Why is the fact that the Supreme Court is hearing fewer cases seen as a problem? "Supreme Court Faces Shortage of Cases," the headline says, and:
Justices are running well behind in filling their argument calendar for the term that begins in the fall. They have accepted 18 cases, compared with 27 by this time last year and 32 in 2004.
Many of the cases they have agreed to consider are technical rather than potentially groundbreaking.
Seems to me that the fewer cases the court hears, the fewer chances it can really screw up our lives. I'm also mystified by the politicians and members of the press who say we absolutely, positively must have comprehensive immigration legislation this year. The more comprehensive legislation is, the more likely it will have some hidden little stinkbombs and that most of the legislators won't even have read the whole thing. Better no legislation at all than bad legislation. Anybody out there think we are burdened with not enough law in this country?
