ERA backers hope to save 1975 ratification as effort to declare it void moves to the House

BISMARCK - After defeat in the Senate, supporters of North Dakota's 1975 ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution plan to continue the fight in the House of Representatives. SCR 4010 declares that state ratification of the ERA 46 years ago was only valid through 1979, the deadline set by Congress. Ratification by 38 states was required, but only 35 states ha...

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