About

Contemporary media as well as the leadership of the Democrat Party have become incredibly aggressive now that the party controls all levels of the federal government.  There is apparently a conscious decision to simply use that newly grasped authority to 'declare as law' those measures which have previously failed. The expectation is that an accommodating media will simply echo the 'establishment of these precious new rights' and demand acquiescence. This enactment of dead provisions appears to be an essential part of progressives political hegemony. Legally and culturally speaking, it is making law by proclaiming a ‘Zombie Apocalypse'. Measures which were dead and defeated are simply dead no longer.  In this episode of Life Matters, Commissioner Johnston again interviews Douglas Johnson, Federal Legislative Director Emeritus of the National Right to Life Committee as he explains how another intentional falsehood is being put forward by the abortion industry and its advocates. They are seeking to revive a long-dead proposal to amend the Constitution - the Equal Rights Amendment. The Constitution is very clear that amendments may be offered but they must first pass through approval by two-thirds of the state legislatures. When first proposed in the 1970s, the ERA never did get the necessary two-thirds of the states approval, and in fact, when it was realized that the ERA would enshrine abortion in the language of the Constitution, many states rescinded their previous approval. Even when attempted again in the 80s the effort failed. Roe v. Wade had never actually drawn from the Constitution. It made up an abortion right from the 'emanations from the penumbra' (a shadow) of the Constitution. Now, with abortion support in the White House and in both houses of Congress, the strategy has changed and their desire is simply to proclaim that the ERA never died, that there are no limits placed on its passage, and their goal is simply to proclaim it a fiat accompli - that the Equal Rights Amendment is law. They have great hope that the media will simply repeat this clearly false view of the Constitution and its amending. This attempt to create a “walking zombie” of law should be humorous on its face, but sadly there are many naïve and committed ideologues who believe that if they want something they can simply proclaim it to be true, and the dominant media culture will affirm that. Their hope is that natural opponents can simply be silenced!  These battles for objective truth and reality do indeed impact our laws. It is crucial that conscientious individuals be ready with the facts to dispel the myths which are so often used to bring about unjust laws. Just such objective facts will be necessary in order to finally bury the zombie known as the ERA.