New York Court to Rule on Fate of State’s Equal Rights Amendment

A New York appeals court heard arguments this week in a case alleging that a proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) violates the state Constitution. The ERA, also known as Proposition 1, would codify abortion access rights and add 11 new discrimination categories to New York’s Constitution. The New York Attorney General’s office is appealing Justice Daniel Doyle’s decision in Marjorie Byrnes v. Andrea Stewart-Cousins that reversed the state legislature’s vote to place the ERA on the Nov. 5 general election ballot. So if the AG’s office wins, the ERA will be put to voters in November. “I would expect a decision very soon from the appellate division and that this matter will wind up in the Court of Appeals,” attorney and former New York Republican congressman John Faso told The Epoch Times....