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Jack Thompson Sends Subpoena to Bush 273

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the oddly-this-used-in-his-defense-of-mental-instability dept.
Ariastis writes "Jack Thompson has filed documents with a federal court in Florida requesting to subpoena President George W. Bush for a deposition to retain Thompson's license to practice law. Ah, and Jeb Bush too, for good measure."
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Jack Thompson Sends Subpoena to Bush

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  • I'm torn (Score:5, Funny)

    by Trigun ( 685027 ) <<xc.hta.eripmelive> <ta> <live>> on Friday September 07, 2007 @04:32PM (#20513663)
    Is the enemy of my enemy my friend, or is he still an asshole?

  • Rotaderp .sv Neila (Score:5, Funny)

    by Tackhead ( 54550 ) on Friday September 07, 2007 @04:32PM (#20513675)
    It's sorta like Alien vs. Predator, but backwards. Whoever loses, we win.

  • wow - Bush AND Thompson in the same story (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 07, 2007 @04:33PM (#20513705)
    I bet you Slashbots are just foaming at the mouth.
  • jack thompson: greatest troll who ever lived

  • good luck with that (Score:3, Interesting)

    by hguorbray ( 967940 ) on Friday September 07, 2007 @04:34PM (#20513727)
    Considering that not even congress can get Bush, Rumsfield, Cheny et al to respond to subpoenas -or even off the record chats ire the Plame affair, the attorney firings etc (maybe they can get Gonzales now that he has stepped down) I don't think he's got a prayer.

    And when he loses his license he can blame Bush -just like everyone else

    -I'm just sayin'

  • The Time Is Approaching (Score:5, Insightful)

    by MightyMartian ( 840721 ) on Friday September 07, 2007 @04:34PM (#20513729) Journal
    The time is approaching when someone is going to have to put this guy in the nut house. I hope all those self-serving pandering politicians who like to align themselves with Thompson against the invented evils of video games start seriously considering the kind of delusional maniac they've decided is their ally.

  • Who's next (Score:3, Funny)

    by DesertBlade ( 741219 ) on Friday September 07, 2007 @04:34PM (#20513731)
    CowboyNeal!
  • Funny that never came up before. If we'd all known this, he probably would have gotten a lot less attention.

  • Uh-oh. (Score:2)

    by seebs ( 15766 )
    What if he manages to persuade Bush that video games might be somehow related to terrorism, or non-Christians?

  • Subpoena as evidence? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by R2.0 ( 532027 ) on Friday September 07, 2007 @04:37PM (#20513777)
    Ok, now that I've trolled in another post, I'm wondering if the folks trying to get him kicked out of the Bar could enter the subpoena ITSELF as evidence of JT's unfitness to practice law.

    • Re:Subpoena as evidence? (Score:5, Interesting)

      by MightyMartian ( 840721 ) on Friday September 07, 2007 @04:40PM (#20513829) Journal

      Ok, now that I've trolled in another post, I'm wondering if the folks trying to get him kicked out of the Bar could enter the subpoena ITSELF as evidence of JT's unfitness to practice law.


      I don't know if it can be directly referenced or not. Is it necessary? The guy's record speaks for itself. This delicious piece of irony is just icing on the cake.

      I'm more concerned about his fitness to walk down the street. I really do think Thompson is completely out of his mind. I think what's needed after the disbarment is a 30 day psychiatric review in a closed facility. Maybe there's some meds they can give him.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by Rycross ( 836649 )
        He's already had a psychiatric review, on court order. Turns out he's sane, at least according to one psychiatrist. I think its more likely that he's a publicity whore. Sending a subpoena to the president smells of publicity stunt anyway. I mean, really, what can Bush of all people add to his case? Bush probably doesn't even know who this guy is.

        • It makes me wonder, though (Score:4, Interesting)

          by Moraelin ( 679338 ) on Friday September 07, 2007 @06:43PM (#20515391) Journal
          It makes me wonder, though. Schizophrenia quite often starts mild, debatably sane, and progresses over time to padded-room calibre. Just because at some point you might look like just a bit eccentric or slightly bizarre or a bit of a bad case of cognitive dissonance, doesn't mean that 17 years later you can't be diagnosed with proper schizophrenia.

          And this guy's delusions started from half-way between mildly annoying and mildly funny, and progressed to outright bizarre. I can't diagnose him anyway, but it makes me, you know, wonder. Maybe a second examination would find it a bit worse than the one almost 2 decades ago? It's a possibility.

          Plus, to the best of my knowledge, a lot (most?) doctors tend to prefer to err on the conservative side, especially when it would bury someone's career. If slapping a "yup, he's schizophrenic" label on him would terminate his right to act as a lawyer, even temporarily, they'll give him a lot of benefit of the doubt. He'd pretty much have to be at the raving lunatic stage to get that. It's just a different standard. Even if you'd consider giving him neuroleptics in a private consultation, you'd have to be convinced that he's to deranged to do his job to actually slap that on his dossier.

          Plus, in that kind of context, I figure it's hard to diagnose anyway. Noone will start telling you about the voices in his head, when he's sent there to determine whether he's fit to keep working and doing his crusade. Being insane carries a major stigma. So unless they're deranged past the point of hiding it, a lot of people _will_ try to hide it, if you just send them to a psychiatrist. They might admit stuff to their therapist if it was their idea to go there, and it's going to be kept secret. But not to the guy who has to determine whether they're fit to keep their job, and whose conclusion will probably be public record.

          What I'm trying to say is that it's entirely possible that he just slipped through the cracks the first time. (_If_ he's indeed nuts.) There's no telling if he'd still pass after all this time.

      • Re: (Score:3, Funny)

        by Darby ( 84953 )
        .Maybe there's some meds they can give him.

        KCN perhaps?

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Perseid ( 660451 )
      Wow. And then...and then he can use that as reason to get another subpoena which his opponents can use as evidence..and...and...

      BOOM!

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by thegnu ( 557446 )

      Ok, now that I've trolled in another post, I'm wondering if the folks trying to get him kicked out of the Bar could enter the subpoena ITSELF as evidence of JT's unfitness to practice law.

      I know from my dealings with a lawyer due to a negligent, threatening, [expletive deleted] landlord that there are certain parts of the legal process that are not admissible as evidence as court. I'm not sure where all that extends, but I know it covers at least part of pre-trial settlement communication.

      I curse your name

  • sounds to me (Score:5, Funny)

    by to_kallon ( 778547 ) on Friday September 07, 2007 @04:38PM (#20513785)
    Jack is currently suing the mediator, Judge Dava Tunis, along with the Florida Supreme Court and the Florida Bar.

    like he's a lawyer, alright...
    • Consider this - President Bush shows up, but wearing a Master Chiefs' [myarcadeplanet.com] costume.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Tango42 ( 662363 )
      Suing the person that's meant to be mediating the dispute is taking things a little far, even for him... If he keeps suing the judges and courts, who's going to finally judge the case, and where? If you want to use the legal system to your advantage, you can't sue it... I would have thought a lawyer would realise that.

      • Re:sounds to me (Score:5, Informative)

        by forkazoo ( 138186 ) <<wrosecrans> <at> <gmail.com>> on Friday September 07, 2007 @06:26PM (#20515207) Homepage

        Suing the person that's meant to be mediating the dispute is taking things a little far, even for him... If he keeps suing the judges and courts, who's going to finally judge the case, and where? If you want to use the legal system to your advantage, you can't sue it... I would have thought a lawyer would realise that.


        AFAIR, this won't be Jack' first time filing against a judge in one of his cases. Whenever he doesn't like a judge, he has convinced himself that suing the judge will result in a conflict of interest, and force the judge to recuse himself, allowing him to arbitrarily judge-shop until he finds somebody he thinks will kow-tow to his bullshit for fear of being sued.

        Unfortunately for Jack, there is no clear precedent requiring a judge to recuse himself if he gets sued by someone involved in a case he is judging. Naturally, this is because such a precedent would enable exactly what Jack wants. IIRC, the last judge he sued didn't recuse himself because of being sued, but eventually did recuse himself because there was a conflict of interest arising from the fact that the judge was filing a formal complaint about Jack being an asshat.

  • Jack Picture (Score:2, Interesting)

    by Dan667 ( 564390 )
    Anyone have a picture of this guy. You cannot make up some of the stuff this guy does and I am curious to see if you can see the crazy in his eye.
    • You can see a picture here [wikipedia.org]. You can't see the crazy in his eye, but he looks old and crotchety enough to have forgotten to zip up his fly.
  • Every time I see a story involving Jack Thompson, I wonder if it's some guy making stuff up - this guy is stranger than fiction...

  • At least.. (Score:5, Insightful)

    by CokeJunky ( 51666 ) on Friday September 07, 2007 @04:56PM (#20514057)
    he can claim that gaming has driven at least one person to raving lunacy... Himself! (at least in my personal opinion.)
    • Raving lunacy might be an overstatement. I would guess he's bipolar.

      One day he's the champion of all that is good and holy.
      Next day a single email asking reasonable questions scares him shitless
      Then he's up to debating with anyone or doing anything
      Then he assumes that a PAX invitation is a trap to kill him.
      Then he's above the FL justice system
      Then there's a conspiracy against him in Florida
      Then he's mighty enough that the president of the USA must answer to him personally.

      I'm not even sure I'm even exaggera
  • Fogive my ignorance of the US legal system but my understanding from TFA is that because they wont respond to his supeona that the disbarment is stuck in limbo for the time being at least? Could the bar board just ask relavence of these people and discount these supeonas? What would be next, him sending supeonas to dead people or the children of pregnant women?

  • One good send deserves another (Score:5, Funny)

    by NJVil ( 154697 ) on Friday September 07, 2007 @05:08PM (#20514241)
    George Bush sends Jack Thompson to Guantanamo

    • Re: (Score:3, Interesting)

      by Jarjarthejedi ( 996957 )
      I wonder how many /.ers, who are against Guantanamo on average, would feel about that. I'm sure there would be some mixed feelings.

      • No excuse for torture. (Score:4, Insightful)

        by Txiasaeia ( 581598 ) on Friday September 07, 2007 @07:54PM (#20516045)
        There's no excuse for one human being to torture another. There's no reason to joke about it, either. Jack should be stripped of his ability to practice law in the United States, but being an obnoxious and pedantic lawyer isn't a reason to deprive him of his basic human rights and inflict pain on him. In fact, there's no reason why torture should be acceptable in the 21st century world.

        Human Rights Watch [hrw.org]

  • Good luck getting the executive branch to respond to subpoenas. Congress tried to subpoena testimony from Karl Rove, and look how well that turned out for them.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by taustin ( 171655 )
      He'll use it to claim he's been denied due process, because his subpoena wasn't honored, and demand everything be dropped as a result.

      He'll fail. But he's used to that by now.

  • Perfect lesson in english usage (Score:5, Funny)

    by swordgeek ( 112599 ) on Friday September 07, 2007 @05:34PM (#20514555) Journal
    Someone asked me the other day about the difference between psychotic and psychopathic. Here it is laid out nicely.

    The psychotic Jack Thompson is sending a subpoena to the psychopathic George Bush.

  • It's clear who Bush needs to defend him... (Score:5, Funny)

    by Runefox ( 905204 ) on Friday September 07, 2007 @05:42PM (#20514675)
    Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney!
  • Wow, after reading this article I actually thought it was the first of April for a while. I kind of wish Jack Thompson sticks around, though. By the time he's caused enough chaos our legislative branch will finally push for more frivolous lawsuit and ethics reforms. He'd be the Bar Association's equivalent to Enron.

  • Duck Hunt (Score:5, Funny)

    by wiredlogic ( 135348 ) on Friday September 07, 2007 @05:48PM (#20514767)
    Jack better watch out. Some of out government officials have already been trained on violent video games. I hear Cheney is pretty good at Duck Hunt.
  • Thompson is a raving nut. I think he needs to lower the stress in his life, do something to relax, like play video games. I've heard those are great for calming people down and making them act more rationally.
  • ... a reason to sue IBM. Seriously, Microsoft, Judges, Bush... can't we please throw in the Nazgul for good measure?

  • Gamepolitics (Score:3, Informative)

    by Hemogoblin ( 982564 ) on Friday September 07, 2007 @09:48PM (#20516895)
    If you want the original story, check out the Gamepolitics article [gamepolitics.com] The submitted link is practically word for word plagiarism of the gp article. At the end of the submitted link, they state "thanks gamepolitics", but that hardly makes up for ripping off the article.

    In summary, if you want well written and interestering articles on politics and games with no advertisements, check out Gamepolitics.com [gamepolitics.com]. I'm not affiliated with the site in any way, I'm just a fan.

    Cheers

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