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[–] 23 points 6 months ago (5 children)

It would be impossible in today's political climate.

You need >66% vote in both House and Senate, or you need a Constitutional Convention called by >66% of the state legislatures. Then you need to ratify the amendment, which requires approval by >75% of state legislatures.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    What could pass 75% of states?

    In this day and age it amazes me we ever had that level of consensus. Something is super broken.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    Same as how they passed prohibition.

    It's actually quite fascinating even as it is disconcerting.

    They lobbied state by state, and focused on a few key legislators, threatening their seat, until the rest fell in line.

    They didn't have to fight them all at once, so they could focus their resources.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Its been broken for a while. Just a reminder that the Equal Rights Amendment of 1972 isn't technically implemented because Virginia didn't ratify until 2020 and now there are questions of expired deadlines and recisions.

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