A Stitch in Haste

Concurring Opinions laments the low volume of output by the Supreme Court:

Last term, the Supreme Court issued opinions in just 74 cases. That's pretty pathetic. It means there are many areas of the law that are unsettled or unreviewed; many important issues in which the Supreme Court could helpfully weigh in but it doesn't; many issues that, once decided, will not reach the Court again for decades, if ever.

I'm not one to jump on the "activist judge" bandwagon, but it seems to me that, in all branches of government, less is more. As I commented over at CO:

I'd be thrilled if Congress only voted on 74 laws per session, or if the Federal Register only increased by 74 pages each year.

I'm perfectly content to see the Supreme Court limit itself to a "light" caseload. So long as it gets the cases right (which, to a depressing extent, is not happening anyway — go figure).

More thoughts at Crime & Federalism.