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The Biden-Harris Administration today announced its final round of student loan forgiveness, approving more than $600 million for 4,550 borrowers through the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) Plan and 4,100 individual borrower defense approvals. The Administration leaves office having approved a cumulative $188.8 billion in forgiveness for 5.3 million borrowers across 33 executive actions.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Student Loan Forgiveness and Borrower Assistance Actions | U.S. Department of Education

But SCOTUS decided that his student loan plan was unconstitutional

Supreme Court strikes down Biden student-loan forgiveness program - SCOTUSblog

He went ahead and through a series of executive actions defied the court and forgave the loans of 5 million plus borrowers


No wonder he thinks he can change the Constitution the same way.

Today the dictator declared

Today, I affirmed the Equal Rights Amendment to have cleared all the necessary hurdles to be added to the U.S. Constitution now," "The Equal Rights Amendment is the law of the land now. It's the 28th amendment to the Constitution now."

Biden says Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, kicking off expected legal battle as he pushes through final executive actions | CNN Politics


The facts ...... The amendment was proposed in the 1970s . It NEVER recieved the necessary state's ratification to pass. Congress set a deadline for passage and it did not happen. Virginia attempted to pass it after the deadline . The Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice said no .

Congress may not revive a proposed amendment after a deadline for its ratification has expired. Should Congress wish to propose the amendment anew, it may do so through the same procedures required to propose an amendment in the first instance, consistent with Article V of the Constitution.

For the reasons set forth above, we conclude that the ERA Resolution has expired and is no longer pending before the States. Even if one or more state legislatures were to ratify the 1972 proposal, that action would not complete the ratification of the amendment, and the ERA’s adoption could not be certified under 1 U.S.C. § 106b. In addition, we conclude that when Congress uses a proposing clause to impose a deadline on the States’ ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment, that deadline is binding and Congress may not revive the proposal after the deadline’s expiration. Accordingly, should Congress now “deem [the ERA] necessary,” U.S. Const. art. V, the only constitutional path for amendment would be for two-thirds of both Houses (or a convention sought by twothirds of the state legislatures) to propose the amendment once more and restart the ratification process among the States, consistent with Article V of the Constitution.

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The Courts ;the law ;the Constitution did not deter Joe.

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Breaking . The National Archivist called Joe's statement what it is BS

This is a long-standing position for the Archivist and the National Archives The underlying legal and procedural issues have not changed.

National Archives Shoots Down Biden’s Last-Minute Bid To Change Constitution

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Sen Gillibrand of NY (as dumb as a rock) praised Joe's rhetoric and I guess she believes he has the authority to unilaterally change the Constitution .

President Biden just declared that the Equal Rights Amendment is now a valid part of the Constitution, and should be considered the law of the land.This is an incredible moment for reproductive freedom, and a historic day for equality – especially with Americans facing the further degradation of reproductive freedom as the incoming administration takes power.Now, women living in states with restrictions on their reproductive freedoms can – and should – file suits to overturn these unconstitutional laws that discriminate on the basis of sex. I know they will have ample support as they seek justice, and I promise to stand by their side in this fight.

(1) Kirsten Gillibrand on X: "President Biden just declared that the Equal Rights Amendment is now a valid part of the Constitution, and should be considered the law of the land. This is an incredible moment for reproductive freedom, and a historic day for equality – especially with Americans facing the" / X

However she vividly points out one of the reasons that it should never be added to the Constitution. States that have added a version of the amendment to their constitutions use it as a premise for the right to kill babies at taxpayer expense. Couched in the language of "women's health " they make the claim that abortions are a “medical necessity” and that denying them denies women's rights under the Equal Rights Amendment . A national amendment would remove any state's power to deny that.......even common sense provisions like parental notification laws.

The ERA has always been an amendment that would guarantee unlimited abortions .

But that is not all.

We have seen the attempts by some in government to eliminate the distinctions between men and women ;and where that leads . Directly threatened by biological sex being a choice are the many gains women have made in employment, education, and athletics . The ERA would codify the passage of 'sexual-orientation and gender-identity '(SOGI) laws. These laws tend to be vague and broad, lacking clear definitions of what discrimination based on“sexual orientation” and “gender identity” means and what can be penalized based on the alleged discrimination. Public and private institutions lose their basic First amendment rights under the broad terms applied. Schools have no choice ;religions have no choice local community standards cease to exist .

There is only one way that the Amendment could be passed. The terms of passage have expired . So it has to be reintroduced and the process of amending the constitution has to start from the beginning as laid out in Article 5 .