The EQUAL MEANS EQUAL Team would like to thank the more than fifty organizations who rallied within the tight turnaround time last week to become historic amici to the EQUAL MEANS EQUAL v. Trump amicus brief — successfully filed August 1st, 2025 in Boston federal court.
We would also like to thank the amazing attorneys that helped us make this happen, Alison Shea, JD, who wrote the brief, and Laura Mangini, JD, who filed it on behalf of the National Women’s Political Caucus, the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Trust, the American Medical Women’s Association and the dozens of other important groups who signed on.
We cannot thank our Amici enough for stepping up and being who they are;
acting with alacrity, courage and will.
If your organization couldn’t manage the quick turnaround in order to sign the recent amicus brief, don’t despair! We will be filing another amicus brief when the case goes to the U.S. Supreme Court and we will be sure to give you ample time to review it.
At the end of the amicus brief, we included the December 13th, 2024 letter written by Reem Alsalem, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls.
She called on the United States to effect immediate publication of the ERA to the U.S. Constitution. Below is Ms. Alsalem’s letter:
“I would like to bring to the attention of your Excellency’s [i.e., the U.S. President] government, a number of concerns regarding information I received and observations I have regarding the lack of publication and incorporation of the Equal Rights Amendment (the ERA) into the United States Constitution as the 28th Amendment, which would significantly advance sex and gender equality for women in the United States of America. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) requires State Parties, including the United States, which ratified the Covenant in 1992, to guarantee equal enjoyment of all civil and political rights, and to prevent sex discrimination and gender-based violence to ensure equal enjoyment of those rights, under article 2 (non-discrimination), article 3 (equality between men and women) andarticle 26 (equality before the law and equal protection of the law). Additionally, the Human Rights Committee’s general comment No. 28 explains that State Parties are required to “take all steps necessary, including the prohibition of discrimination on the ground of sex, to put an end to discriminatory actions.” Therefore, the United States of America is required to adopt a constitutional sex equality amendment.”
We would like to especially thank Bamby Salcedo, President of The TransLatin@ Coalition and Juan Pablo Hernández, Esq., Senior National Coalition Manager of the Coalition for Justice and Equality Across Movements for their outreach to other organizations on our behalf. We are thrilled with the results.❤️
EME’s lawyer, Wendy Murphy, will be arguing the case, EQUAL MEANS EQUAL v. Trump, in Boston Federal Court at 2pm EST on September, 15th, 2025. EME President and VP, Kamala and Natalie, will join her in court. Save the date if you would like listen to the oral arguments; we will be providing you with information on exactly how you can do that as we get closer to the date.
We are so grateful to all of you for your continued support and for standing by us in very difficult times. We pledge to continue the work necessary to see woman and ALL people equal in this country, regardless of sex.
