The Greenhouse effect at work.
Linda Greenhouse is trying to get Roberts to crave the positive reporting of the great NYT court reporter.
Interesting take - that she's playing "good cop" now to make the contrast stronger when she turns critical on the substance of the rulings when they come out at the end of the term.Interesting that she suggests that the process of closing out the term may be less hectic. Be interesting to see if the rulings flow out at a more steady pace as the term winds down.