5. The states legislatures must be in ¾ majority agreement of
the constitution to ratify it. The Congress itself cannot ratify it.
6. It is exemplified
by the process. Congress usually proposes the amendment, but in one way or the
other the states have to approve the amendment. Congress cannot approve it.
Then the Congress inserts it into the Amendments.
7. The 1960s were a time of unrest. The recent civil rights
actions brought the ERA into the spotlight. More rights and equality were being
proposed and the ERA fight right in with that agenda.
8. Setting deadlines
on anything adds a sense of urgency to the issue. It forces the states to make
choice, rather than dallying on forever.
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