Petition for a Writ of Certiorari

This Petition is being presented to the United States Supreme Court in order to challenge Tennessee's law for the unlicensed practice of law (UPL). During several hearings held at the Blount County Circuit Court, the Honorable David R. Duggan presiding, threatened the Petitioners (William and Margaret Kinney) with criminal prosecution under UPL for defending their marital liberty and property rights. William and Margaret have been married for 43 years, and are one person in the eyes of God, and in law, and cannot be silenced in open court under the pretense of UPL. They sued the respondents in federal court for deprivation of their civil and equal rights. What followed next was an outrageous violation of their First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion by the Blount County Court, Tennessee's Appellate Court, Tennessee's Supreme Court, the U. S. District Court in Knoxville, TN, and the Sixth Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals. If these courts, which are empowered by the people to protect our rights, can violate those rights with impunity, the principles of liberty and freedom that made this country great - are dead.