Supreme Court Declines Jack Thompson Appeal

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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Re:He'll Be Back

[plover]

Oh, absolutely. Next stop: the U.S. House of Representatives. He just has to carpetbag his way around the country until he finds some particularly gullible district and start selling them locally with his trash talk. If he keeps a low profile by making only local appearances and speeches, and picks his battle against an opponent so stupid that he or she doesn't discover his background, he might not rise to enough prominence to be outed by the national media until it's too late.

If we have districts full of Americans that are stupid enough to elect a convicted felon or a deceased candidate, we surely have some that will elect a disbarred lawyer. I'm thinking that in some parts of this country, "disbarred lawyer" might even be proudly worn as some perverse badge of honor: "I was so right about this stuff that they created a conspiracy to kick me out so I wouldn't reveal the TRUTH, the TRUTH they are HIDING from YOU!"