Editing Equal Rights Amendment (section)

=== Biden declaration ===
On January 17, 2025, President Biden declared that, in his opinion, the Equal Rights Amendment was the law of the land, stating: "It is long past time to recognize the will of the American people. In keeping with my oath and duty to Constitution and country, I affirm what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendment is the law of the land, guaranteeing all Americans equal rights and protections under the law regardless of their sex."<ref name="Kurtzleben">{{cite news |last1=Kurtzleben |first1=Danielle |title=Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law. What happens next is unclear |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5264378/biden-era-national-archivist-constitution/ |access-date=January 17, 2025 |publisher=NPR}}</ref> The declaration has no formal effect, however,<ref name="Stokols">{{cite news |last1=Stokols |first1=Eli |last2=Cancryn |first2=Adam |title=Biden declares the ERA the law of the land — but it likely will not matter |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/17/biden-era-amendment-004495 |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=Politico}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Biden says Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, kicking off expected legal battle as he pushes through final executive actions |last1=Klein |first1=Betsy |last2=Saenz |first2=Arlette Saenz |date=January 17, 2025 |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/politics/joe-biden-equal-right-amendment/index.html |access-date=January 17, 2025}}</ref> and the National Archives has said they do not intend to certify the amendment as part of the Constitution, citing "established legal, judicial, and procedural decisions" supporting the integrity of the original ratification deadline in the absence of any subsequent extension or deadline removal by Congress or the court system.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2025/nr25-004|title=Statement on the Equal Rights Amendment Ratification Process|date=January 17, 2025|access-date=January 17, 2025|publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]]|location=Washington, D.C.}}</ref> Biden's statement led to widespread criticism,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Biden declares Equal Rights Amendment US law, even though it is not |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-says-equal-rights-amendment-is-law-land-2025-01-17/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250118170340/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-says-equal-rights-amendment-is-law-land-2025-01-17/ |archive-date=2025-01-18 |access-date=2025-02-02 |work=Reuters |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Biden's Lawless Gambit to Establish a 28th Amendment |url=https://www.city-journal.org/article/biden-28th-amendment-era |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=City Journal |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Karni |first=Annie |date=2025-01-17 |title=Can He Do That? Here's What Biden's Move on the Equal Rights Amendment Means. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/biden-equal-rights-amendment-explained.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> with the [[The Washington Post|''Washington Post''{{'}}s]] analysis concluding "it's also remarkable that a president would try to declare something that isn't clearly the law to be not just the law, but part of the most significant legal document our country has. That at the very least skips over a whole lot of very valid legal issues that have never been settled."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blake |first=Aaron |date= |title=Biden declares there is now a 28th Amendment. There is not |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/17/biden-declares-there-is-now-28th-amendment-there-is-not/ |access-date= |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>