[Eugene Volokh] A State Justice Criticizes S. Ct.'s Constitutional Punitive Damages Caselaw
The Volokh Conspiracy 2023-07-20
Summary:
From Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David Wecht's concurrence yesterday in Bert Co. v. Turk (and see here for Justice Wecht's broader discussion of unenumerated rights): … While I have significant doubts about much of the jurisprudence that controls the present inquiry and that assigns punitive damage awards a federal "constitutional status," the Majority has correctly…