Thompson v. The Florida Bar

Filing 102

Plaintiff's MOTION for Leave to File Florida Bar News Paid Ad by John B. Thompson. (Attachments: # 1)(Thompson, John)

IN 1976, having graduated from Florida Bar complaints to stigmaVanderbilt Law School, I came to FLORIDA BAR GOVERNORS tize, exhaust, and intimidate me. I Miami and became a Christian and have had to file a federal civilthen a lawyer, in that order. I have rights lawsuit to prove the illegality tried to keep those two roles in that of these SLAPP complaints in particular order. which your Florida Bar has enthuIn 1989 I secured the first siastically participated with Blank fines ever levied by the Federal Rome, violating its own procedural Communications Commission for rl i d ig o T ii"ab c" ue n on s. hss p y ak s airing indecent material in violafrmyscesaantT eB r o ucs gis h a' s tion of 18 USC 1464. The radio stasimilar collaboration with the t ns atres rtl td b i ' t ny o o ea ae i y shock-radio industry years ago. collaborating with the former Your and my Bar has subverted chairman of the Florida ACLU to its solemn charge from the Florida persuade The Florida Bar to go to Supreme Court to protect the pubthe state Supreme Court, which lic from unethical lawyers. It is required me to submit to psychiatnow the politically correct, leftr a d pyh lgclts t d tr n i "ak i n sc oo i c a et o eemie f Jc s wn to g t oi a dh s h sna ien" e uig h u h p le n a c oe s i t cl c d h ThompsonnsThe Florida Bar pornography is so Doc. 102 Att. T o s v. obsession against h mpo ' tr w r t g t h p bi sitdefr t e fre ue a" o u te u l-pr e f t o noc 1 c i o severe that he is mentally incapacitated by that obsesconstitutional laws that protect kids from adult-rated s na dtu u f t pat ea . i n h s ni o rci l " o t c w material. The American Psychological Association has T eB r o nsr k ea n dmea dfu d h a' w hi s xmie s n n on found these products modify behavior and constitute ta "ak Thompson is a Christian acting out his h t Jc a health and safety hazard to our society. fi .I m n w teo l of il B r eti sn a h" a o h ny fc l a- r f d a e t ia y c ie The Florida Bar a few years ago conducted a poll l yrnFoia T e a'isrr adme a gs a e i lr . h B r nue p i w d s d mae t sew a w l yr to g t f u B r dsil o e h t e a es h u h o o r a' i pi w s c for the h n r b t o o­ u now The Bar is pursuing me again. nary machinery. A disturbingly high number of us Meantime, I was amicus curiae in the 1990 fedrso d db s t gta " h yuaea dw o ep n e y t i h t w o o r n h m an ea t a ta fu dMimi a go p2Lv C e ' rlr lh t o n i a rp ru i rws e yuk o " a d tr n w a dsil ei p ru d o n w cn eemie h t i pi s use c n album As Nasty As They Wanna Be w s"bcn " a o se e and meted out. under Mie v C lona three-prong test. lr . ai r i' l f s My attorney and I met in Tallahassee May 15, In 1992, with Charlton Heston, I persuaded Time 2006, at the offices of Greenberg Ta r ' ruisBarry g Warner, largest communications company in the Richards with Bar general counsel Paul Hill, execuw r ,op lrp e IeTs" o Kl r f m s r ol t ul a p r c-' C p ie" r d l o te o tive director John Harkness, then Bar president Alan shelves worldwide. The ACLU then declared me one Bookman, and president-elect and now president o i " e sr o te er a a e o r u t ft C nos fh Y a, fl sbi e s " s q Hank Coxe. Mr. Coxe looked at me and said, I wear as badge of honor. Ice-T has gone "o n e t b sse d df m te rci Y u ed o e up n e r h pat e o c from advocating the killing of police officers of law because of the vitriol with which you t p r aig o e o N Cs Law and o ot y r n n n B' have addressed these entertainment indusOrder: SVU. The irony is sweet vindication t l yr. E cs meHa k I e a wt r a es xue , n .' st i y w " v h of what I have spent two decades doing. families whose loved ones are dead because In 2004 I got the Howard Stern Show o teepo ut " i il i tel s ta f h s rd c . Vt o" s h e t h t s r a canceled by all Clear Channel Communicashameless lawyers deserve, especially when tions radio stations when I sent the FCC and they file, in violation of federal criminal Clear Channel, a transcript of this comment civil-rights laws, SLAPP Bar complaints. aired by shockjock Sen " vrb n a y tr: E e a g n Coxe is the guy who rather vitriolically and famous nigger chicks? What do they smell publicly went after the Bush Administration l e Waeme n? i ? tr l s" k o for keeping terrorist suspects at GuanClear Channel was fined $495,000 for tanamo B y O ema ' v r l sa oh r a. n ns i i i n te to airing indecent material because of my forma 'a ri ise .ut s Ha k ns l us temsJ sak n . t m, mal FCC complaint, the basis for which is There is more proof Coxe and his the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in FCC v. " u ri s f e cay (o B r oeG ada o D morc" h w a G vr n Pacifica which establishes the constitutionnors described themselves in a brochure) a t o C n rs'a sta po ii id ly f o ges l i w h t rhbt n e have become thought police. After that May cent material on the public airwaves 15 Tallahassee sit-down, Bar prosecutor between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., when minors Sheila Tuma demanded, in writing no less, are likely to be in the audience in significant on behalf of your and my Bar, that I submit numbers. to a battery of psych tests again by The Flor­ A KTHOMPSON ida Bar to determine once more whether my JC So, I have used laws that have been held constitutional to try to prosuccessful activism is pathological. tect children from adult entertainThus, the thoroughly recidivist Florida me tHa t i ma emea " n t ia"lwy r T eFo ia Bar has adopted the Stalinist techniques of the Soviet gulag. Your Bar n . s hs d n u eh c l a e ? h lrd Bar thinks so. seeks to pathologize my Christian faith and public activism because my I 2 0 Iw sitri e o C S 60 Minutes, by Ed Bradley agenda is not theirs. More than shocking, this is a criminal violation of n 05 a nev w d n B ' e about my wrongful death lawsuit in Alabama on behalf of the families the right to engage in First Amendment-protected speech and acts, as of three cops shot and killed by a teen who had trained on Grand Theft codified in federal civil rights laws. Auto: Vice City, a cop-killing murder-simulation video game. " na p ae,si C uc i,io e h f d acoo i , o A p esr a h rhl " n w o e s rcdl h p " d l s e e R a e'D g s te ol'wd s ra p bi t n po ue a ig t i et i l t IT e a cngt w y i tiiea hjce d r iet h w r s iet ed u lai , rd cd n n iwl a hm a . f h B r a e a a wt hsl gl i k s , d c o l s" h l a original report that favorably treated the case, one buttressed by testi- ing of our disciplinary system at my expense and while you look on, mony from four experts who also have testified before Congress on the then you may be next. violent video game copycatting phenomenon. My civil rights lawsuit against The Bar will ask the jury for tens of Remember Jeffrey Wigand after he appeared on 60 Minutes to millions of dollars so that even Hank Coxe will understand that such blow the whistle on predatory tobacco-industry marketing and selling Bar nonsense must end. A verdict could require a special assessment a a ut rd c t mios BgT b col n h da"h o teme- against you. n d lpo ut o n r? i o ac a c e u so t h s sn e" t tg t t t d s o hm.t int ok( ew yi te e gr s aey o r o et y i I dd 'w r s h n h r y r e If you want to know more about what your and my Bar is doing in movie The Insider, starring Al Pacino.) the above regards, or if you have your own horror story, please contact Similarly, the giant video-game maker of Grand Theft Auto, Take- me, Jack Thompson, at 305-666-4366 (office), 305-588-3005 (cell), or Two Interactive Software, Inc., hired the Philadelphia law firm of e-mail [e-mail]. Blank Rome, with offices in Florida, to do to me what Big Tobacco did to Wigand after my appearance on 60 Minutes. Blank Rome, by the w y in t ny a eT o rg trdlb y tnb t te a,s o o l T k-w ' ei ee o b i i oh h U.S. House s s s and Senate, but is the largest "u de"of campaign cash to Bushbnl r You can read Jack T o s nsfully h mp o ' Cheney i b t 2 0 a d 2 0 . D ntyu lv a" mi vle" n oh 0 0 n 0 4 ( o ' o oe f l a s a y u researched and corroborated book about administration that takes money from the lobbyist for the company what The Florida Bar tried to do to him ta e e d dte" t of " onmo i Grand Theft Auto: San h t mb d e h Ho C f e p r e dn the last time it lost its mind. Published by Andreas and sold it to children?) Tyndale House, it is entitled O t f am' uoHr s Ba kR me ts fr ont-is l n T k-w w s og u l n o ' ak o p r- kd ce t a eT o a t i p s o i n Way, and available at major bookstores. baseless SLAPP (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation)

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