Legally possible to sue God? - Page 2

Ol' Patty · 09-19-2007, 04:18 PM

Nebraska state senator sues God - Yahoo! News

By NATE JENKINS, Associated Press Writer Tue Sep 18, 5:12 PM ET

LINCOLN, Neb. - 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.
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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.

Heh... Here is a video as well.

YouTube - Nebraska State Senator sues God to stop terror and himself

Also there is another video at the link at the top which I believe is a bit better.

**Brother of Yeshua** · 09-20-2007, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by WillyBubba

Well, apparently that's the point. He considers the federal suit against the judge frivolous (I don't see enough information one way or the other to take a personal stance on that), and is thus doing something frivolous to make a statement. Seems round-about and probably won't lead to much. I'd say debating the actual federal charges would be more effective (and would probably require more time and effort than State Senator can/wants/is able to commit) in this instance.

Is it just me or is the court system just as much as of a circus as electoral system?

If not more so.

It's people manipulating the system for the highest bidder, and then covering their own asses. It's also stepped into the realm of congress by legislating from the bench.

The whole system of checks and balances is dissolving, congress is becoming more and more obsolete, and we wonder why everything is going to shit. It's because we're not using the system the way it was designed to be used.

Like many other political models, The US looks great on paper, but people fuck it up by not following their own rules.

**Ristaron** · 09-21-2007, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Noz

Link I want a laugh.

I read it in a Bathroom Reader edition.

The Pianist · 09-21-2007, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Brother of Yeshua

If not more so.

It's people manipulating the system for the highest bidder, and then covering their own asses. It's also stepped into the realm of congress by legislating from the bench.

The whole system of checks and balances is dissolving, congress is becoming more and more obsolete, and we wonder why everything is going to shit. It's because we're not using the system the way it was designed to be used.

Like many other political models, The US looks great on paper, but people fuck it up by not following their own rules.

The system is dissolving because of political apathy. For example, people should have been rioting in the streets to throw the Vice President out of office when he claimed he was not part of the Executive Branch. (Small Example)

**Ristaron** · 09-22-2007, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by The Pianist

The system is dissolving because of political apathy. For example, people should have been rioting in the streets to throw the Vice President out of office when he claimed he was not part of the Executive Branch. (Small Example)

People should have been rioting in the streets to throw Bush out of office when they were denied their votes in '04.

The Pianist · 09-22-2007, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Ristaron

People should have been rioting in the streets to throw Bush out of office when they were denied their votes in '04.

OMG, I am about to do something I thought I would have never done.

I AGREE WITH RISTARON!

**Ristaron** · 09-22-2007, 12:36 AM

I think we've done it before.
Or did that even count, as we agreed to disagree?

The Pianist · 09-22-2007, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Ristaron

I think we've done it before.
Or did that even count, as we agreed to disagree?

Nope, that didn't count.

I'm seriously marking this on my Calendar.
It's like, when I agreed with my friend Steven on Gun Control. In 3 years that had not happened.

**Ristaron** · 09-22-2007, 12:48 AM

Go for it.
Anyways, back to the topic of the thread.