Last night, Iran launched missiles at Iraqi bases where U.S. troops were housed. It was a direct response to the assassination of Iranian general Qasem Suleimani by an American drone strike in Baghdad Friday. While some publications have performed backflips to avoid calling it an assassination—or applauded it as “just”—it was, in fact, an assassination. Iran, in turn, launched missiles. And now the American people sit, poised for another needless war predicated on our country’s long tradition of white-supremacist imperialism.
, which has battled for ratification since it was supported by both the House and the Senate in 1972. Reuters reports that in its official statement, the Justice Department’s Legal Counsel claimed it was “too late” for the amendment to gain any new signatures, seeing as its initial seven-year deadline has long since passed.“Congress may not revive a proposed amendment after the deadline has expired.
Withpushing for the state to become the 38th signature, the needed amount to approve the amendment, this opinion from inside the Justice Department could see 40 years of women’s organizing completely dismantled. This also comes after the House Judiciary committee voted in November to remove the initial 1982 deadline for the 38th signature.at a protest in support of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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