On October 15, the Supreme Court heard nearly 2.5 hours of oral argument in the Voting Rights Act Case. Without even taking a break, the Court heard the second case, fittingly titled Case v. Montana . It was obvious the Justices were spent. They said so. At one point, Justice Gorsuch referred to a case called Brigham City as Brigham Young . He apologized, and said "Sorry. I am tired." At another point, Justice Barrett apologized for mispronouncing Caniglia , and said "it's been a long day."

Still, for those who managed to slog through the arguments, there was an important takeaway. The Justices did not want to write an opinion based on the unusual facts of this case. They wanted to write a broader rule that would be easy to apply.

Fred Rowley, who represented Case, spent a lot of time di

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