Letter: Don’t start over on the ERA

On Nov. 5, Robert Sleight asked why we continue to fight for ratification versus starting fresh on a new Equal Rights Amendment. He may be right about the deadline, but we can remove it.Mr. Sleight cited Idaho v. Freeman, where the Supreme Court declined to act because the Congressionally imposed time limit had expired. However, the Court also expressed concern with a state legislature attempting to define the amendment powers of Congress.Additional cases, such as Coleman v. Miller (1939), addre