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Virginia, let’s make history! VAratifyERA.org Version: August 26, 2018 One State to Thirty-Eight Equal Rights Amendment History Why we need it Virginia’s path to ratification Virginia, let’s make history! VAratifyERA.org Version: August 26, 2018 Virginia, let’s make history! VAratifyERA.org Version: August 26, 2018 Why we need the Equal Rights Amendment ❖ The American Bar Association, in a letter dated June 6, 2018 and sent to the Honorable Carolyn Maloney, identified three immediate effects of ratification: ❖ Establishes gender equality under the law as a fundamental and irrevocable tenet of our society ❖ Requires all judges to apply the highest standard of scrutiny when deciding cases involving sex discrimination; would mean gender discrimination receives the same standard of review as when deciding cases involving discrimination based on race, religion, and national origin ❖ Protects and reinvigorates enforcement of existing gender equality laws “Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only, issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn’t.” — the late Justice Scalia, 2010, UC Hastings College of Law
