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Nebraska State Senator Sues God

Snoink · 2007-09-19T06:34:15Z

Nebraska State Senator Sues God By NATE JENKINS – 9 hours ago LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The defendant in a state senator's lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and horror and threatening to cause more still. He can be sued in Douglas County, the legislator claims, because He's everywhere. State Sen. Ernie Chambers sued God last week. Angered by another lawsuit he considers frivolous, Chambers says he's trying to make the point that anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody. Chambers says in his lawsuit that God has made terroristic threats against the senator and his constituents, inspired fear and caused "widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth's inhabitants." The Omaha senator, who skips morning prayers during the legislative session and often criticizes Christians, also says God has caused "fearsome floods ... horrendous hurricanes, terrifying tornadoes." He's seeking a permanent injunction against the Almighty. Chambers said the lawsuit was triggered by a federal suit filed against a judge who recently barred words such as "rape" and "victim" from a sexual assault trial. The accuser in the criminal case, Tory Bowen, sued Lancaster District Judge Jeffre Cheuvront, claiming that he violated her free speech rights. Chambers said Bowen's lawsuit is inappropriate because the Nebraska Supreme Court has already considered the case and federal courts follow the decisions of state supreme courts on state matters. "This lawsuit having been filed and being of such questionable merit creates a circumstance where my lawsuit is appropriately filed," Chambers said. "People might call it frivolous but if they read it they'll see there are very serious issues I have raised." U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf, in an order last week, expressed doubts about whether Bowen's lawsuit "has any legal basis whatsoever" and said sanctions may be imposed against Bowen and her attorneys if they fail to show cause for the lawsuit. The Associated Press usually does not identify accusers in sex-assault cases, but Bowen has allowed her name to be used publicly because of the issue over the judge's language restrictions. Cheuvront declared a mistrial in the sexual assault trial in July, saying pretrial publicity made it impossible to gather enough impartial jurors. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jqCsP7OChy5Q8AFcTeiB58cfy6Uw

scotty.knows

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Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:00 am

scotty.knows says... · Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:00 am

LOL! I love what this guy is doing. It makes me want to sue the Tooth Fairy for breaking and entering and robbery.

What will he do if God files a counter suit?

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Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:25 am

Pushca says... · Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:25 am

Cheers.

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Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:13 am

alleycat13 says... · Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:13 am

I hate how our nation abuses the courts system. You can sue anyone for anything. Everyone is so paranoid about infringing someone's rights that they can't stand up and tell the person that their lawsuit is stupid. *sigh*

Anyway, this senator is making a good point.

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Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:31 am

Galatea says... · Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:31 am

I like the idea.

Is no one else concerned with the thought of the words 'rape' and 'victim' being disallowed in sexual harassment cases, however? The girl didn't try to address it in an appropriate way, but I think it's worth examining, at the very least. This is what caught my attention.

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