The Nebraska senator who tried to file a lawsuit against God last year had his case thrown out because legal papers cannot be served since God has no fixed address. Last year Sen. Ernie Chambers tried to file a permanent injunction against God in order to stop Him from causing any more "fearsome floods ... horrendous hurricanes and terrifying tornadoes." Chambers is considering appealing the decision as he claims that an omniscient being wouldn't need legal papers to know that he is being sued. "Since God knows everything," said Chambers, "God has notice of this lawsuit." (BBC)
What is clear is that the Nebraska legislature and Gov. [Dave Heineman] are cowards. They'd rather push the state back 50 years to the "bad old days" than actually roll up their sleeves and tackle the thorny issue of school funding and school achievement. Instead, they are willing to walk away from the Black students of Omaha and wash their hands of the district. Barring a challenge in court, in two years the city of Omaha will be split into three separate school districts, one predominantly Black, one predominantly white, and one with a large percentage of Hispanic students. [Ernie Chambers]' reasoning is that the district is already segregated, and the segregation robs minority students of resources and attention. He says that by creating a school district that is run by Blacks, for B...
Recently, in a move decried as "state-enforced segregation," the Nebraska Legislature voted to divide the Omaha school system into three districts - one mostly Black, one predominantly white and one largely Hispanic. The bill's sponsor, the legislatures only Black senator, Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers says the plan gives minorities control over their own school board and ensures their children are not "shortchanged" in favor of white youngsters. Many in Nebraska call Chambers "a race baiter". He says, "I don't even want to talk about integration. It's not happening now. It's not going to happen in Omaha or anyplace else. Recognize the reality and recognize the purpose and function of what a school system is. It's simple. Educate the children. At the bottom line, it's hard to debate 68-yea...
For Coloradans, loving Nebraskans can be difficult enough. Those Cornhusker fans annoy us. One of the state's most prominent politicians, former State Sen. Ernie Chambers, filed a lawsuit against God for causing "widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon million of the earth's inhabitants," and for causing "fearsome floods, horrendous hurricanes, earthquakes, plagues, famine, genocidal wars, birth defects, terrifying tornadoes and the like. And it gets so much worse. The radio stations incessantly give hog reports. There's a city called Wahoo. They mispronounce Beatrice. There's even a book titled "I hate Nebraska: 303 reasons why you should, too."
It is not too different now than it was then," retired State Sen. Ernie Chambers, one of the subjects of the film, said in a phone interview with the Amsterdam News from Omaha. Chambers, along with the director of the film, will be at the screening, which will feature a Q&A session after the film is shown. As one of the leaders of the Black communi- ty, Chambers played a crucial role in fighting for civil rights, first as an activist and later as an elected official. "I think that even they were shocked by the depths of the racism they dis- covered," Chambers said of the filmmakers. "Nebraskans had gotten so comfortable with their racism that they were shocked when they saw it up there on the screen," he added. "A Time for Burning," the 1967 Academy Award-nominated civil rights era...
A Nebraska judge dismissed a state senator's lawsuit against God because the omnipresent deity couldn't be found to serve with a legal notice. Trying to make the point that everyone should have access to the courts, Sen. Ernie Chambers sought a permanent injunction against God for inspiring fear and causing "widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth's inhabitants." Under state law, however, a plaintiff must have access to the defendant for a suit to move forward. "Given that this court finds that there can never be service effectuated on the named defendant," Douglas County District Court Judge Marlon Polk ruled, "this action will be dismissed with prejudice. An Italian judge ordered a parish church in Lavagna to pay $75,175 to a woman who c...
LINCOLN, Neb. - In a move decried by some as state-sponsored segregation, the Legislature voted Thursday to divide the Omaha school system into three districts - one mostly Black, one predominantly white and one largely Hispanic. Omaha Sen. Pat Bourne decried the bill, saying, "We will go down in history as one of the first states in 20 years to set race relations back. There is no intent to create segregation," said Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers, the Legislature's only Black senator and a longtime critic of the school system.
LINCOLN, Neb. - A judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator's lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn't properly served due to His unlisted home address. State Sen. Ernie Chambers filed the lawsuit last year seeking a permanent injunction against God. He said God has made terroristic threats against the senator and his constituents in Omaha, inspired fear and caused "widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth's inhabitants.
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