This year, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment—which would constitutionalize gender equality—arguably giving the amendment the required number of states decades after its drafting. The ratification deadlines have lapsed, but should the amendment be revived? Jane Mansbridge, author of the award-winning Why We Lost the ERA, Carol Jenkins, president and CEO of the ERA Coalition and Fund for Women's Equality, and Inez Feltscher Stepman of the Independent Women’s Forum join moderator Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, to discuss.
Kenneth C. Davis, author of Don’t Know Much About® History and other books, joins Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen to examine the foundations of American democracy and answer audience questions.
Supreme Court expert Dahlia Lithwick joins National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen to explore Article III of the U.S. Constitution, which defines the powers of the judicial branch and the Supreme Court.
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