NEBRASKA SENATOR SUES GOD

IN THE NEW MICHIGAN LAWYERS WEEKLY BLOG ENTRY ENTITLED POINTLESS PLEADING I LEARNED THAT NEBRASKA STATE SENATOR ERNIE CHAMBERS HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST GOD. APPARENTLY, SEN. CHAMBERS FILED HIS SUIT IN RESPONSE TO AND IN PROTEST TO A LAWSUIT FILED BY THE COMPLAINING WITNESS IN A NEBRRASKA SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE. IN THAT TRIAL, THE JUDGE ENJOINED THE USE OF WORDS LIKE "RAPE" AND "VICTIM" DURING THE PROCEEDINGS. KIND OF LIKE KEEPING WORDS LIKE "DEAD" OUT OF A MURDER TRIAL. IN ANY CASE THE WITNESS (DON'T WANT TO SCREW UP AND USE THE WORD VICTIM) IN THE ASSAULT TRIAL, TORY BOWEN, FILED A FEDERAL SUIT AGAINST THE JUDGE, BASED ON A FIRST AMENDMENT THEORY.

STATE SENATOR CHAMBERS, APPARENTLY UPSET BY THIS, FILED A LAWSUIT, ENTITLED SENATOR ERNIE CHAMBERS V GOD. NOTE THAT MR. CHAMBERS FILED THIS SUIT NOT AS A SIMPLE HUMAN BEING AND ONE OF THE DEFENDANT'S CREATURES, BUT IN HIS ROLE AS SENATOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF NEBRASKA. THAT OUGHT TO IMPRESS THE DEFENDANT INTO A QUICK SETTLEMENT.

SEN. CHAMBERS, AFTER FILING HIS SUIT, COMMENTED ON THE BOWEN CASE:

"This lawsuit having been filed and being of such questionable merit creates a circumstance where my lawsuit is appropriately filed."

CHAMBERS SKIPS MORNING PRAYERS DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, AND OFTEN CRITIZES CHRISTIANS, ACCORDING TO THE STORY WRITTEN BY NATE JENKINS OF THE AP. THERE IS A WONDERFUL PICTURE OF SENATOR CHAMBERS, WHICH I HAVE INCLUDED HERE, DOES MAKE HIM LOOK LIKE SOMETHING OF AN OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET, IF NOT A SNAPPY DRESSER.

WITHOUT GOING INTO THE ACTUAL ALLEGATIONS OF THE CHAMBERS COMPLAINT, ONE IS LEFT TO WONDER JUST WHAT SENATOR CHAMBERS IS ABOUT HERE. HE DOES SAY THAT HE IS TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT THAT ANYBODY CAN FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST ANYBODY.

THOUGH I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE BOWEN CASE, IT DOES SOUND LIKE THE TRIAL COURT JUDGE'S RULING WAS BIZARRE. HOWEVER, THE JENKINS ARTICLE STATES THAT THE JUDGE ASSIGNED TO THE BOWEN CASE HAS EXPRESSED DOUBTS ABOUT THE LEGAL BASIS OF HER CASE, AND INDICATES THAT SHE AND HER ATTORNEY MAY BE SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS IF THEY FAIL TO SHOW CAUSE FOR THE SUIT. SO, IT APPEARS THE SYSTEM HAS RULES TO DISPOSE OF THE BOWEN CASE IF IT HAS NO MERIT.

WHICH BRINGS ME BACK TO SEN. CHAMBERS. JUST WHAT DOES HE WANT THE LEGAL SYSTEM TO DO? I SUPPOSE IF ANYONE PAYS A FILING FEE, THEY CAN FILE A SUIT. THEREAFTER THE SYSTEM DEALS WITH IT ACCORDING TO ITS RULES AND PROCEDURES. LET'S SEE SEN. CHAMBERS PROOF OF SERVICE IN THIS CASE, AND LET HIM TRY TO TAKE A DEFAULT JUDGMENT.

SAYING ANYBODY CAN FILE A SUIT IS KIND OF LIKE SAYING ANYONE CAN PUBLISH A BOOK. IF YOU CAN PAY FOR IT, YOU CAN PUBLISH ANY OLD RUBBISH. THE MARKETPLACE WILL DETERMINE IF IT SELLS AND READERS AND THE CRITICS WILL DECIDE IF IT HAS MERIT.

DOES SEN. CHAMBERS THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME SYSTEM OF PRIOR RESTRAINT THAT WILL PREVENT A LITIGANT FROM FILING A SUIT EVEN BEFORE THEY GET TO THE CLERK'S COUNTER? I KNOW THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MIGHT LIKE SUCH A SYSTEM, BUT WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? HOW WOULD IT WORK?

WELL I SUPPOSE IF ANY DEFENDANT COULD IMPOSE A PRIOR RESTRAINT ON HIMSELF IT WOULD BE GOD, THE VERY DEFENDANT IN SEN. CHAMBERS CASE. HE IS ALL-POWERFUL, AND HAS WIDE ARRAY OF DEVICES AVAILABLE TO STOP THE WOULD-BE PLAINTIFF BEFORE HE MADE IT TO THE FILING COUNTER. SMITE HIM WITH A TERRIBLE, SWIFT SWORD, TURN HIM INTO A PILLAR OF STONE, AFFLICT HIM WITH A PLAGUE OF BOILS, ETC. SEN. CHAMBERS SHOULD BE GRATEFUL THAT THE DEFENDANT IN HIS CASE DID NOT CHOOSE TO EXERCISE SUCH A PRIOR RESTRAINT ON HIM. HE'D SOUND PRETTY FOOLISH ADDRESSING THE NEBRASKA STATE SENATE WITH HIS TONGUE CLEAVING TO THE ROOF OF HIS MOUTH (PSALM 137:6).

THAT GOD DID NOT SMITE SEN. CHAMBERS DOWN BEFORE HE FILED HIS SUIT DOES PROVE ONE THING, WITHOUT DOUBT. GOD DOES NOT FAVOR TORT REFORM. TAKE THAT, MICHIGAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THE MICHIGAN LAWYERS WEEKLY BLOG IS WRITTEN BY ED WESOLOSKI, AND HE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB. THEY DO CALL ONE BLOG COMMENTING ON ANOTHER SOMETHING IN BLOGGER-ESE. I HOPE, IN THIS CASE, IT ISN'T PLAGERISM.