Twenty-Nine States Have a Not-So-Secret Weapon to Fight for Democracy

Twenty-Nine States Have a Not-So-Secret Weapon to Fight for Democracy

As the Trump administration’s attacks on women’s rights, reproductive access and LGBTQ equality continue in force, state executive leaders have emerged as potent frontline responders. Among the tools in states’ arsenals are often underused state-level equal rights amendments (ERAs). Even as the federal ERA remains in limbo, an unlikely bulwark for the next four years—see professor Laurence Tribe’s Contrarian piece explaining its legal status—29 …