North Dakota moves to nullify its 1975 Equal Rights support

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

North Dakota moves to nullify its 1975 Equal Rights support
By JAMES MacPHERSON
6 minutes ago

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In this Thursday, March 28, 2019 photo, citizens gather to testify against a resolution that seeks to nullify North Dakota's 1975 support of the Equal Rights Amendment at a legislative hearing at the state Capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota. Opponents call the resolution a thinly-veiled response to offset revived efforts to enshrine the near half-century-old gender-equality measure in the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s male-dominated Legislature is considering a resolution to nullify its 1975 support of the Equal Rights Amendment, a move seen as offsetting revived efforts nationally to enshrine the nearly half-century-old measure in the U.S. Constitution.

The resolution sponsored by seven male Republican lawmakers says Congress’ deadline for ratification of the gender-equality amendment passed 40 years ago and is no longer valid.

If the resolution is approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature, North Dakota would join Idaho, Kentucky, Nebraska, Tennessee and South Dakota as states that ratified the amendment and later withdrew their support. The other states rescinded their support by 1979, though it’s not clear their withdrawal was valid.

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Rep. Chuck Damschen, a lead sponsor, said no outside group influenced the measure . He denied that it is “anti-woman” or “anti-women’s rights.”


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Rep. Chuck Damschen, a lead sponsor



CHARLES “CHUCK” DAMSCHEN

Chuck Damschen is the owner/operator of a grain farm headquartered in southern Cavalier County, North Dakota. Chuck grew up on this farm, where he and his wife, Alice, have lived since their marriage in 1976. They are blessed with two daughters, Naomi and Gabrielle, a son, Charlie, and daughter-in-law, Erika.

A wide variety of interests has resulted in Chuck’s involvement in many areas. Besides farming he worked as an auto mechanic, service station manager, and insurance agent. He has a private pilot’s license and co-owns a Cessna 172. He sings and plays guitar with the local gospel group Special Delivery and has served on a number of local boards.

Love of God, family, and country are values that were instilled into Chuck’s life at an early age. These beliefs have spurred his willingness to serve in positions such as deacon, trustee, and chairman of Zoar Lutheran Church in Hampden, president of the Edmore PTO, constable, assessor, and clerk of Storlie Township, secretary of the Alsen Rod and Gun club, president of a local Thrivent branch, director on the board of Farmers Shipping and Supply of Edmore, nine years as director and two years as president of the Landowners Association of North Dakota, Chuck Damschenmember of the Cavalier County Water Resource Board, member of the Devils Lake Basin Management Plan Task Force, member of the Governors Wetland Working Group, trustee on the Cavalier County Library Board, member of the Edmore School District Reorganization Committee and the Adams-Edmore School Improvement Steering Committee. He is also a member of a number of organizations such as the NRA and AOPA.

Damschen is a strong proponent of traditional values, Constitutional principles, and local government. Property owners’ rights, keeping governmental control and tax dollars in local hands, and promoting North Dakota and its resources are some of his top priorities for the upcoming ND Legislative session. He feels his obligation as an elected official should be to principles and people first. “All constituents, and especially those who vote, deserve representation regardless of their partisan background,” states Damschen.



https://charlesdamschen.wordpress.com/about/

Damschen is outstanding in his field.

[Ohiogal]

1. This isn't "anti-woman" or "anti-women's rights"???

[Freddie]

2. We have to make this a huge issue

It’s on record that the Republican Party is opposed to equal rights for women.
I’m all ears to hear their “reasoning”.

[James48]

3. This IS significant-

as the 1979 passage by several states, and it's failure then to gain enough states, was due, in part, to the sudden revival of draft registration by the Carter administration and Congress.

As a response to the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, Congress revived draft registration in 1979. Several states who had just recently then contemplated passing the ERA, then had second thoughts about it, as there was debate at the time whether or not to include women in draft registration.

As you might recall( if you are as old as me, and had to register at the time) there was a court case about whether or not draft registration for males only was constitutional at the time. That stirred up some opposition to the ERA until things were settled, which was settled as a Supreme Court Case

In the 1981 case of Rostker v. Goldberg, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of male-only draft registration against a challenge arguing that it should be struck down because it discriminates on the basis of sex. That allowed draft registration to be MALE ONLY, because the Court ruled that since the military prohibited combat service by women (by policy, not by law), it would be legal to ONLY DRAFT MEN, and that, in part, affected some states in whether or not to ratify the ERA. Ultimately, the ratification effort failed.

However, since then (the 1981 case) the situation has changed greatly, as the Pentagon has opened up virtually all combat positions to women. And in FEBRUARY 2019, a Federal Court ruled that draft registration now is UNCONSTITUTIONAL, because now things have changed, Women now CAN serve in combat roles, making the reasoning behind the 1981 case invalid.

See https://reason.com/volokh/2019/02/24/federal-court-rules-male-only-draft-regi

Now either the ERA needs to be passed, and women made subject to draft registration, or the law needs to be changed. This case in North Dakota MAY be the North Dakota state legislature trying to be put on record as opposed to the ERA, in order to put a stop to making women register for the draft.

[mwooldri]

7. Then the draft needs to die.

It can be reinstated quickly if there is a national emergency requiring conscription.

[msongs]

4. they will keep taking socialist welfare farm subsidies and socialist flood relief nt

[GoCubsGo]

5. I feel sorry for this asshole's two daughters.

[yaesu]

8. The evil empire of the north sure enjoys throwing cowpies at everyone but the rich. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Can't tell if the women in photo have shoes, edge cuts off. . . . nt

[Judi Lynn]

19. Looks as if they have decided to just keep grinning and not talking back, not ever.

If they have shoes, they're probably the kind worn by people who spend all their time standing in the kitchen, being available to fry a quick egg or two, whip up some pancakes, maybe a grilled cheese to eat on the run, or start getting dinner together really early so the men-folk can sit down to "supper" by five o-clock every night.

After all, what do they have to do all day, outside having children and raising them?

[yaesu]

10. My fav satirist has someyhing to say about this, warning, may be offensive to snowflakes

Rated NC-17

[sinkingfeeling]

12. If they can "un-ratify" this, they'll be un-ratifying the Bill of Rights next.

[Polybius]

17. They can not un-ratify the Bill of Rights

It's part of the Constitution.

[sinkingfeeling]

20. Why not? I didn't think a state could take back their ratification

of an amendment one vote shy of being a part of the Constitution, but apparently they can. What if 38 states decide to take back their votes for the Fifteenth?

[MichMan]

21. None of the previous votes by other states are valid any longer since the time limit has expired

[Polybius]

22. Once an Amendment is ratified and in the Constitution, a state can't take it back

So say it it passes and is ratified with 40 votes, three states can't rescind and nullify it. The only way to repeal an Amendment is a with another Constitutional Amendment, and it's only been done with Prohibition.

However, it remains to be seen if a state can rescind it's ratification if the process is still going on. It also remains to be seen if the ERA is still going on, since it had an expiration date for ratification.

[Mc Mike]

13. It took the repugs 44 years, but they finally got backwards, where they were headed all along.

[Ford_Prefect]

14. This is about maintaining the mythology of White Male Privilege.

The fantasy of White Christian Nationalism rises to oppress all of us. The paternalists have struck once again.

Facts do not matter to them. Documented Christian history does not. Science carries no weight. Constitutional law as written, interpreted and enforced for over 200 years has no meaning if it conflicts with their John Birch inspired and Koch family paid for Disney-ized vision of Uhmurican history.

And the really sick thing is they think they are preserving sacred truths...

[kwolf68]

15. I simply do not get it

The Republic Party is getting more brazen by the day. How long until they try to reinstate Jim Crow laws?

[mountain grammy]

18. They're working on it, I'm sure.

[cvoogt]

16. he can shove his tradition then.

"He feels his obligation as an elected official should be to principles and people first." should read: "He feels his obligation as an elected official should be to principles and men first."