Hmmm.... Time for plan M, or maybe it's N now?

There's no way Jacko will be able to control himself and not file something with the court. Contempt of court charges here we come. Of course that will just give him more ammo to paint himself as a victim but it would still be nice to see.

@GoodRobotUs:

Depending on who his cellmates are, he may end up going down on something more than a martyr.

Not unexpected at all.

Too bad it only applies to the Florida Supreme Court, and not any sub-courts... Oh well. It's a start. ;)

@mogbert

"This pretty much shows the court doesn’t feel he is a qualified counsel. If he is not qulaified, how can they keep him on the bar?"

Because it's not up to the Florida Supreme Court. Disbarment is handled by the Bar, not the court. They are, however, allowed to be quoted as an "authority" when it comes to determining if he is qualified to be a lawyer.

"That means, about 2:30 PM, you can expect him to file a Rehearing Motion, stating that he can file it because this sanction wasn’t finalized yet."

He can file it. It's a "final chance" to state his case. However, they are free to reject the motion (see the determined catch), which would finalize the order...

@JackDon'tKnowJack

I suppose. The disbarment is essentially the Bar suing JT for "breach of contract" (breach of the rules he agreed to abide to when he got his license).

So the judges do have authority to "rule in favour of" the plaintiff (the Bar)...

Once again Thompson, make the courts job easier and just bend the fuck over!

OBJECTION!! Objection!! Judge, I object on the grounds that there is a conspira--

Overruled!! Sit down, Mr Thompson! And please stop sending me naked pictures of your boyfriend.

Jack, as predicted, has filed his motion for re-hearing:

http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/2008/03/20/supreme-court-sick-of-jack-thompso...

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

I'd like John Bruce to get comment privileges for this one topic as I'd like to know how the hell this is possibly "good news".

You know what is the absolute best part of all this? Jacko posted a few things over on JAABlog, and here's the jewel.

""And by the way, Jackdon'tknowjack, you stated in a post at Gamepolitics.com that I contact victims after school shootings. I never do that. I am going to find out who you are and sue you for that."

Oh ho ho, better watch out Jackdon'tknowjack! A guy who can't file anything to the court is going to sue you! What's next? He's going to shoot you with an unloaded gun?

Ah, Jack, you're too good. In a community so fractured and divided, only you could bring us all together, side by side.

He does not give me somehow so that IV the smallest chances to hold back to have the premiere Gta

Good move, Florida, good move.

Mr. Thompson, you cannot blame anyone else but yourself.

@x(wai)x, I think you mean a disturbance in the Farce! ;)

That's the most wonderful thing I've ever heard from the gaming press :D

the funny thing is this could hae been easily avoided by him, the reason he got sanctioned is not for the fact that his filing are asinine but for the reason that he sends 14 when 1 will do the trick, for example, he is given 14 days to show cause, and he sends them files on days 2,4,5,7,8,10, and 13, had he instead held off on filing until day 13 or 14, and filed them all as one huge file (not so huge as most of the filing all state the same thing) this wouldn't have happened to him he has nobody to blame for this but himself

JB wins this thread for clairvoyance.

@GoliathWins

"I’m assuming he sent out a press release to all known media to make sure everyone knows about this.

Right?"

And likely claim that this is what he wanted and the Florida Bar has shot themselves in the foot.

When you're delusional, you'll never bored.

I almost want him to be unbanned. What can he possibly say now?

*giggles*

crash and burn baby. crash and burn.

@x(Wai)x

Possibly the best play on that quote I've heard yet. Beautiful, just beautiful.

ohh...

I can see Thompson at the Clerk of the Courts office:

*waving fingers back and forth* I'm not the lawyer you think I am, I'm not the lawyer you think I am

Clerk: Sorry Mr. Thompson, I'm not accepting that

JT: !#$%!%!#

Finally, my prayers have been answered!

Ah, the first step towards the public neutering of Mr Thompson :)

@Rey

That's exactly what I was singing when I saw that.

But the Bar trial will probably continue, as this sanction was decided a month ago (though I don't know much about Florida laws, so I could be wrong).

This could be VERY interesting.

Obviously the Florida supreme court is conspiring with the Florida Bar Association and the video game industry.

HAHAHAHA!

Classic. Beautiful. I can't wait to see him flail impotently at this one.

I think my heart just stopped.......

(deep breath) AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA

The system works. I'm so pleased. Setting aside his agenda, the one thing I've never liked about the guy is he's a bully. Seemed to feel like the legal system was his own personal implement to bludgeon people with who don't share his belief. Maybe I'm not a lawyer, but I read that to basically say the legal version of "We warned you. SHUT UP."

The system works!

[...] I just read on the Game Politics blog that the Florida Supreme Court has implemented sanctions against notorious anti-games attorney Jack "Murder Simulator" Thompson : 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. [...]

I read the document, and here's what I took away from it: The Florida Supreme Court agrees that Jack is a shitty lawyer.

"The order issued by the Court may be found here"

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


You know the more that Jack is losing the better he thinks he is doing. Just for once I'd like Jack to realize, "Oh hell, I'm boned."

This is great news. Not the best news (that of his disbarment), but good all the same. Now that they have told him in plain language why his filings were intolerable, maybe he will have the time to reflect on them and realise what an idiot he has been. In all seriousness, how could a grown man think that petty insults, accusations of conspiracy, pornographic material and the infamous "picture book for adults" were good ideas?

I think most, if not all people learn at some point in their lives that sometimes there are things that should not be said. Conversations where things said too hastily in anger or frustration cause the loss of friendship, respect, or even have repercussions on one's professional life. Things we say that we wish we could take back and this time, think before saying. That's in the spur of the moment however. This man rattled off his letters, "media alerts", "responses", motions, etc. without a single thought as to whether what he was saying was a good idea or not, and it has cost him dearly.

Abraham Lincoln was said to have wrote letters in anger. Mean, spiteful an insulting letters, but he never sent them. As he wrote, he mulled over his words and ultimately decided against sending them, perhaps instead, having "exorcised" the angry words and getting them out, he was able to reflect without the initial anger and compose more suitable messages. If only Jack had picked this historical figure to compare himself to (as opposed to Paul Revere, Jesus, Batman, Martin Luther King, etc.), he may not have ended up in his current pitiful state.

Grr, first sentence of last paragraph should say "written" instead of "wrote".

My kingdom for an edit function GP!

[...] Florida Supreme Court to Jack Thompson: "STFU" Filed under: Game Industry, Game Politics, Jack Thompson, off topic — Takuan Daikon @ 4:58 pm I just read on the Game Politics blog that the Florida Supreme Court has implemented sanctions against notorious anti-games attorney Jack “Murder Simulator” Thompson : 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. [...]

@Shadow Darkman,

We should keep base camp anyways, because JT could use other venues to be heard.

i am very interested in how this will turn out.

This is a victory for the Florida legal system, yes, but for JT it's only an obstacle. Remember his wife is a lawyer, and while we know she's sane and has good standing in the legal community, we don't know if she's also willing to throw it all away for him.

I doubt it because she's got a long list of honors and is part of a good firm, but you never know.

The beginning of the end for Jackie T?

I sure hope so.

Sweet sweet victory! Now maybe all the news shows will stop asking him to spew out piles of crap anytime there is something about video games worth reporting.

I wonder if this will cause him problems. While he knows other lawyers, I'm sure he is only on friendly terms with some of them. The court has already spoken out on this matter, so he will either need to stop sending them, or try and get someone to sign them for him. But that carries the danger that whoever signs for him will also face contempt charges unless they are reasonable filings. That would mean that just about anyone he approaches to sign it for him will likely turn him down. This could cause him to feel isolated or friendless.

What happens then depends on his reality distortion field. He will either feel as if everyone in the world is holding him dear in their heart, or he will possibly lash out at a world that has rejected him, likely in a long and rambling press release.

Note: I purposefully didn't name any relations in this post.

ON NO!!!

This is EXACTLY what Jack Thompson wanted!! Now the florida bar is his to destroy!!!

This is exactly the good news jack was looking for.

Meanwhile, on planet Earth, the rest us raise our glasses to the Florida Bar.

It kind of scares me that JT is shouting victory at this decision, but only until I think of him eventually divorced, alone and forgotten behind the base board of a soiled bathroom in a mental institution....

This is a beautiful day....*cry*....

@JDKJ

I think that's what he's aiming for, if he can't win, then he'll go down a 'martyr' to the evils of the gaming industry in his own eyes.

Is it sad that I can see Jack going as far as the supreme court to try to argue his case that the Florida Bar is conspiring against him?

@JB
Nicely put :D

This might be one small step to devastate JT, yet it's a step never the less.
Sooner or later, he will lose more, and the day will come when we all can celebrate his disbarment.

I'm wondering if his wife will "risk" her career for her beloved looney husband.
Honestly I'm quite surprised that she hasn't ditched him already...

brb, going to go put "Hit the Road Jack" on my iPod.

@E. Zachary Knight:

Jack'll have to search the pyschiatric wards of Jackson Memorial to find an attorney who'll sign one of those "picture books" at any price.

I can see it now... Thompson goading his wife into signing his filings. :D

@mogbert:

2:30? Could be in the Clerk's office already.

@JackDon'tKnowJack

That gives him enough time to file at least 5 motions

Jack Thompson's reign of terror is coming to a close, at last.

Jack's career is good as over. Nobody would risk their reputation helping him out by being his delivery boy.

@E. Zachary Knight

Even if they care more about money, the order still says that it's a FLORIDA BAR MEMBER who has to sign. After insulting every member and the bar itself for years, I doubt he'd be able to find anyone who will accept to sign everything from him.

He sees this as 'good news'? He MUST be trying to immitate Hubert Farnsworth to 'dumb his speech down to the retards in the cloacks' or something, otherwise, HOW COULD THIS BE GOOD NEWS AT ALL FOR HIM?

@ EZK

Mr. Kent should be able to clear up the chances of JT having someone else file for him. Maybe he'll post to clear up the confusion.

So, any running bets on how many lawyers ole John Bruce will go through by the time this whole ordeal is over with?

@ EZK

I'm going with zero.

If he gets another lawyer to file for him it will destroy his conspiracy agenda.

@EZK

I'm going with zero too. JT's pretty well known, I can't see anyone wanting to risk their careers (or sanity) dealing with him.

Plus he'd probably insist on Pro-Bono, seeing as how he hates handing out money (see the Junkin article about how JT thought a 10% cut for co-counsel was "outrageous").

Best he might get is a law-student, working the Pro Bono track, at most they'd give him one chance before getting tired of his constant nagging and harassment...

I'm not saying that Jack won't find an attorney to represent him before the Supremes. As EZK says, for the right price, that's an easy do. What he'll never find is an attorney stupid enough to rubber stamp the kind of pleadings he's been filing with the Supremes. Because any attorney with half a brain will realize that do so will only land them in same kind of hot water that Jack's in, and I can't see a sane attorney wanting to do that at any price.

@KpC:

Just the Florida Supreme Court. But give him time. He'll work his way around to the others.

@JackDon'tKnowJack:

Ah, thanks. And you're probably right about the other courts!

But did he compare himself to Paul Revere this time?

Someone should probably explain to him that the difference is, when Paul Revere was screaming drunkenly about an invading threat, that threat actually existed.

@KpC

Sounds like just the Florida Supreme Court, where his disbarment cases are currently in "review".

So he could presumably still flood the lower courts, and he could still file federally (although he has insisted he will, the last time he did the court denied him and said to let the Florida court finish first...)

And he can't file outside his jurisdiction without some other lawyer, or getting Pro Hac Vice (and I'm sure they wouldn't grant it if he was in the middle of a disbarment hearing...)

I was thinking about Jack this morning, before I saw this. More specifically, I was thinking about his wife. I find myself wondering what kind of person she is. From the little I know, she's a successful attorney, but I wonder about her personally. for instance, how involved is she in Jack's Crusade? We never see or her from her, so I would suspect she's busy with her own work. I wonder though, if she ever says, "Jack, you're on the verge of disbarment. Stop and think for a minute about what you are doing."
I have the good fortune to be married to a wonderful woman who is willing to support me, but who isn't afraid to call me out when I'm wrong. I was thinking about her this morning, and about what kind of woman is married to Jack Thompson, and how this affects her life.
Maybe she doesn't pay as much attention. Maybe she really believes in him and is pushing him on. Maybe she is telling him to stop, to try to save a sinking ship. Maybe he's been trying to hide all this from her, which, while unlikely, screams sitcom to me. Like I said, I know she's an attorney, and that's about it. It was just a thought I had this morning.

Personally, i think the only way he can grab media attention in the court room is when we hear:

JT: OBJECTION!
Judge: Overruled
JT: OBJECTION!
Judge: Overruled
JT: OBJECTION!
Judge: Overruled
JT: WELL YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT I SAY TO THAT!? *turns around and drops drawers and starts smacking bottom at the judge* KISS IT!

I can't speak for the next guy, but if I'm given a choice between a wife and a $1,000,000 a year income, I'm going for the bucks every time. And then buying me a new wife. But that's just me.

Did anyone else get the feeling that the world is a better place when they woke up this morning? After reading this I know why.

A Toast lads and lasses, to the beginning of the end!

Cheers mates!


Mind you, I'm saving my bottle of fine Irish Whiskey for his disbarment announcement.

Awwww, c'mon! "Thompson’s continued inability to maintain a minimum standard of decorum and respect for the judicial system" is the best thing about the man! Do we really want him to be replaced by a game-censorship advocate who DOESN'T alienate everybody he meets? Heavens!

And Jack's not flying completely solo, it appears. He's already got a co-counsel in the disciplinary proceedings. Isn't one of his smoke-screens that the Bar and Judge Tunis illegally stole his co-counsel's medical records? He tried to argue that point on behalf of his co-counsel at his hearing and Judge Tunis had to remind that he was his co-counsel's client, not his attorney.

So, any running bets on how many lawyers ole John Bruce will go through by the time this whole ordeal is over with?
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Knowing him he already has attorneys lined up. Can't stop looking like a fool just because some "court" says he can't file any longer... Knowwhaddamean?

Jack = Epic Phail

@ Anonymous United against JT member No. 1 (aka Prometheus)

I'm going to stick with the averages and keep to my zero with his wife in mind when it comes to filing.

She's kept out of JT's business throughout all of his shinanagans and I don't see why that would change now. I'd be more inclined to believe that he'd get a buddy from church to help him out more than his wife. Not to mention she has a lucrative law career. How can she be the bread winner if she takes time away to file stuff for JT pro bono?

Maybe we should leave family out the discussion.

[...] Jack Thompson is OVERRULED! Florida Supreme Court lays down the sanction! March 20th, 2008 | Category: Gaming News GamePolitics has just released some breaking news about game hating attorney Jack Thompson. Following the Florida Supreme Court’s complaint about Jack’s frivolous and duration wasting suit filings, it has just come to pass that the silver-haired enemy of videogames got smacked down with sanctions effectively hampering his ability to waste court duration. [...]

Retro:

I don't really know anything about her either, but I imagine her a saint.