Biden announced today that the Equal Rights Amendment is the "law of the land," but the Justice Department and the national archivist disagree.

Biden’s statement has no legal force and a White House official said courts would have to decide whether the amendment is a valid part of America’s constitution

The ERA’s deadline expired decades ago, but the president argues that recent approvals by three states put the amendment over the top.

President Joe Biden, just days before he will exit the White House, announced on Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment, which would enshrine in the U.S. Constitution equal rights for women, is now the 28th Amendment and “the law of the land.

Did Florida ever ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the 1972 amendment that declared women equal under the law?

The move has no immediate legal force but will likely spark lawsuits that advocates hope will restore abortion rights.

President Joe Biden said Friday that he believes the Equal Rights Amendment, which guarantees equal protections regardless of sex, is the “law of the land” but stopped short of ordering the U.S. archivist to publish the constitutional amendment.

In his final days in office, President Joe Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as ratified, calling it the 28th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Despite his declaration, legal challenges loom,

President Joe Biden announced a major opinion Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, enshrining its protections into the Constitution, a last-minute move that some believe could pave the way to bolstering reproductive rights.

President Biden’s declaration that the Equal Rights Amendment is the law of the land creates a constitutional quandary.

We call on President Biden to instruct U.S. archivist to certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to U.S. Constitution.