I'm not opposed to the ERA. Quite the opposite. But I am also in favor of constitutionalism, and opposed to presidents summarily declaring things (which I expect to be a real problem in the near future).

Apart from the guess about hypothetical Supreme Court rulings, nothing I've said here is my opinion; most of it is in the wikipedia article on the history of the proposed amendment, and well documented elsewhere. For example, NOW - a major part of the original movement to get the amendment through Congress - gives their chronology of the effort at now.org/resource/chrono…

. Notice the entry in 1982, "June 30: ERA is stopped three states short of ratification."