Outgoing President Joe Biden issued a declaration that was mocked and ridiculed for attempting to simply declare a 28th Amendment to the Constitution.
Biden posted on social media his "belief" that the Equal Rights Amendment was ratified to the Constitution.
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"Today I'm affirming what I have long believed and what three-fourths of the states have ratified," read the missive attributed to Biden. "The 28th Amendment is the law of the land, guaranteeing all Americans equal rights and protections under the law regardless of their sex."
He was immediately fact-checked by a community note on the X platform that cited the Department of Justice under Biden.
"The National Archivist who is responsible for enrolling new amendments has stated that that the ERA has not been lawfully ratified, citing a legal opinion drafted by the Biden Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel in 2022 confirming this position," read the note.