It would be a really good idea for Democrats, starting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, to take a civics class before getting into positions of power.

The president, vice president, and a host of Democrats celebrated on Friday the ratification of the “28th Amendment” to the Constitution, the Equal Rights Amendment or ERA, but there is just one minor issue. The Amendment has, in fact, not been ratified, according to several constitutional experts. What’s more, the president does not have the authority to simply declare an amendment ratified.
“I have supported the Equal Rights Amendment for more than 50 years, and I have long been clear that no one should be discriminated against based on their sex. We, as a nation, must affirm and protect women’s full equality once and for all,” the president said in a press release posted to the official White House page.

“On January 27, 2020, the Commonwealth of Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The American Bar Association (ABA) has recognized that the Equal Rights Amendment has cleared all necessary hurdles to be formally added to the Constitution as the 28th Amendment. I agree with the ABA and with leading legal constitutional scholars that the Equal Rights Amendment has become part of our Constitution,” he said.

“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,” he said.