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Supreme Court Declines Jack Thompson Appeal

Posted by Soulskill on from the take-the-hint dept.

eldavojohn writes "Jack Thompson was disbarred last year in Florida, putting a halt to annoying lawsuits targeting game makers and the constitutional rights of gamers. Well, he had appealed to the United States Supreme Court (scheduled to be heard last Friday) to get this overturned, but instead they declined to even hear his appeal. They wouldn't even give him the time to review his appeal, so it appears his disbarment for life stands. Florida had declined to file a response to Thompson's appeal, and it turns out they didn't need to. Sad day for Jack Thompson, but a great day for gamers everywhere." This comes shortly after Thompson was frustrated by the vetoing of some legislation he promoted in Utah.

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  1. Perfect timing by MrEricSir · · Score: 4, Funny

    The timing leaves the country safe for this new game:
    http://www.theonion.com/content/video/hot_new_video_game_consists

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  2. Re:He'll Be Back by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    He'll probably just turn to violence, and blame it all on video games once captured.

  3. Re:He'll Be Back by Foobar+of+Borg · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we have districts full of Americans that are stupid enough to elect a convicted felon or a deceased candidate

    Well, in all fairness, the deceased candidate was running against John Ashcroft. Who do you elect, a corpse or John Ashcroft? Not much of a contest really.

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  4. Re:W00t! by overzero · · Score: 4, Funny

    The spelling and grammar nazi side of me says "putting" is something you do on a golf green.

    This explains why the Nazis weren't known for their grasp of the English language or their golf skills.

  5. Re:W00t! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Put and putt share a present participle. Both are conjugated as "putting".

    I'd file a bug report for this, as it's undesirable behavior, but I don't know who's maintaining the English language these days.

  6. IANAL by interkin3tic · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am not a lawyer, but... neither is Jack Thompson now.

  7. Re:He'll Be Back by Scarletdown · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's fucking finished

    or

    FINISH HIM!
    (distant moans)
    Gamers WIN!

    Flawless victory... Legality.

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