The “Equal Rights Act” is legislation not authorized by the text of our Constitution, or the documented intentions and beliefs under which it was adopted, which gives context to its text.
JWK
“The public welfare demands that constitutional cases must be decided according to the terms of the Constitution itself, and not according to judges’ views of fairness, reasonableness, or justice.” – Justice Hugo L. Black ( U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1886 - 1971) Source: Lecture, Columbia University, 1968
