[nunoste]

I'd say this is a conservative (small c) approach. If you try to get 9 very smart people to agree on anything in a case, it is likely to be a very limited agreement. This means the decision will be narrow and limited, ie. conservative (again, small c). However, if you are a Conservative (big C), and all you care about is the outcome regardless of whether or not its 5 justices or 9, then this isn't likely to be a favorable approach for Conservatives.

[Gondring]

You nailed it.

[Huck]

You definitely nailed it.

[Kylie_04]

You are exactly right. Many Conservatives are no different than the lefties when it comes to their expectations from SCOTUS. Like the lefties, they also want outcome based decisions, albeit opposite ones. Conservative (small c) Justices should operate exactly as CJ Roberts is stating here - as narrowly as is possible given the law and the facts surrounding any given case. Anything else is activism - regardless of whether it falls to the right or the left on the political spectrum.