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Florida-attorney and all-around good guy Jack Thompson was on the receiving end of some news today that is either good or bad, depending on your perspective. That is to say, if you're a gamer, it's good. But somehow, if you're Jack Thompson (and chances are, if you're reading this, you're not...) you somehow have deluded yourself into believing that it is good news.

Thompson forwarded GamePolitics an e-mail he received from the Florida Supreme Court stating that Thompson has until March 5th of this year to prove that he has not been "abusing the legal system" with frivolous court filings.

Here's the text from GamePolitics:

02/19/2008  ORDER-SHOW CAUSE   TO: JOHN BRUCE THOMPSON It appears to the Court that you have abused the legal system by submitting numerous frivolous and inappropriate filings in this Court.

Therefore, it is ordered that you shall show cause on or before March 5, 2008, why this Court should not find that you have abused the legal system process and impose upon you a sanction for abusing the legal system, including, but not limited to directing the Clerk of this Court to reject for filing any future pleadings, petitions, motions, letters, documents, or other filings submitted to this Court by you unless signed by a member of The Florida Bar other than yourself.

 Personally, I find it interesting that the Court chose to spell out that in the future, Thompson is not allowed to file anything in Florida unless it is signed by someone else who is also a member of the Florida Bar. Does this mean that before long, Jack will finally face the disbarment hearings that have been so long in coming? Only time will tell.

And in keeping with his own insane M.O., Jack sent GamePolitics his own take on the Court's ruling:

This is the single greatest gift that any court has ever given me in my 31 years of practicing law.  I shall now, through a new federal lawsuit, deconstruct The Florida Bar…
 
Thank you, Supremes!  You have given me the weapons I need.

Even though I am an optimist, I have a hard time seeing how Jack sees the potential end of his legal career as "the single greatest gift that any court has ever given [him]"

He did, however, forward to GamePolitics part of his response to the Court, which provide a bit of insight into the mind of a strange man:

This court’s panicked threat against Thompson… has wonderfully proven not just that Thompson has no “adequate state remedy” but that he has no state remedy at all.  This court threatens Thompson if he even files this pleading.

This is a brazen attempt by this court to repeal the absolute right of every citizen, under the First Amendment, to “petition the government for a redress” of grievances…  

The [Florida] Bar threatens a whistleblower with retribution because he dares to keep blowing the whistle? This court has threatened Thompson.  He does not threaten back.  He hereby informs this court that he will see it in federal court.  This court has just thrown Brer Rabbit into the briar patch.

 

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