Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion for a bare majority of the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which ended constitutionally protected abortion rights in America, seemed to delight in invoking professor John Hart Ely’s memorable criticism of Roe v. Wade. In 1973, the same year the Roe opinion came out, Ely wrote that the court’s decision to protect …
The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs on Wednesday authorized the States/ Union Territories to notify orders under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, by relaxing the requirement of "prior concurrence" of the Central Government, up to June 30, 2020. Intimating the same, Union Home Secretary wrote to all the State Chief Secretaries, asking them to take urgent steps to ensure wide …