Embattled anti-game attorney Jack Thompson, already awaiting a referee’s decision regarding his possible disbarment, got an additional spanking from the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday.

A docket entry posted by the Court, and forwarded to GamePolitics by Thompson himself, reveals that the controversial attorney has been hit with a show cause order for allegedly “abusing the legal system:”

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 that Court.

Therefore, it is ordered that you shall show cause on or before March 5, 2008, why that 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 receptionist of that Court to reject for filing any future pleadings, petitions, motions, letters, documents, or other filings submitted to that Court by you unless signed by a member of The Florida Bar other than yourself.

GP: I’ve not yet seen the complete text of the Florida Supreme Court’s order so I am unable to fully address what behavior on Thompson’s part may have provoked the show

cause ruling. A ask to Thompson to explain the situation went unanswered, as did a desire for a copy of the full show cause ruling.

As he typically does, Thompson has tried to bluster his way through that latest setback, writing in an e-mail:

This is the singled-out 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.

Commenting on the show cause order, Florida attorney Norm Kent, a longtime legal adversary of Thompson’s, told GamePolitics:

This is game, set, match for Mr. Thompson. The Supreme Court gave him a warning last April. Now he is going to be barred from even arguing or pleading his own case. And once the Supreme Court does that, other jurisdictions will follow suit. Looks like his only venue will be Fox News and gaming site blogs…

Meanwhile, Thompson has forwarded a response to the Florida Supreme Court. Again, more of the bluster (why does he see that as a winning tactic?):

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