Scalia says the Constitution does not prohibit discrimination by sex . The 27th Amendment blocks lawmakers from voting themselves a pay raise to take effect during the same session of Congress in which it was passed . The ERA was first proposed in 1923 , but a 1972 proposal was not ratified . It is now being considered again after President Obama signed an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT people.
Scalia says the Constitution does not prohibit discrimination by sex . The ERA was first proposed in 1923 , but a 1972 proposal was not ratified . It is now being considered again after President Obama signed an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT people.