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By KRISTI GLISSMEYER managing editor George Santayana was the first 10 say, "Those who cannot remember the past are condem ned to repeal it." Mary Frances Berry, a professor of histo ry and law al Howard University in 'A'as hington D.C. , seems lO agree. His1orian Berry wld a USU Convoca1ions crowd the Equal Rights Amendmeni will not be ratified uniil proponenis learn from the mistakes of past movemenis. She said ERA advocates supposed tha1 by gaining national consensus in Congress i1 meant automatic slate consensus. Such was no1 the case. The passage of the 16th Amendment , which established a federal income tax, is a learning tool for ERA supporters, she said. In that case, state consensus was already present before the bill even got on the congress iona l Ooor. But with ERA no one confirmed whether public support <•xistcd. Public consensus, however, is difficult 10 judge. Berry warned ERA advoca1es not lO be fooled 1hat support does exist, if in reali1y it doesn't. An amendment passed through Congress without ';true'' consensus will cer1ainly be repealed (continued
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Mary Frances Berry, a noted historian tells a USU Convocations audience how to amend and how not to ame nd the U .S. Constitution.