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT IS NOT IN THE CONSTITUTION, JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TELLS FIRST CIRCUIT A 🧵 On 9-28-26, the Department of Justice filed a 31-page brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, arguing that the Equal Rights Amendment is not part of the Constitution.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

John Nichols spreads urban legend that Congress or Archivist can put the Equal Rights Amendment in the Constitution. The Biden DOJ repudiated both claims in court. Unanimous panels of D.C. and 9th Circuits have rejected legal challenges to the ERA ratification deadline. @nicholsuprising.bsky.social

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

TWO DEFEATED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS (1983, 2026) A 🧵 On Sept. 2, 2026, the House of Representatives voted down HJRes 1, a proposed constitutional amendment to fix the size of the U.S. Supreme Court at 9 justices. On Nov. 15, 1983, the House defeated another HJRes 1: The Equal Rights Amendment.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Gloria Steinem (1934-2026), rest in peace. Steinem died on September 2 at the age of 92. The video clip, in which she discussed the Equal Rights Amendment, is from an appearance on Oprah, January 14, 1986.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We now wait with bated breath to see whether the American Bar Association will show the courage of its purported convictions, by filing an amicus brief at the First Circuit in support of the Equal Means Equal claim that the Equal Rights Amendment is part of the U.S. Constitution. 🤔 @americanbar.org

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

In EQUAL MEANS EQUAL V. TRUMP, challenging male-only draft registration, before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, the plaintiffs on Aug. 28 requested oral argument, partly based on claim "the Equal Rights Amendment is now the 28th Amendment." DC & 9th Circuits have rejected this claim.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

SCOTUS HAS "NO ROLE IN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS"? A 🧵 @carrienbaker.bsky.social writes on Ms., "With Nov. elections on the horizon, and the potential for pro-ERA candidates to win majorities in both chambers, final recognition of the 28th Amendment is within reach." msmagazine.com/2026/08/25/e...

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After Dobbs, the ERA Offers a New Path to Abortion Rights

State-level ERAs are emerging as powerful tools to protect abortion access, pregnancy justice and women’s equality after Dobbs.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The claim that Equal Rights Amendment has met the "threshold for ratification" has been rejected by a least a dozen federal judges, including unanimous panels of the D.C. and 9th Circuits. The Biden Admin. Justice Dept said that a post hoc resolution by Congress would be constitutionally irrelevant.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

EQUAL MEANS EQUAL FILES BRIEF AT 1ST CIRCUIT CITING EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT A thread 🧵 1) On August 3, 2026, the advocacy group Equal Means Equal (EME) filed a brief in the 1st Circuit, based in substantial part on the claim that the Equal Rights Amendment is part of the Constitution.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

SENATE CONFIRMS BRADFORD WILSON AS ARCHIVIST A 🧵 1) The U.S. Senate today (8-7-26) confirmed Bradford Wilson as Archivist of the U.S. He testified he agreed with and would "stick with" the position taken by his predecessor, Colleen Shogan, that the Equal Rights Amendment cannot be certified.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

ABA WOMEN'S COMMISSION HONORS JUDGE WHO REJECTED EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT CLAIM A 🧵 Today (Aug. 2, 2026), the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession presents its top award, the Margaret Brent Award, to Judge Michelle Childs, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The NY Times reports (8-4-26) a dress Rep. Carolyn Maloney wore in 2021 to promote the Equal Rights Amendment was removed from a museum's "Democracy Matters" exhibit because it "could be damaged by too much light." Not unlike her claim that the ERA was ratified, which a dozen judges have rejected.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Cori Bush, representing Missouri's 1st Congressional District, was highly visible during the 118th Congress as co-chair of the Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment and prime sponsor of the "ERA Now" resolution, before losing her 2024 primary. On Aug. 4, 2026, she lost a comeback bid.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

SENATE ADVANCES ARCHIVIST PICK 1) The Senate today (7-30-26) advanced the nomination of Bradford Wilson as Archivist, approving S. Res. 817, 50-47, allowing the Senate to act on 74 nominations en bloc. The Senate is expected to directly take up and approve the entire list during the week of Aug 3.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

At 7-22-26 House Oversight task force hearing, Zack Smith of the Heritage Foundation characterized as "absurd" the ABA claim that the Equal Rights Amendment is part of the Constitution. ABA President Michelle Behnke also testified, but she did not bring up the ERA in written or verbal testimony.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Re: Reps. Pressley and Gill on ERA (7-14-26). (1) The ERA (which expired unratified, as multiple federal courts have ruled) does not mention "women/woman." (2) Many prominent ERA advocates assert ERA would require the federal and state governments to accept self-defined "gender identity" as valid.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

On July 22, 2026, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee favorably reported the nomination of Bradford Wilson as Archivist. The official tally was 10-2 (but 12-3 with for-the-record proxy votes included). Wilson won support from all 8 Republicans and 4 of 7 Democrats.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

12 federal judges (most appointed by Dems) have rejected the claim that the ERA was ratified, including unanimous panels of D.C. & 9th Circuits. Invoking ‘the people’ to justify ‘forcing recognition’, notwithstanding contrary court rulings, is an implicit rejection of rule-of-law norms, cult-speak.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Factcheck: A dozen federal judges now have rejected the claim that the Equal Rights Amendment was ratified, including unanimous panels of the D.C. and 9th Circuits. Most of the dozen were Democrat-appointed. No federal judge has accepted the claim that the ERA ratification deadline was invalid.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

2) The unanimous D.C. Circuit panel said that if the core argument of Illinois and Nevada was true, "then the specification of the mode of ratification in every amendment in our nation's history would also be inoperative."

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

ABA HONORS JUDGE WHO REJECTED EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT CLAIM The ABA says the ERA has been ratified. On 8-2-26, the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession will present its top award to D.C. Circuit Judge Michelle Childs, part of a unanimous panel that rejected that claim in IL v. Ferriero (2023).

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

ABA DOUBLETHINK ON THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT? On 8-6-24, the ABA House of Delegates proclaimed the ERA was ratified and urged "the legal community as a whole" to effectuate implementation. Now the ABA DEI Center holds a 2-day "Equity Summit"--but 24-page Program Book never even mentions the ERA. 🤔

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

SUPREME COURT DENIES CERT IN CHALLENGE TO MALE-ONLY DRAFT REGISTRATION UNDER CLAIMED EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT A 🧵 SCOTUS today (6-22-26) denied a cert petition urging it to strike down the male-only draft registration requirement as a violation of the "28th Amendment," the Equal Rights Amendment...

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

ARCHIVIST-NOMINEE WILSON TO "STICK WITH" NON-CERTIFICATION OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT At his 6-17-26 Senate confirmation hearing, President Trump's nominee for Archivist, Bradford Wilson, said he will "stick with" the position of his predecessor, Colleen Shogan, that the ERA cannot be certified.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

ATTORNEY EXPLAINS HOW TO PERSUADE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO ACCEPT THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT (1) To a "women only" interactive forum June 13, 2026, activist attorney Wendy Murphy said at least two noteworthy things. She thinks the lower courts will never recognize the ERA as valid. But, "What we

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

22) Wendy Murphy also said "We are watching several similar men's rights cases and will aggressively fight them, too!" On June 18 SCOTUS may decide on grant cert in VALAME v. TRUMP, a challenge to the male-only draft. But neither Murphy nor anyone else has filed in that case. "Aggressively fight"? 🤔

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

21) UPDATE: ERA-activist attorney Wendy Murphy very oddly claimed on X that "we defeated" the NATIONAL COALITION FOR MEN (NCFM) case (25-1157), even though the Supreme Court refused to accept her amicus brief in that case because it was filed 18 days late. The court denied cert on June 8. Also...

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

20) UPDATE: The Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari in NATIONAL COALITION FOR MEN v. SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM (25-1157), as reflected on the orders list issued June 8, 2026. No vote to grant or dissent was noted. This case did not involve any claim based on the Equal Rights Amendment.

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WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service @wingsradio.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Correction/expansion to details of previous post about the status of the US's Equal Rights Amendment: bsky.app/profile/eran...

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Under Constitution Article V, the President has NO legal role in the amendment process. Congress did propose an Equal Rights Amendment to the states in 1972, but it expired without the needed 38 state ratifications (as every involved federal court has ruled). ERA SUPPORTERS choose not to start over.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

(1) The Supreme Court rejected the women's org brief, as it was filed 18 days late. (2) The Archivist cited mainly federal court decisions that ERA not ratified. She never said "Congress needed to remove the time limit," and the Biden Justice Dept. told court Congress has no such power.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

19) The Murphy amicus brief in NCFM was not accepted by the Supreme Court because it was filed 18 days after the deadline for amicus briefs. Based on our exchange with Murphy on X, it seems she confused NCFM deadline with later VALAME v. TRUMP deadline. Not a court clerk error; can't be corrected.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

18) Update: On June 3, 2026, the amicus brief filed on May 29 by Wendy Murphy on behalf of National Women Veterans United, et al., in National Coalition for Men v. Selective Service System, was "not accepted for filing" at the Supreme Court. We will update further when we have more information.

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

CHALLENGES TO MALE-ONLY DRAFT PENDING AT THE SUPREME COURT A 🧵 1) There are currently 2 petitions for certiorari pending before the U.S. Supreme Court involving legal challenges to the male-only registration requirement under the Military Selective Service Act (MSSA). The Equal Rights Amendment...

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

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ERA_No_Shortcuts @eranoshortcuts.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

AMERICAN BAR ASSOC. PROMOTION OF "28th AMENDMENT" CLAIMS A 🧵 1) At an ABA webinar promoting the Equal Rights Amendment (March 25, 2026), Judge Delissa Ridgway (Senior Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade) said that the ERA should always be discussed as already being part of the Constitution,

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