When it ratified the Equal Rights Amendment on January 15, Virginia created the 3/4 majority of states required to add the proposed Amendment to the Constitution. Or, they would have...if the deadline for ratification hadn’t passed decades ago. Now, with its future hanging in the balance, KCSB’s Alex Niles sheds light on the past and future of this landmark legislation. As of today, several states have sued the federal government, seeking to set an official ratification date for the ERA.