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 The most direct effect of this section of the state constitution, known as the Texas Equal Rights Amendment, is to subject classifications based upon sex to "strict scrutiny." For information regarding the campaign to secure passage of the amendment, see [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/mlt02 ''Texas Equal Rights Amendment''].
-The passage of this section in 1972 also had the effect of incorporating modern federal equal protection jurisprudence into the state constitution. Note that the Texas Supreme Court has recently jointly referred to Sections 3 and 3-a as the Texas "equal rights" and "equal protection" clauses.
+But the passage of this section in 1972 also had the collateral effect of incorporating modern federal equal protection jurisprudence into the state constitution. Note that in 2024 the Texas Supreme Court jointly referred to Sections 3 and 3-a as the Texas "equal rights" and "equal protection" clauses.
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