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The Equality Act was a bill in the United States Congress, that, if passed, would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (including titles II, III, IV, VI, VII, and IX) to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, federally funded programs, credit, and jury service.
This version of the amendment reads: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. [2] The vote is 84 in favor and 8 opposed. A deadline is set that it must by ratified by the required 38 states within the next seven years. [3] March 22, 1972 – Hawaii ratifies the ERA. [4]
The resolution, "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women", reads, in part: [1] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...
Though equality under the law is an American legal tradition arguably dating to the Declaration of Independence, [5] formal equality for many groups remained elusive. Before passage of the Reconstruction Amendments, which included the Equal Protection Clause, American law did not extend constitutional rights to black Americans. [ 6 ]
The General counsel of the commission is appointed by the president of the United States with the consent of the United States Senate, for a term of four years. [58] Charles T. Duncan, 1965–1966; Richard Berg (acting), 1966–1967; Kenneth Holbert (acting), 1967; Daniel Steiner, 1967–1969; Russell Spector (acting), 1969; Stanley P. Herbert ...
John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of Connecticut (2023) Delaware Delaware Constitution, Article I, §21 (2019, 2021) CROWN Act (2021) Florida Florida Constitution, Article I, §2 (1998) Georgia Fair Employment Practices Act; Hawaii Hawaii Constitution, Article I, §3 (1978) Illinois Illinois Constitution, Article I, §18 (1970) Jett Hawkins Act ...
The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v.Wade, and the Senate has killed the Women's Healthcare Protection Act. In other words, the future of American gender equality looks bleak. In such a ...
The United States federal government also voted in favor of the United Nations Human Rights Council A/HRC/RES/17/19. [69] The United States federal government signed the United Nations 2006 [70] and 2008 Joint Statements. The United States federal government voted in the United Nations Security Council in favor of SC/12399. [71]