Timeline for When Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment, why didn't they include the time limit in the amendment itself?
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| Apr 27, 2022 at 20:58 | vote | accept | Keith Thompson | ||
| Apr 27, 2022 at 20:10 | comment | added | Rick Smith | @KeithThompson - No. I would guess that someone finally realized the absurdity of having the "inoperative" statement in a ratified amendment. Finding anything in the Congressional record, if present, would be a daunting task and it may have been decided in committee, thus would not appear in the CR at all. That does not mean that I won't spend some free time looking for the information. | |
| Apr 27, 2022 at 19:57 | comment | added | Keith Thompson | Thanks. I hadn't realized that several other later amendments also included a 7-year ratification time limit in their resolutions. Do you have any information about why this change was made? | |
| Apr 27, 2022 at 14:43 | history | answered | Rick Smith | CC BY-SA 4.0 |