1.   During an hourlong argument at the high court, the justices appeared to be divided.

2.   During the hourlong Supreme Court argument, the justices fired questions at Hamilton that indicated their belief the attorney-client privilege might not be absolute after death.

3.   However, several justices raised concerns during the hourlong argument that perhaps the court should dismiss the case as moot.

4.   Most of the hourlong argument was spent on whether the banks were the appropriate parties to challenge a regulation that was not addressed to them.

5.   The appeals court will hear hourlong arguments in each appeal.

6.   The hourlong argument at the high court pit the interest of law enforcement against the Fourth Amendment right of people to be free from unreasonable searches.

7.   The high court appeared to be as split as the attorneys during the hourlong argument.

8.   The hourlong argument before the court marked the first time the justices have considered the constitutionality of hate-crime statutes.

9.   The lively, sometimes contentious hourlong argument provided no clear answer.

10.   There was little indication from the justices in the hourlong argument on Wednesday that anyone had found a route out of this gridlock of policy concern and constitutional constraint.