Equal Rights Amendments and Age-Based Discrimination

University Distinguished Professor Martha Davis has published “Equal Rights Amendments and Age-Based Discrimination” in State Court Report, examining the New York Court of Appeals’ recent decision in Miller v. State — the first major test of New York’s new Equal Rights Amendment. Davis explores what the court’s cautious ruling, and a probing concurrence, reveal about the uncharted territory ahead as states grapple with applying ERA protections to age-based classifications.