EME v Trump Amicus Brief Webinar July 30th, 2025
EQUAL MEANS EQUAL's attorney Wendy Murphy filed another federal lawsuit recently in an effort to validate the ERA. The case technically involves a law that excludes women from the military draft, but we did not file because of the draft. We filed because a male had already filed a similar case in California, arguing that excluding women from the draft violates men’s rights under the ERA, and we were advised that his case is headed for the Supreme Court.
We are gravely concerned about Valame’s case because while he argues that the ERA is valid, he does NOT argue that the ERA requires strict scrutiny even though the law is clear that it does. He isn’t even asking for it.
The ERA protects ALL equally and is critical to the health of our democracy. Women alone were excluded from the Constitution many years ago, thus necessitating the ERA. But many other categories of people have since been described by the courts as falling under the meaning of the word “sex.” Sex is the operative word and it is a word of unity. Establishing full equality for women will elevate all people to full equality, where we all belong.
We have waited long enough for basic legal equality.
Read the lawsuit: https://equalmeansequal.org/?portfolio=equal-means-equal-v-donald-j-trump
Read the Opposition to Motion to Dismiss: https://equalmeansequal.org/?portfolio=equal-means-equal-v-donald-j-trump-2
READ AND SIGN ONTO THE AMICUS BRIEF:
https://equalmeansequal.org/?portfolio=equal-means-equal-v-donald-j-trump-3
The amicus brief will be filed on August 1st, 2025. Sign on will close at the end of business day, July 31st, 2025.
Why are Women STILL not Equal Citizens in the USA?
Why are Women STILL not Equal Citizens in the USA?
Perspectives & Strategies for Implementation of the ERA: Forum with Feminists In Struggle (FIST), EQUAL MEANS EQUAL & the ERA Publication Task Force
Join EME President Kamala Lopez, Impact Litigator Wendy Murphy and ERA Task Force Founder Jean Sweeney in an important conversation about the future of women's rights today.
The Importance of Strict Scrutiny for Women's Rights & the ERA
Attorney and Impact Litigator Wendy Murphy explains the importance of strict scrutiny for women and the reasons behind our new lawsuit: EQUAL MEANS EQUAL v. Donald J. Trump.
EQUAL MEANS EQUAL Files Historic Women's Rights Lawsuit Against Donald J. Trump
EQUAL MEANS EQUAL and renowned impact litigator Wendy Murphy file lawsuit on April 3rd 2025 against Donald J. Trump. Read the lawsuit here:
https://equalmeansequal.org/?portfolio=equal-means-equal-v-donald-j-trump
This lawsuit is vitally important to all women in America because a similar lawsuit is now pending in California, but it was filed by a man who claims that the Selective Service law discriminates against men. We take a slightly different view, and argue that the Selective Service law denies women equal treatment under the law. The difference is important. The California case is about discrimination against men. Our case is about equal rights for women.
The case in California (Valame v Biden) was filed by a man who asserts only one claim – that his rights under the Equal Rights Amendment have been violated because women are forbidden to register for Selective Service. He refused to register because he is angry that women don’t have to register.
His case is on track to land before the United States Supreme Court next year (2026), when the court will decide two questions:
1. Is the Equal Rights Amendment valid?
2. Is it unconstitutional to deny women the right to register for Selective Service?
Women, not men, should be front and center in any Supreme Court case that will determine whether women are finally fully equal citizens under the United States Constitution. We have fought much too hard and for far too long to allow a men’s rights case to decide the legal status of women.
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Actress, filmmaker, activist & President of Heroica Films, Kamala Lopez, launched the movement and documentary film Equal Means Equal, to educate Americans about the importance of equal rights under federal law for women and complete the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. She was recently in Washington DC working with advocates on the ground to ensure that the ERA is properly adopted and enforced. Lopez, a Yale University graduate in Philosophy and Theatre Studies, was born in New York City to an Indian mother and a Venezuelan father, and has worked as an actor in over thirty feature films including Born in East L.A., Deep Cover, The Burning Season (winner of 2 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes and the Humanitas Prize), Clear and Present Danger, Lightning Jack, and I Heart Huckabees. She has starred in over sixty television shows including Hacks, Interior Chinatown, Dr. Odyssey Medium, 24, Alias, NYPD Blue, & Hill Street Blues. She hosted the PBS series Wired Science.
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NBC 4 News Report On EQUAL MEANS EQUAL's ERA Action & Demonstration
NBC News 4 Reporter in Washington DC, Mark Segraves, reported on our January 10th action and protest and interviewed EQUAL MEANS EQUAL President Kamala Lopez.
Reflections On January 18th 2025
EQUAL MEANS EQUAL Founder & President Kamala Lopez reflects on recent events around the Equal Rights Amendment, including yesterdays statement by President Biden that the ERA is the 28th Amendment and must be followed as Federal Law.
Adam Eidinger Speaks at Pro-ERA Publication Press Conference January 14th, 2025
Adam Eidinger, one of the ERA 6 who was arrested on January 10th for EME's pro-ERA demonstration on the steps of the National Archives, speaks out about the importance of Biden publishing the Equal Rights Amendment before he leaves office.
10 Days Left
With only ten days left for President Biden to publish the duly ratified ERA, the wildfires in Los Angeles raging and President Carter's funeral happening - this is a somber day indeed. We hope that the voice of President Carter, who fought so hard, along with his wife Rosalynn, for the Equal Rights Amendment is heard by our President, in his last days in office.