Feminist law professor, family law lawyer and law professor, Center on Applied Feminism, Bronfein Family Law Clinic, @ubaltlaw, @ProfMEJohnson@mastodon.sdf.org
Baltimore, MD
Joined April 2019
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Prof. Margaret E. Johnson Threads @margaretjohnson retweeted
I’m seeing a lot of confusion about the Equal Rights Amendment online.
I've been working on the ERA for 13 years & literally wrote a book about it.
So, let me help answer some questions.
1) Yes, it really is a real amendment & fully part of the U.S. Constitution. Full stop.
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The National Archivist has stated the amendment cannot be certified without action from Congress or the courts:
abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden…
Biden's January 17, 2025 statement is purely symbolic and lacks legal authority:
npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-…
The original ratification deadline of 1979 (extended to 1982) was missed:
apnews.com/article/joe-bi…
Prof. Margaret E. Johnson Threads @margaretjohnson retweeted
President Biden’s official notice to the nation today follows clearly established precedent dating back to President Adams in 1798. The ERA is a valid part of our Constitution.
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The Archivist of the United States, charged with publishing ratified amendments, states:
"At this time, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) cannot be certified as part of the Constitution due to... legal, judicial, and procedural decisions."
Biden's statement is symbolic.
archives.gov/press/press-re…
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Please consider submitting an abstract and paper to this important symposium sponsored by The University of Baltimore Law Review @UBaltLawReview
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS! 📣
⚖️ The University of Baltimore Law Review is seeking papers and panelists for our Spring Symposium on State Responses to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the Battle to Secure Reproductive Freedom. ⚖️ Questions? Email: [email protected].
Prof. Margaret E. Johnson Threads @margaretjohnson retweeted
Join us next Tues 10/15 for a book talk on the criminalization of pregnancy with Prof. Grace Howard! #VitalSigns #freeCLE @DrexelKlineLaw
Join us for “Policing Pregnancy: A Book Talk with Grace Howard” on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. in ISB 112! 🎙️📚 Hosted by CLPSA, Vital Signs, & the Undergraduate Law Program. ⭐ Free CLE available. Register here: secure.touchnet.com/C20688_u…
Prof. Margaret E. Johnson Threads @margaretjohnson retweeted
NEW REPORT‼️ The data shows there were more pregnancy-related prosecutions in the first year after Dobbs than in ANY prior year.
Why? State actors are emboldened, putting pregnant people under INCREASED surveillance and making a dire situation even worse.
pregnancyjusticeus.org/wp-co…
Clinic students being sworn in as student attorneys by Justice Shirley Watts from the Supreme Court of Maryland. @ubaltlaw #clinicallegaleducation
Prof. Margaret E. Johnson Threads @margaretjohnson retweeted
So proud to have worked on this landmark piece of legislation that sent our women athletes to Paris on equal footing with the men commerce.senate.gov/2024/7/p…
👏👏So proud of my colleague and friend Prof. @nienkegrossman - UBalt Law's Prof. Nienke Grossman Reelected for Four-Year Term to Inter-American Juridical Committee for the OAS ublawaccolades.wordpress.com… via @ubaltlaw @nienk
Prof. Margaret E. Johnson Threads @margaretjohnson retweeted
My thoughts about the warnings that NIL, etc. will destroy our Olympic pipeline: baltimoresun.com/2024/04/18/…
Thank you @NitashaKaul for speaking on your important research regarding the connections between misogyny and authoritarianism @ubaltlaw. Thanks to CICL, Janet Lord, @kimwehle, @AppliedFeminism and all the student organizations that co-sponsored.
Prof. Margaret E. Johnson Threads @margaretjohnson retweeted
So excited to welcome Dean Reed to UBalt Law!
We are excited to announce that LaVonda N. Reed, J.D., has been named dean of @ubaltlaw. Reed, who will begin her duties at the University on July 1, brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and passion to her new role. bit.ly/3PxEJ0j
ALT Photo of Dean LaVonda Reed by Meg Buscema of Georgia State University's Department of Public Relations and Marketing Communications.
Prof. Margaret E. Johnson Threads @margaretjohnson retweeted
Congratulations to my former student @iyannaarrington and her fellow @ubaltlaw student @victoriagarner for winning the @NBLSA Moot Court Competion🎉🎉
University of Baltimore Law Students Win National Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Contest ublawaccolades.wordpress.com… via @ubaltlaw
Yes, bigamy is a crime in Maryland and makes the marriage void. Trip down memory land for @ubaltlaw family law students. William Brown Jr. pleads guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court - The Baltimore Banner thebaltimorebanner.com/commu…
Thank you @baltimorebar for inviting me to speak on the regulation of menstruation post-Dobbs. Learning from @WLCMD ED Katie O’Malley’s legislative advocacy for reproductive freedom and Melodie Henreger @BakerDonelsonIP’s organ donation work was 🤓🤩.
Opinion | 70 years later, remembering the fallout from a nuclear test - The Washington Post *NEVER FORGET* Thinking of everyone in the Marshall Islands and from the Marshall Islands. 🇲🇭 We in the U.S. still need to repair this wrong. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Prof. Margaret E. Johnson Threads @margaretjohnson retweeted
The clinical fellowship that launched my academic career is hiring! Come work with the amazing, @ProfMEJohnson1 and the rest of @ubaltlaw’s incredible faculty. Feel free to reach out if you’re interested or want to learn more. ubalt.edu/about-ub/offices-a…