Totalitarianism <span>is a type of government that wants to try to control their citizen’s lives, even their thoughts by using propaganda, secret police forces, and requiring absolute loyalty to the leader.</span>
1. After approval by Congress, it had a deadline for state ratification of seven years, and was considered a low priority amongst the turmoil of the 1970s.
<span>2. It was largely pointless. Every state already has some recognition of equal rights for the both sexes in its constitution or statutes, and a body of caselaw supporting the same. Many state legislatures were wary of ratifying an amendment that would expand federal power without really accomplishing anything.</span>
