The move has no immediate legal force but will likely spark lawsuits that advocates hope will restore abortion rights.

U.S. President Joe Biden called the Equal Rights Amendment "the law of the land," on Friday, backing an effort to enshrine the change into the U.S. Constitution even though it long ago failed to secure the approval of enough states to become an amendment.

The remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality in the Constitution. But advocates said they could add heft to a future legal fight.

The struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment started more than a century ago when suffragist Alice Paul first proposed it shortly after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the

Biden’s statement has no legal force and a White House official said courts would have to decide whether the amendment is a valid part of America’s constitution

Biden announced that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution.

In his final week as president, Biden is using his bully pulpit to try to push forward the amendment that would enshrine sex equality in the U.S. Constitution.

“Equality is a fundamental promise of our democracy. That is why the Equal Rights Amendment belongs in our Constitution,” Harris said in a statement. “It makes our nation stronger, and it is the law of the land because the American people have spoken in states across our nation.”

Joe Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment our Twenty-Eighth Amendment, even though presidents have no authority to declare the validity of amendments.

Kristina Estle, director of the Underground Railroad Museum, wants area residents to remember and understand the cause that Martin Luther King Jr. fought to advance. As the nation honors the fallen leader by observing Martin Luther King Jr.

Thousands from all across the country marched and rallied across D.C. on Jan. 18, just days before former resident Donald Trump is set to take office.