Avowed white supremacist, Matthew F. Hale, is appealing the Illinois Supreme Court’s refusal to let him have a law license and, therefore, to practice law in the Land of Lincoln.

In a petition for a Writ of Certiorari filed Thursday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., lawyers for Hale are pleading with the high court to accept the case because their client’s constitutionally-protected right to free speech, equal protection and due process have been violated in Illinois.

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