Oyez! Oyez! The High Court of Slog is hereby called into emergency session to attend to the pressing matter of one John "Zamboni" Scannell, disbarred lawyer.

Mr. "Zamboni" Scannell is running this fall against incumbent Washington State Supreme Court Justice Debra L Stephens, who also happens to have signed a 2010 decision upholding Mr. Scannell's disbarment.

Further, Mr. "Zamboni" Scannell, in an op-ed delivered to The Stranger's offices yesterday on a Bugs Bunny flash drive, appeared to understand the legal argument against his candidacy: "The argument seems simple enough. I was disbarred by the Supreme Court. Washington’s constitution and relevant case law says I can’t run. So how do I wiggle out?" (Mr. "Zamboni" Scannell's answer: it's complicated, it has to do with jurisdiction and sovereignty, and, finally: "If elected, I will serve.")

Further, "Scannell was known for years as the Zamboni driver at Seattle hockey games, famous for a while as the guy who made it look like he bit the head off a raw fish thrown onto the ice."

All parties having now been briefed, an advisory opinion is requested: