Comment: Until very recently, Ron has

Until very recently, Ron has been a public servant and a well-known/famous public figure. As such, artistic interpretations of his likeness and reproductions of public quotations of his are fair game for merchandise sellers.

Now, if Ron had been a bit more mercenary, he could have easily written a quotable phrases book and licensed his phrases to merchants for a fee.

I could be wrong, but any merchandise that is currently being sold that displays quotations from Ron's books could be sued for copyright infringement.

This has nothing to do with the domain issue, but it does shine a light on other issues than Ron could take on with his pitbull lawyer.