6.25.2008

legislating from the bench

Estimated time for full recovery by affected species from the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spill: 15 - 30 years.

Estimated time for full recovery by Exxon Mobil Corp. from today's Supreme Court decision: 4.5 days.

As written in today's opinion:
The real problem, it seems, is the stark unpredictability of punitive awards.