In November, 2020, he was elected without opposition to a full 10-year term at the Second Circuit Court of Appeal, which serves Louisiana's twenty northernmost parishes from Texas to Mississippi.
Thompson was elected to the House in 2011, when the term-limited incumbent, fellow Republican Jane H. Smith of Bossier City, ran instead, unsuccessfully, for the Louisiana State Senate.
Conservative opponents of the bill claimed the measure is at odds with freedom of speech rulings by the United States Supreme Court.
Thompson offered an amendment, which removed those sections of the bill that specify prohibitions against bullying in regard to only sexual orientation, disabilities, and race.
[5] Representative Thompson served on the House Education, Homeland Security, Ways and Means, and Military and Veterans Affairs committees.