Editing Equal Rights Amendment (section)

=== Massachusetts lawsuit supporting ratification ===
On January 7, 2020, a complaint was filed by Equal Means Equal, The Yellow Roses and Katherine Weitbrecht in the [[United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts]] against the Archivist of the United States, seeking to have him count the three most recently ratifying states and certify the ERA as having become part of the United States Constitution.<ref>See, ''Equal Means Equal v. Ferriero'', United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, Case # 1:20-cv-10015-DJC, document number 1, January 7, 2020</ref> On August 6, 2020, Judge [[Denise Casper]] granted the Archivist's motion to dismiss, ruling that the plaintiffs did not have [[Standing (law)|standing]] to sue to compel the Archivist to certify and so she could not rule on the merits of the case.<ref>See, ''Equal Means Equal et al v. Ferriero'', United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, Memorandum and Order, Case No. 20-cv-10015-DJC, August 6, 2020</ref> On August 21, 2020, the plaintiffs appealed this decision to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit]] and on September 2, 2020, the plaintiffs asked the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] to hear this case.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dockets.justia.com/docket/circuit-courts/ca1/20-1802|title=Equal Means Equal, et al v. Ferriero|website=Justia Dockets & Filings}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://demand.equalmeansequal.org/page/-/Equal%20Means%20Equal%20Update%20Sept%201%20800%20pm.pdf|title=PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI|date=September 2, 2020|work=Equal Means Equal|access-date=2020-11-13|archive-date=September 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916201425/https://demand.equalmeansequal.org/page/-/Equal%20Means%20Equal%20Update%20Sept%201%20800%20pm.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Subsequently, the Supreme Court denied the request to intervene before the First Circuit gives its decision.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/equal-rights-amendment-case-denied-supreme-court-hearing-for-now|title=Equal Rights Amendment Denied Supreme Court Hearing for Now (1)|website=Bloomberg Law}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/101320zor_8m58.pdf|title=Order in pending cases|date=October 13, 2020|publisher=United States Supreme Court|access-date=2020-11-13}}</ref>  On June 29, 2021, the First Circuit affirmed the District Court's decision that "the plaintiffs have not met their burden at the pleading stage with respect to those federal constitutional requirements; we affirm the order dismissing their suit for lack of standing."<ref>See, "Equal Means Equal v. Ferriero, United States Court of Appeals, for the First Circuit, Case #20-1802, June 29, 2021</ref> An ''en banc'' rehearing request was denied on January 4, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=First Circuit Declines to Rehear Equal Rights Amendment Case (1) |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/first-circuit-rejects-rehearing-on-equal-rights-amendment-appeal |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=Bloomberg Law |language=en}}</ref>