JUSTICE O’CONNOR’S CONSERVATISM, THROUGH THE LENS OF HER PUNITIVE DAMAGES OPINIONS.

The article focuses on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's jurisprudential approach, particularly in the context of cases dealing with constitutional limits on punitive damages. It examines her conservative stance regarding property rights, her resistance to populist and originalist conservative visions, her support for a case-by-case approach to determining punitive damages, her commitment to constraining both federal and state power and her role in building centrist coalitions on the Supreme Court.