And unlike most petitions to the high court, the case was granted for review (which requires the vote of at least four of the nine justices). Why, after fighting for years to get their case to the Supreme Court would he/she now decide to drop the matter? But Hecox shouldn’t get to drop the case just because he/she knows he/she is going to lose. The Supreme Court should allow the case to proceed and enforce the Constitution. ———–Timothy R. Snowball is a Senior Attorney at the Equal Protection Project.