Nebraska State Senator sues god in protest

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  1. Taxloss

    Taxloss Stripper Vicar

    LINCOLN, Neb. (Map, News) - 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."

    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.

    Source: the examiner

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    Just wonder what the outcome will be :p
     
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    haaaaaaaaa, but this is more ridiculous than the lawsuit he's trying to use this as a counter argument against, i mean how can you ban words such as rape and victim in a sexual assault case, but i don't really know typical court room behavior so that might not be an offense...
     
  3. fearless_fx

    fearless_fx Eugooglizer

    i should file a lawsuit against myself.... for being so sexyy
     
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    ^haha...asshole, but these lawsuits never fail to amuse me...
     
  5. wind2000

    wind2000 Self Schemata

    What a moron, " God has caused "fearsome floods ... horrendous hurricanes, terrifying tornadoes." If he files the lawsuit, wouldnt God immediately strike him with lightning or some other method of instant death? :D
     
  6. Knoctur_nal

    Knoctur_nal |Force 10 from Navarone|

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    here we go again...another idiot suing god..
     
  7. Flames

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    Only one word can describe that guy...idiot
     
  8. BabyRain

    BabyRain Doppelgänger of da E.Twin

    Don't call him an idiot. If it succeeds, you would be next -rolleyes