State Democrats’ promise to pass the ERA opens a path to making a long-overdue change to the U.S. Constitution
. Earlier this year, the Virginia Senate voted to ratify the ERA but the Republican-controlled House blocked a full vote. But now, with the Virginia House changing to Democratic control, the 38th state is almost guaranteed, putting the ERA over the line.
But this isn’t going to be simple or straightforward. Not in the slightest. Assuming Virginia quickly ratifies the ERA in early 2020, there are two major obstacles that will make for significant battles. First, as already mentioned, Congress gave the states first until 1979 then until 1982 to ratify the ERA. Virginia’s 2020 ratification would be 38 years past that deadline. The 27th Amendment took over 200 years to ratify, so there is precedent for a long ratification process.
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