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I love the State of Florida

The Supreme Court has sanctioned Jack Thompson

To quote the article,

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The Florida Supreme Court will no longer accept anything directly from controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson. If Thompson wants to file with the Court, he�s going to need to hire another lawyer to do it on his behalf.

That�s the ruling handed down by the Court late this morning.

As GamePolitics reported last month, the Florida Supreme Court issued a show cause order demanding that Thompson explain why the sanction shouldn�t be issued. Clearly, Thompson�s multiple responses did nothing to change the collective mind of the Justices.

The order issued by the Court may be found here, and the following passages are quoted from it:

After submitting inappropriate and pornographic materials to this Court, Thompson was specifically warned that should he continue to submit inappropriate filings, this Court would consider imposing a sanction limiting Thompson�s ability to submit further filings�

Since that order, Thompson has filed numerous additional filings which led this Court to issue an order directing Thompson to show cause why we should not limit his filings� We now sanction Thompson�

Thompson engaged, to the point of abuse� in a relentless and frivolous pursuit for vindication of his claim that he is being victimized by The Florida Bar�

Thompson�s multiple responses are rambling, argumentative, and contemptuous� What we cannot tolerate, however, is Thompson�s continued inability to maintain a minimum standard of decorum and respect for the judicial system to which all litigants, and especially attorneys, must adhere�

A thorough review of Thompson�s filings lead to one conclusion. He has abused the processes of the Court� Accordingly� the Clerk of this Court is hereby instructed to reject for filing any future pleadings, petitions, motions, documents, or other filings submitted by John Bruce Thompson, unless signed by a member in good standing of The Florida Bar other than himself.

�Further, if Thompson submits a filing in violation of this order, he may be subjected to contempt proceedings or other appropriate sanctions.

For his part, Thompson has sent out an e-mail describing the Supreme Court�s order as both �good news� and �idiotic.�

GP: Just to be clear, this sanction imposed by the Florida Supreme Court is a separate issue from Thompson�s Bar Trial which we have been reporting on in a series of articles this week. No decision has been rendered by the referee in the Bar Trial as of yet.

UPDATE: Thompson writes in to say that he mailed today�s motion prior to the Florida Supreme Court�s order and that, in any event, he is entitled to make an oral argument on the matter.

While I'm disappointed that he hasn't been disbarred yet, this is definitely a step in the right direction. Hurrah for Florida.

His disbarring is currently in mid-process.

Also; do we need another Jack Thompson thread? I mean the guy's batshit loco and there's not much else to talk about besides, "God damn, what is wrong with him?"

Well, it's a bit of game-related news that would be horridly off topic in any other thread, so I think this was the only option insofar as posting the story. The discussion will likely not go to thread limit or anything but it's nice to be kept informed without bothering to look it up myself.

Comic fandom is going to be so jealous of us. "Why couldn't this have happened to Wertham?" They will ask.

You want the truth, Thompson? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

Can't wait to see other states follow suit.

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Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

Also; do we need another Jack Thompson thread? I mean the guy's batshit loco and there's not much else to talk about besides, "God damn, what is wrong with him?"

No matter how much he does not deserve the attention, there isn't a single one among us who doesn't secretly (or not so secretly) want to hear of every single misfortune that befalls Thompson.

You think I have enough negatives in there?

Frankly I think they can follow the news themselves, then.

Gonna leave this open regardless, but moving to General until someone explains to me how this is directly video game related anymore.

I am taking the Tycho Approach to this situation: We need Jack Thompson around to look absolutely ridiculous, so that we don't get someone who is competent and sane to take over his position.

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Originally Posted by Roy_D_Mylote

I am taking the Tycho Approach to this situation: We need Jack Thompson around to look absolutely ridiculous, so that we don't get someone who is competent and sane to take over his position.

That assumes that someone sane would actually have a case, which isn't really true. Only someone crazy would want the position, so I have no worries.

Well, someone charismatic who doesn't froth. People would listen to someone with less froth.