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"The Equal Rights Amendment is already law. The question is whether our government will follow it."

Most Americans have never been told this.

The Equal Rights Amendment met all constitutional requirements for ratification in 2020. What remains is enforcement. And without enforcement, constitutional guarantees do not function as rights.

This is not a symbolic issue. It is the difference between rights that exist on paper and rights that are applied in real life.

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A new piece by our lead attorney Wendy Murphy in the Boston Globe explains what’s really at stake in the draft cases.

If women can’t register, they can’t be rejected.

And if they can’t be rejected, they may lose the ability to challenge discrimination in court.

That’s not a technicality.

That’s how access to justice is controlled.

Read the full piece:
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/04/27/wendy-murphy-unequal-draft-unequal-rights

A federal court just acknowledged that a woman denied the right to register for the draft because of her sex has suffered a real legal injury.

And then refused to act.

This case is now moving to appeal.

The question is no longer whether discrimination exists.

It’s whether it will be allowed to continue.

Read what the ruling means:
https://equalmeansequalupdates.substack.com/p/the-court-admits-discrimination-and

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Today, we went to federal court.

We asked a simple question:�If the Equal Rights Amendment has been ratified by 38 states, why isn’t it being recognized and enforced?

The court did not say women are equal under the Constitution.
It said it is bound by prior precedent — even though that precedent is based on conditions that no longer exist.

That is the problem.

Equality is not a theory.�It is a constitutional requirement that is not being enforced.

The court did not issue a final decision on the Selective Service claim. That issue remains under advisement.

This case was never about one issue. It is about whether the Constitution will be applied equally - or not at all.

We will continue.

We will publish a full breakdown of today’s hearing on Substack this Saturday:�https://equalmeansequalupdates.substack.com

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Today is the hearing.

Equal Means Equal v. Donald Trump

This is the moment where the question is no longer theoretical:
Are women equal under the law?

The Equal Rights Amendment met every requirement.

Now the court must decide whether it will be recognized and enforced.

To listen live:

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Today a federal court will hear arguments about the Equal Rights Amendment.

But the deeper question is larger than a single amendment.

Is the United States a country that truly believes in equality for all?

Women make up more than half the population of this nation. For more than a century, women organized, advocated, legislated, and ratified the Equal Rights Amendment through the constitutional process our system requires.

Congress passed the amendment.
The states ratified it.
Thirty-eight states — the constitutional threshold.

After doing exactly what the Constitution requires, women are now told it is not enough.
That the rules have changed.
That equality must wait.

Today a federal court will hear whether the Constitution must recognize the Equal Rights Amendment.

As our counsel Wendy Murphy explains:

"Critics say our argument rests on morality rather than law. In fact, it rests on a powerful constitutional principle: the balance of powers between the federal government and the states that our founders designed to ensure the voices of the American people cannot be overridden. That balance is at stake in our case — not only for women, but for anyone who believes the words EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW should mean what they say."

Today that principle will be argued in court.

EQUAL MEANS EQUAL v. Donald Trump
March 24, 2026
2 PM ET

John J. Moakley Federal Courthouse
1 Courthouse Way
Courtroom 18 – 5th Floor
Boston, MA

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The entire system depends on women’s unpaid labor.

Caregiving. Children. Families. Aging parents.

Work that holds society together — without protection, without compensation, without equality under the law.

This is not accidental. It is structural.

And without constitutional equality, it stays that way.

That is what this case is about.

The hearing is tomorrow, Tuesday March 24.

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Every right women have right now can be taken away.

That is the reality without constitutional equality.

We have laws. We have policies.
But without the Equal Rights Amendment, none of it is permanently protected.

That is why this case matters.

On Tuesday, March 24, a federal court will confront the question directly.

To listen live:

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For more than a century, Americans have debated whether equality for women belongs in the Constitution.

In 1972, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment.

In 2020, the thirty-eighth state ratified it.

Now a federal court will hear a case asking whether the Constitution must recognize that fact.

Tomorrow, the Equal Rights Amendment will be argued in federal court.

This is not a panel discussion.

It is not a policy debate.

It is the Constitution being argued before a federal judge.

You can witness this historic moment.
Tuesday, March 24, 2026�2 PM ET

In person:�
John J. Moakley Federal Courthouse�
1 Courthouse Way�
Courtroom 18 - 5th Floor�
Senior District Judge William G. Young�
Boston, MA 02210

If you cannot attend in person, you can listen live by telephone.

Registration to listen to the hearing is now open.

Go to�https://forms.mad.uscourts.gov/courtlist.html
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Discrimination does not disappear because laws exist on paper.
It disappears when those laws are enforced.
Without constitutional equality, enforcement fails.
That is why this case matters.
We are asking the court to recognize what is already true:
The Equal Rights Amendment is valid.
The hearing is Tuesday, March 24.
To listen live:
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This is why we are going to court.
The Equal Rights Amendment is valid.
It met every requirement.
The question is whether the government will follow the Constitution.
We are asking the court to answer one thing:
Are women equal under the law?

The hearing is Tuesday, March 24.
To listen live:
Go to https://forms.mad.uscourts.gov/courtlist.html
Select March 24 / Judge William G. Young
Find Equal Means Equal v. Donald Trump
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Listen live at 2 PM ET

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Women today can have fewer rights than their grandmothers.

That is not progress. That is rollback.

Without constitutional equality, rights can be taken away - and they are being taken away.

We are asking the federal court one question: Are women equal under the law?

Listen March 24.
Go to https://forms.mad.uscourts.gov/courtlist.html
Select March 24 / Judge William G. Young
Find Equal Means Equal v. Donald Trump
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Listen live at 2pm est

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