Do You Feel Equal Yet?
Corpse President is leaving office today but he spent a chunk of Friday trying to get the Equal Rights Amendment enshrined in law before he goes. For what reason and with what legal authority, you ask? Aren’t men and women mighty equal under the law in the year of our Lord 2025?
Today I’m affirming what I have long believed 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. pic.twitter.com/oZtS6Q89zG
— President Biden (@POTUS) January 17, 2025
It’s fitting that Joe Biden goes out in this hubristic manner, because it’s exactly how he’s behaved for the duration of his single term. Note his phrasing—”I’m affirming what I have long believed”—as if the beliefs of the executive alone are enough to simply bring an entirely new constitutional amendment about!
As I wrote back in December, “The ERA is a zombie that won’t die.” It was first introduced a century ago, but it picked up steam in the 1970s. Congress passed a 1982 ratification deadline that the amendment fell short of, and several states subsequently withdrew their approval (while a few other states ratified during Donald Trump’s first term).
This is textbook Biden: Pick a fairly marginal issue, then make a sweeping declaration contra the facts and the law (which can be so inconvenient sometimes!), and attempt to simply shove the issue through via a potent mix of progressive heart-flutteries and executive power. Somehow, half the country believes him to be a real democracy respecter; I’m not sure I’ll ever get it. Speaking of…
“Our nation relies on dedicated, selfless public servants every day,” said Biden, referring to none other than Anthony Fauci, who oversaw the nation’s disastrous COVID response, including the waves of lockdowns that shuttered businesses and forced children to stay at home. Public servants like Fauci (who worsened countless lives while lying to the public) “are the lifeblood of our democracy,” said Biden, issuing a preemptive pardon out of fear that Fauci will be targeted by the incoming administration.
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!
What fresh hell awaits us on this Inauguration Day? Possibly a flurry of executive orders, including one to crack down on immigration, if incoming President Donald Trump gets his way.
“Trump’s swearing-in ceremony will begin shortly before noon Eastern time in the Capitol Rotunda,” reports The New York Times. “He is scheduled to ride to the building after meeting with Mr. Biden at the White House in the morning, a traditional nicety that Mr. Trump did not extend to Mr. Biden four years ago. After the swearing-in ceremony is complete and Mr. Trump has delivered his Inaugural Address, he will be ushered into the President’s Room, which lies
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