Immediately after his rejection, Hale petitioned the Illinois Supreme Court to reconsider his application, and questioned the constitutionality of rejecting his application based on a set of beliefs he held, citing the First Amendment.
Justice James D. Heiple was the sole dissenting justice on the Illinois Supreme Court, writing in his dissenting opinion that the court was "speculating" about Hale's potential future actions, and argued for review to determine whether a law license may be denied based "on predictions of future actionable misconduct."[REF]