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Louisiana joins lawsuit seeking to block Equal Rights Amendment ratification

The ERA would ban discrimination on the basis of sex.

Credit: AP

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Three states have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the addition of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Alabama, Louisiana and South Dakota are suing in response to a renewed push to get the required 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

The ERA would ban discrimination on the basis of sex. The lawsuit notes that Congress set a 1982 deadline to get the required 38 states to agree.

It seeks to prevent David Ferriero, the archivist of the United States, from accepting a new ratification from a state.

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