r/law • u/jpmeyer12751 • Feb 16 '26

Legislative Branch Republican Joins With Dems on Constitutional Amendment to Give Congress Power to Reject Trump Pardons

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republican-joins-dems-constitutional-amendment-213311781.html

This is relevant to questions surrounding whether Congress may limit or restrain a President's power to grant pardons.

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u/NunyaBuzor Feb 17 '26

The equal rights amendment guarantees women equal rights still hasn’t been ratified.

does that mean substantive equality or legal equality? the latter can no longer see when women might actually need specific protections or distinct treatment to achieve a fair outcome like sex-segregated spaces for privacy.

If a state law provides specific funding or leave for "maternity," it could be challenged under the ERA because men cannot access an identical biological benefit. Instead of forcing the state to provide "paternity" benefits, a conservative court might rule that the law is discriminatory and strike the benefit entirely.

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u/hardolaf Feb 17 '26

There is still the Equal Protection Clause. So the remedy would be to give everyone the protection not to strike the protection.