The failure of the Equal Rights Amendment to win ratification left the adjudication of sex discrimination claims largely in the domain of the ____ Amendment.

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The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution includes the Equal Protection Clause, which prohibits states from denying "any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Although the Equal Rights Amendment was proposed to provide explicit constitutional protections against sex discrimination, its failure to win ratification meant that the 14th Amendment remained the primary legal basis for challenging discriminatory policies and practices based on sex.

The Failure of the Equal Rights Amendment to Win Ratification