Sentences with phrase «excessive judicial power»

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In affirming, both the State Court of Appeals and the State Supreme Court rejected Honda's argument that the punitive damages award violated due process because it was excessive and because Oregon courts have no power to correct excessive verdicts under a 1910 amendment to the State Constitution, which prohibits judicial review of the amount of punitive damages awarded by a jury «unless the court can affirmatively say there is no evidence to support the verdict.»

It is odd, therefore, to find on Judicial Power's list of 50 «problematic» cases Liversidge v Anderson — which is criticised by the editors of the list as showing «excessive deference to the executive's wide discretionary powers in wartime» and for «giving no effect to a statutory provision requiring the Home Secretary to have reasonable grounds for a detention decision».