Why hasn't he formed an exploratory committee? I don't believe that triggers the law.
Well, of course, I don’t know for sure, but if he declares sometime in May, like many of us believe, going to the effort of forming an exploratory committee would be a waste of resources. Now, if for some reason he is forced by contracts to wait longer, I would hope that he would form an exploratory committee.
To clarify, if he declares, Law and Order will be forced to run older re-runs which Thompson did not appear in. His producer wants him to run, so I think that will probably work out, as long as the first run episodes are able to show.