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U.S. Constitution
Constitutional Equal Rights Amendment of 1972

Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.


The Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by Congress and sent to the states in 1972; Virginia finally ratified the E.R.A. in 2020.
Some say that the ERA has satisfied all requirements to be added to the Constitution as the 28th Amendment, other experts & advocates have acknowledged
legal uncertainty about the consequences of the Virginian ratification, due to expired deadlines and five states' revocations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment

Books About The U.S. Constitution

America's Constitution  "America's Constitution: A Biography" [2005]
by Akhil Reed Amar

Random House hardcover [9/2005] for $19.77
author's homepage at Yale

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Prelude:

Corporations Are Not People book by Jeffrey D. Clements  "Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It" [2011]
by Jeffrey D. Clements, Foreword by Bill Moyers

"The definitive guide to overturning Citizens United"
Kindle Edition from Berrett-Koehler Publrs [1/2012] for $9.15
Berrett-Koehler Publrs 8½x5½ pb [1/2012] for $11.45

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The Movement: We Need A Constitutional Amendment

U.S. CONGRESS 15 November 2011: Congressman James P. 'Jim' McGovern [Dem MA-02] introduced the People's Rights Amendment, a proposal to limit the Constitution's protections only to the rights of natural persons, and not corporations. House Joint Resolution 88 has 31 co-sponsors and is stuck in committee (2/2013).

SACRAMENTO 5 July 2012: The California Senate voted 24-11 to pass Assembly Joint Resolution (AJR) 22 calling on the U.S. Congress to pass an amendment overturning the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. F.E.C. ruling. This puts California in the company of Hawaii, New Mexico, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Maryland as states working to put an end to what amounts to legalized political bribery.

BOSTON 1 August 2012: The Massachusetts Legislature signed off on a resolution calling for a federal constitutional amendment
to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case.

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L i n k s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment
'Reverse Citizens United' Constitutional Amendment
Move To Amend website
Amend 2012 - because only people are people
Stand With Montanans - Corporations Aren't People

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There are no guarantees in this existential Universe. Likewise, in Nature there is no punishment, only consequences.
Delve into any of the line items above and that self-education will deliver to you an advantage over your fellows,
who are blind sheeple complaining that the Universe makes no sense.

[copyright 2022 by Gary Edward Nordell, all rights reserved]


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