Sunday Reads

There never should have been a time limit for ratification of the ERA.  I don't know why it was ever done to begin with.  Virginia is poised to be the 38th state to ratify the amendment after Illinois and Nevada did it recently.

There is precedent for amendments to become ratified decades after being proposed.  I believe that is why there is a movement to continue with the ratification. Congress can simply get rid of the ridiculous "deadline" that was tacked onto the amendment way back in 1972.

The only thing I worry about now is the notion of "gender identity" will be used as a substitute for the very clear definition of "sex" in the amendment.

More about the time limit deal.  Indeed, Congress DID extend the time limit by three years.  There are a  lot of good arguments for allowing the amendment to become law.
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These people didn't get richer because they created wealth for the most part; it is because the rest of us got screwed over.
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A suspected serial killer has been captured in Carson City.  He is suspected of four murders in northern Nevada this month.
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What a load of shit.  Spoiled brat students were caught taunting an elder, and they are trying to project their own wrongdoing onto him.
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The smug brat who was in Nathan Phillips' face has been identified.  He gave a statement and then tried to cover his ass claiming he was trying to defuse the situation.

Just in: Statement of Nick Sandmann, Covington Catholic High School junior, about the event at the Lincoln Memorial: pic.twitter.com/PkuMh2cVZM

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 20, 2019