MN SF113

Calls on Congress to enact Senate Joint Resolution 15 or House Joint Resolution 113 to remove the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment by the states.

Notes the Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress in 1972 and ratified by 35 of 38 states necessary for inclusion in the Constitution.

Argues that Article V of the United States Constitution imposes no time limit for ratification of amendments and cites the 27th Amendment as precedent, which took 203 years to ratify.

States sex discrimination cases currently receive only intermediate judicial scrutiny rather than the strict scrutiny applied to race discrimination, demonstrating need for explicit constitutional protection.

Directs Minnesota's Secretary of State to transmit copies of this memorial to the President, Congress, and state and federal legislators.