‘God’ doesn’t exist. We all know this. Nonetheless, allegedly atheist Nebraska State Representative Ernie Chambers has seen fit to sue His Omnipotence for various tortious wrongs. This article wastes most of its column inches detailing the various charges levied against The Everlasting, only mentioning in passing Chambers’ alleged point: [H]is main objection is the consti­tution requires that the doors to the cour­t­house be open to all. Apparently, Chambers is trying to make a point about frivolous lawsuits. It would have been nice if the article would have spent a little more time explaining how Chambers intends this lawsuit to make that point. I do [ . . . ]

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Yesterday was Constitution Day and I let it slip by without saying anything profound. Naughty Qwertz. Very bad. The Constitution’s bril­liance (aside from the revo­lu­tionary idea that government power is derived only from the people) is in its attempt to insulate itself against corruption. The Framers separated government power among the Federal branches, and between the Federal and State govern­ments, so that tyranny could grow only slowly. The Framers knew they were drafting a document composed largely of compro­mises, and probably knew that would come back to bite the country in the backside at some point in the future. So they created the [ . . . ]

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