How Biden's attempt to add a constitutional amendment raises questions about his fitness

Joe Biden's attempt to add an amendment to the Constitution with a statement issued just before he left office is one of several eleventh-hour moves that could come under renewed scrutiny in light of revelations about his deteriorating cognitive abilities at the time.

Republicans have begun to investigate whether aides exercised presidential power in Biden ’s name without his express permission or full awareness.

Tomasini was one of two aides who may have been involved in “usurping authority from former President Joe Biden and hiding his rapidly worsening mental and physical faculties, a book says.

Tomasini and Anthony Bernal reportedly had enormous influence in the Biden circle.

A small group that included other more senior aides tightly controlled decision-making and access to Biden .

Biden has declared the ERA part of the Constitution , but his administration fought in court against that prospect.

The three states that most recently ratified the ERA sued the archivist in the District of Columbia in an attempt to get the court to force the National Archives to publish the amendment.

In 2022 , Biden’s Justice Department issued an update to the original opinion in response to pressure from the Left .

The update made no mention of any role for the president in the ratification process.