A team of South Korean student inventors has been awarded the 2023 James Dyson Award for an air pressure-controlled IV bag that will allow rescuers in disaster situations much more flexibility when administering live-saving fluids and drugs. Their inspiration was the Turkish-Syrian earthquakes in February 2023‚ which resulted in over 55‚000 casualties‚ with a further […] The post An IV Bag for Disasters That Doesn’t Need Gravity Scoops Up 2023 James Dyson Award for International Effort appeared first on Good News Network.

Doctor Who is back! Last Saturday‚ we got the first new episode in absolute yoinks‚ and there’s tons more to come. Returning showrunner Russell T. Davies has said that one of his goals is to make more Who spinoffs‚ the same way RTD’s previous stint was accompanied by Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. (Full disclosure: RTD gave a very generous cover blurb to my novel Victories Greater Than Death.) As someone who thinks about Doctor Who all the time (it’s true!) I’ve been musing about spin-offs I’d like to see. Here’s a bunch. (Warning: Spoilers for old Doctor Who stories ahead…)   U.N.I.T. Image: BBC There have been lots of reports that this is the most likely new spin-off‚ including a Deadline report from last March that cited official BBC sources. And I’m so on board. Jemma Redgrave is great as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart‚ and the groundwork has already been laid for former companions like Tegan or Ace to work as field agents. The concept sells itself: a paramilitary science organization deals with threats to Earth when the Doctor is off doing stuff elsewhere. Note: I’m not including a Torchwood revival on this list‚ because it sounds like a U.N.I.T. spinoff is a done deal‚ and Torchwood and U.N.I.T. would cover a lot of the same territory—and Torchwood could easily appear on a U.N.I.T. show as a rival organization.   The Eighth Doctor Image: BBC This is one that’s been bandied about—basically‚ since Paul McGann only got to play the Doctor in one TV movie and one minisode‚ why not give him a show of his own? After all‚ he’s been incredible in all the Big Finish audios. I have to admit‚ I don’t quite see this one‚ because having two actors playing the Doctor on screen at the same time could be a mite confusing for casual viewers. And if any past Doctor could get their own show‚ I’d vote for the Fugitive Doctor (Jo Martin). But this is one that people keep talking about‚ so I thought I’d mention it here.   The Paternoster Gang Image: BBC Apparently this one has been a possibility at various times. For those who missed it‚ past showrunner Steven Moffat introduced a lady Silurian (Madame Vastra) and her human assistant/lover Jenny‚ living in Victorian England. They were eventually joined by Strax‚ an oddly peace-loving Sontaran warrior‚ and made several appearances during the Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi eras‚ as well as some Big Finish audios. A lesbian dinosaur lady solving mysteries with her friends in Victorian England honestly just feels like a no-brainer. Why doesn’t this exist already?   Clara and Lady Me: The Immortals Image: BBC Another hold-over from the Moffat era. The Doctor’s longtime companion Clara became immortal‚ teamed up with another immortal named Lady Me‚ and stole a TARDIS. And then… they were never seen again. I would give a few teeth (someone else’s‚ natch) to see what happened to these two unkillable ladies who used to be human. How much trouble can they get up to? (How much you got?) The main question is whether the quite-busy Jenna Coleman would come back to play Clara again. (Side note: Borusa’s scheme in “The Five Doctors” seems increasingly silly‚ considering how easy it was for these two characters‚ along with Captain Jack Harkness‚ to become immortal. Five out of ten‚ Borusa!)   Porridge the Emperor Image: BBC Neil Gaiman’s second Doctor Who story introduced a genuinely fascinating character: a galactic emperor who decided to quit and go work at a circus‚ Hedgewick’s World of Wonders‚ under the name Porridge. I stan a reluctant ruler! And watching this guy try to defend all the civilized worlds against alien armadas‚ when he’d really rather be sleeping in a barn and playing chess‚ would be super fun. Mostly‚ though‚ after falling in love with the TV show Willow and being supremely bummed that there’s no second season‚ I want more of Warwick Davis as a tired‚ burned-out warrior who’s still doing his best.   Clyde and Rani Image: BBC I miss The Sarah Jane Adventures. So‚ so much. I’m still mourning the incredible Elisabeth Sladen‚ who meant so much to me as a child‚ too. My favorite characters in the show‚ apart from Sarah Jane herself‚ were the wise-cracking Clyde and the resourceful Rani. And the recent Tales of the Tardis episode with Clyde and Jo Grant made it clear that Clyde is in love with Rani. So now I want a TV show about Clyde and Rani as a couple who try to carry on Sarah Jane’s work while also trying to figure out who they are to each other. Also‚ Rani could meet the latest incarnation of the Master‚ and sparks would fly! (Rani is played by Anjli Mohindra‚ whose romantic partner is current Master actor Sacha Dhawan.)   The Masters Image: BBC Speaking of the Master… Big Finish has already shown how fun it is to have different Masters team up/fight each other‚ plus there was that John Simm/Michelle Gomez crossover in Peter Capaldi’s penultimate story. A TV series‚ or at least a miniseries‚ would be so fun! Basically‚ take the Simm/Gomez dynamic‚ and throw Sacha Dhawan into the mix‚ and you’ve got wonderful chaos. I would watch each episode five times.   Abslom Daak‚ Dalek Killer! Image: BBC Saturday’s Doctor Who episode was a loose retelling of the comic strip “The Star Beast” from Doctor Who Monthly. So on that subject‚ there’s another Doctor Who Weekly/Monthly comic that I’d like to see adapted for the screen: Abslom Daak. Basically‚ Abslom Daak is a criminal who gets a choice between execution and being sent to kill Daleks. (Guess which he chooses.) He just goes around cutting up Daleks with a big chainsaw‚ and occasionally tangles with Draconians and other aliens. He eventually gathers a crew of rascals who become a kind of chosen family‚ including an Ice Warrior. It is SO FUN. (Though I would leave out the girlfriend in the refrigerator‚ please.)   Class Image: BBC Besides Torchwood and Sarah Jane Adventures‚ there was one other Doctor Who spinoff: this lovely show about high-school students who have to clean up some messes the Doctor left behind. One of the students and one of the teachers are both refugees from the same genocide‚ and it gets intense for various reasons. (Mostly because the Twelfth Doctor does not clean up after himself very well.) I really loved this show‚ and I’m still not over the fact that it only got one season. It ended on one hell of a cliffhanger‚ plus I need to see what happened to these characters. Okay‚ so they wouldn’t be teenagers anymore‚ but we could get a sequel with some new characters in the mix. Call it Class 2.0.   Martha and Mickey‚ Defenders of the Earth Image: BBC And finally… this could just be part of a U.N.I.T. show‚ but I’d really love to see Martha Jones and Mickey Smith teaming up to save the Earth. They’re both really fun characters‚ and we never got to see enough of their relationship. And I would watch Freema Agyeman do literally anything. She could boil eggs for an hour and I’d be into it.   This article was originally published at Happy Dancing‚ Charlie Jane Anders’ newsletter‚ available on Buttondown. Charlie Jane Anders is the author of the young-adult trilogy Victories Greater Than Death‚ Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak‚ and Promises Stronger Than Darkness‚ along with the short story collection Even Greater Mistakes. She’s also the author of Never Say You Can’t Survive (August 2021)‚ a book about how to use creative writing to get through hard times. Her other books include The City in the Middle of the Night and All the Birds in the Sky. She co-created Escapade‚ a trans superhero‚ for Marvel Comics‚ and featured her in New Mutants Vol. 4 and the miniseries New Mutants: Lethal Legion. She reviews science fiction and fantasy books for The Washington Post. Her TED Talk‚ “Go Ahead‚ Dream About the Future” got 700‚000 views in its first week. With Annalee Newitz‚ she co-hosts the podcast Our Opinions Are Correct.

There’s a meme going around of late. There may be variations‚ but the one I’ve most frequently seen features a tableau by Russian paleoartist Vasily Vatagin portraying a few of the more well-known dinosaurs—brontosaurus‚ stegosaurus‚ etc.—in the wild. It’s accompanied by the following text‚ which I’ll transcribe with the dodgy punctuation intact‚ just to give you the full flavor of the thing: “The dinosaurs didn’t ‘rule the Earth’‚ they were just alive. Stop giving them credit for administrative skills they almost certainly did not have.” It bugs me‚ that meme. I get the semantics game that’s being played‚ and if you’ve been reading my pieces‚ you know I’m no stranger to that kind of snark myself. But in this case‚ there’s something so dour‚ so unromantic about the thing that it gets my hackles up. Whenever that meme manifests in my Facebook feed‚ I always post the same comment: “Ask any eight-year-old whether dinosaurs rule. You’ll have your answer.” And that got me thinking: Why am I taking such offense to this little bit of linguistic tomfoolery? And why was my automatic reaction—which actually did come as soon as I’d first laid eyes on that meme—to bring up how obsessed kids are with dinosaurs? Truth in journalism: As a child I was never that into dinos. They may not have been as prevalent in the culture as they are now‚ but they were around‚ lots: museums; books; movies; View-Master reels. The 1964/1965 New York World’s Fair (yes‚ we’re back to that)‚ was sloppy with ‘em‚ their presence being the most radical invocation of the Fair’s prevailing theme of the ever-onward March of Progress. I took note of them‚ but wasn’t in awe of them; they didn’t stir my imagination as they did some of my friends. The awe is there now. And the more I think about it‚ the more I believe that what instilled it was Jurassic Park (1993). What’s surprising about that is that my original reaction to Steven Spielberg’s mega-ultra-super-blockbuster was… not exactly negative (an amazing film is an amazing film‚ after all) but did contain reservations. On the one hand‚ there was the behind-the-scenes drama that saw stop-motion animator Phil Tippett being shunted aside from his dream project in favor of Industrial Light and Magic’s computer generated dinos (a tale more fully told in the 2022 documentary Jurassic Punk). On the other‚ there was Spielberg’s push-pull navigation of a narrative that saw the emotional beats rapidly swinging from wide-eyed wonder to abject terror. For me‚ Jurassic Park at last cemented my growing sense that to watch a Spielberg action film was to be running with the director’s Mammoth Entertainment Machine‚ and if you didn’t keep up‚ it was going to CRUSH you. Part of my reservations centered on the loci of those wild mood swings: Lex and Tim Murphy (Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello)‚ the grandchildren of Jurassic Park’s mastermind‚ John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) and conduits through which paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) becomes accustomed to the notion that he can handle the responsibilities of being a father. As tools for generating audience empathy‚ they’re perfect. But the way Spielberg uses them would make anyone wonder how those kids weren’t traumatized into a catatonic state by the end of the film. At one second they’re in a jeep toying with touchscreens and night-vision goggles‚ the next they’re being nearly crushed to death by a Tyrannosaurus rex. They escape a plummeting vehicle‚ and wake up the next morning to have a meet-cute with a dino whose head is as big as their bodies (with Lex getting a baptism in snot for her troubles—not groovy‚ Steven). Tim later goes all “Oh‚ cool” while watching the T-rex slaughter some prey‚ and not much later becomes terrified prey himself. He also gets electrocuted. That Tim is made of some stern stuff‚ yessir. Buy it Now It’s a lot. It really is a lot‚ as is Spielberg’s wont. But I’ll say this: If Spielberg is merciless in the way he whipsaws emotional states‚ he does it with meticulous proficiency. After Jaws and Close Encounters and Raiders and E.T.‚ etc.‚ etc.‚ he knows just the right buttons to push‚ and exactly when to push them. If I’m left feeling ruthlessly pummeled by the experience‚ I can’t help but respect the artistry. Just as I have to concede that while‚ as I’ve stated elsewhere‚ I prefer the magic of physical models and stop-motion animation‚ the revolutionary use of CG—which is not as prevalent in the film as legend has it—was absolutely the right call. In that first scenic tableau‚ when Spielberg captures a field of dinos running free‚ we feel like we are truly witnessing the towering beasts returned to our world. It’s that moment—framed by John Williams’ beautiful Jurassic Park theme‚ with Sam Neill and co-star Laura Dern mirroring the audience’s amazement—that sprung to mind when I first laid eyes on that frelling meme. Don’t tell me dinos don’t rule‚ buddy. Steven Spielberg showed me better. And the more I think about it‚ the more I get why‚ as much as the adults are supposed to be Jurassic Park’s main protagonists‚ it’s the kids who drive the Jekyll/Hyde narrative structure‚ and in a round-about way explain a child’s fascination with dinosaurs. Dinos are‚ first and foremost‚ fantastic creatures‚ immense and powerful‚ that were nevertheless real. Yet they exist within a realm of speculation—science has filled in a lot of the gaps‚ but many more remain‚ room enough for a child’s imagination to take over‚ space for small beings‚ aware of their own vulnerability‚ to dream of such near-limitless power. And if those real-life monsters were mostly harmless—giant cows‚ as Grant counsels his temporary wards—those that weren’t have been rendered harmless by some sixty-five million years of time. A child‚ still learning the ins-and-outs of the real world‚ can contemplate the violence‚ knowing it can’t touch them. Even before it hits the screen‚ the world of dinos is the action movie of a young person’s mind. All of that applies to adults as well‚ but with a further aspect‚ one maybe only instinctually considered by children but better appreciated by adults: The concept of extinction. Dinosaurs once were dominant‚ but now they’re not. The age of dinosaurs lasted for—according to the U.S. Geological Survey—some 165 million years. Per the USGS‚ that earns them respect as “…unqualified successes in the history of life on Earth.” And all that came to an end. There are lots of conjectures about what killed the dinosaurs—asteroids‚ volcanos‚ earthquakes (my favorite is a since-debunked theory that diarrhea was the culprit‚ but that’s my internal eight-year-old talking). Whatever the reason‚ they were wiped out by forces beyond their control‚ and unmindful of their dominion. And here we sit‚ the (relatively) new alphas‚ looking at what came before‚ and then cautiously glancing over our shoulder for the asteroid that has our species designation on it. (It should also be noted that Spielberg’s DreamWorks production company was responsible for the more sober of the two killer asteroid movies of 1998‚ Deep Impact.) It’s interesting‚ though‚ how many tales of dinosaurs go out of their way to envision the extinction event. Walt Disney’s Rite of Spring sequence from Fantasia (1940) goes whole-hog‚ tracking the genesis of life from microbes all the way to the dinos dying out from drought and starvation‚ with an earthquake thrown in for good measure (and because it fit the music). It’s an impressive bit of animation‚ downright impressionistic in its portrayal of an aborning earth roiled by volcanos and flooded by waters; and both majestic and monstrous in its vision of the age of dinos. Did Spielberg learn a bit from the old Mousetro about using mise en scene to guide an audience’s emotions? Do meteorological conditions in Disney’s prehistory shift abruptly from placid to raging thunderstorm when there’s a smash-cut to a ravenous T-rex? (You bet it does.) (Fun fact: When I was a freshman in high school‚ the science teacher one day came in and announced‚ “I’m going to show you a cartoon about dinosaurs. It’s not scientifically accurate‚ but we’re going to watch it anyway.” Soon as the Stravinsky soundtrack kicked in‚ I exclaimed‚ “Hey‚ it’s Fantasia! That’s Fantasia! Forget about science‚ this is GREAT!” I imagine how thrilled the teacher was to have to surrender time from his cigarette break in order to shut up the nerdy kid in the back.) Sixty years later‚ Disney’s CG-animated Dinosaur (2000) envisioned a quasi-extinction event through a meteor impact‚ and before that film lent its name to an attraction at the company’s Animal Kingdom park‚ the ride was called Countdown to Extinction. Even the time-travel sequence in The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror V” (1994) shows Homer single-handedly wiping the dinosaurs out with one‚ misplaced sneeze‚ while Jim Henson Productions’ Dinosaurs (1991-1995)—whose whole premise was to parallel the dinos’ doom with all the stupid stuff we’re currently doing to ourselves—offered a series finale that pointedly had extinction coming through self-inflicted climate catastrophe. More relevantly‚ Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)‚ the second installment of the considerably inferior follow-up franchise—which regrettably was directed by A Monster Calls’ J.A. Bayona (monthly SF criticism is a flat circle)—has its own mini-extinction halfway through the film‚ with the dinos of Isla Nublar perishing in a volcanic eruption while the narrative rather rudely moves on to other‚ less interesting matters. For his part‚ Spielberg decided not to go for full-on apocalypse at the end of Jurassic Park‚ choosing intimations more subtle and multi-layered. The paleontologists‚ laying eyes on Hammond’s cloned dinos‚ are forced to contemplate the extinction of their own profession—who needs bones when you can get the beasts in the flesh? (The original novel by Michael Crichton—who co-wrote the screenplay with David Koepp—goes into a bit more depth on this.) Better still is the climactic shot —my favorite of the movie—where the Tyrannosaurus rex‚ having vanquished the velociraptors‚ stands within the trashed atrium of the park’s welcome center‚ roaring her triumph as a tattered banner with the legend… wait for it… “When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth” falls to her feet. On top of the marvelous‚ Spielbergian trick of turning a Big Bad into the film’s ultimate hero (albeit one the characters still wisely flee at first opportunity)‚ that shot says so many things: A slap at us humans for paying lip-service to forces of nature we don’t fully comprehend and can’t possibly control; an acknowledgement of the limits with which we can impose order within a chaotic universe (helloooooo‚ Dr. Malcolm!); and most affectingly‚ a reminder that dominance—even if it lasts some 200 million years—does not endure forever. The dinosaurs rose‚ and fell‚ and we may as well. Our advantage is the capacity to better comprehend our world‚ anticipate the threats‚ and take action against the ones we’re capable of vanquishing. Whether that will guarantee we extend our longevity past the age of dinosaurs remains to be seen—our friends at the USGS note that if a calendar framed life from the advent of the dinosaurs to the present‚ dinos would be around through sometime in September‚ while we humans are stuck all the way at New Year’s Eve. That’s a daunting challenge‚ but we have the benefits of evolution on our side—at the very least‚ we’re not cursed with T-rex’s teeny-tiny arms. Sixty-five million years after dinosaurs ruled the Earth‚ we can at least put up a good‚ non-CG animated fight. * * * I’ll admit that at times I feel that Steven Spielberg is too skilled in his ability to manipulate an audience’s feelings‚ and occasionally too profligate in how he deploys that tool. But there are worse crimes with which to accuse a filmmaker‚ and I don’t have any hesitation in counting Spielberg among the greatest of directors‚ and Jurassic Park as standing among the best of his works. But what do you think? Is Jurassic Park an exploration of humanity’s doomed trajectory‚ vis-à-vis the dinosaurs‚ or is it just two hours of rave-up fun? The comments section is below‚ feel free to contribute. (I know all you Hunky Ian Malcolm fans are just champing at the bit.) Be kind‚ have fun‚ and let’s all meet in the cafeteria afterward for ice cream. Dan Persons has been knocking about the genre media beat for‚ oh‚ a good handful of years‚ now. He’s presently house critic for the radio show Hour of the Wolf on WBAI 99.5FM in New York‚ and previously was editor of Cinefantastique and Animefantastique‚ as well as producer of news updates for The Monster Channel. He is also founder of Anime Philadelphia‚ a program to encourage theatrical screenings of Japanese animation. And you should taste his One Alarm Chili! Wow!

It’s no secret that China subsidizes its own companies to dominate the global markets in rare earth minerals. This dominance is both an economic and national security issue for America and her allies because so-called critical minerals are crucial not only for producing electronics and renewable energy technologies but also for the defense industry. Yet‚ as the world becomes increasingly dependent on these minerals‚ the Biden administration panders to those who oppose mining rather than use America’s domestic resources in this new Cold War. For starters‚ China has a virtual monopoly on rare earth elements because it controls 38% of the global rare earth reserves‚ 60% of rare earth mining‚ 85% of rare earth processing‚ and 90% of the manufacturing of rare earth permanent magnets. These high-powered rare earth magnets‚ often neodymium-iron-boron magnets‚ are used in 76% of offshore wind turbines and 32% of land-based ones. What’s more‚ China controls 80% of both the world’s solar and electric vehicle battery production. This makes three green-centric industries dependent on Communist China’s geopolitical whims. According to the U.S. Geological Survey‚ China is the leading country in producing critical minerals such as antimony (55%)‚ bismuth (80%)‚ fluorspar (69%)‚ gallium (98%)‚ graphite (65%)‚ indium (59%)‚ magnesium (90%)‚ tellurium (53%)‚ tin (31%)‚ titanium (58%)‚ tungsten (85%)‚ and vanadium (70%). Whether it is mining‚ processing‚ or forging‚ China has placed itself strategically into these vital industries to leverage other countries to suit its interests and authoritarian preferences. The environmental consequences of China’s dominance are equally worrying. Leeching ponds used in the extraction process in China produce a staggering 2‚000 tons of toxic waste for every ton of rare earths. Not only does this tarnish the “green” credentials of many technologies so proudly flaunted by advocates‚ it wreaks havoc on local environments and communities. Because China refuses to line leeching and tailing ponds‚ toxic water from rare earths is slowly approaching the Yellow River‚ the main source of drinking water for millions of Chinese. America shouldn’t be surprised that China flexes its rare earth muscles. Back in 2010‚ a dispute over a Japanese fishing trawler metastasized into China’s levying an embargo on rare earths bound for Japan. Consequently‚ Japan took the prudent solution of diversifying supply chains so that it could better survive future shocks. Mountain Pass in California‚ however‚ America’s single rare earth mine‚ shut down in 2002 and only recently was brought back online. Today‚ that mine produces about 15% of global rare earths. Unfortunately‚ the Biden administration has held up several critical mineral projects this year alone. In January‚ the Environmental Protection Agency blocked development of a proposed billion-dollar copper- and gold-rich Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay‚ Alaska‚ ostensibly to protect the fishing rights of 68 Native Americans. That same month‚ the Environmental Protection Agency blocked Twin Metals‚ a proposed copper and nickel mine in Minnesota‚ with a 20-year moratorium despite the looming closure in 2025 of the last U.S. nickel mine. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper rejected Twin Metals’ appeal in September. Twin Metals has appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. In May‚ the EPA lobbied against Polymet’s NewRange Copper Nickel mine in Minnesota‚ citing mercury being released into rivers. However‚ Polymet contended that mercury levels actually would  be lower because the company would clean up a waste water pond from a defunct iron mine. The Army Corps of Engineers bowed to the EPA‚ though‚ and the next month ruled against allowing the NewRange mine. In August‚ President Joe Biden used the 1906 Antiquities Act to declare unilaterally that about 1 million acres of public lands in northern Arizona would become a national monument‚ blocking extraction of uranium. Considering that America produces only 5% of its own uranium and imports 60% from Russia‚ Kazakhstan‚ and Uzbekistan‚ these moves reek of pandering to green mining opponents rather than securing America’s future. Finally‚ in October‚ the Biden administration blocked a road connecting Dalton Highway to the Ambler mining district in northwest Alaska‚ citing concerns about the impact on Native American communities. Instead of constantly blocking U.S. supply chains‚ Biden should allow projects with lawful environmental safeguards to continue. In addition‚ the president should focus on innovative approaches‚ such as research in Florida aimed at extracting rare earth elements in the production of fertilizer. Allowing investments in Montana’s Sheep Creek site‚ which holds the world’s purest concentration of rare earths at almost 90‚000 parts per million‚ also could help decouple America from China. In an era when economic might increasingly is tied to technological prowess‚ surrendering control over strategic resources such as rare earths and critical minerals is short-sighted at best and reckless at worst. The path forward is clear. America needs a comprehensive strategy for rare earth minerals that doesn’t subject companies to political vacillation‚ balances economic concerns with legitimate environmental concerns‚ and provides for the nation’s national security interests.  Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. 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A federal judge in Rhode Island on Monday tossed another challenge to former President Donald Trump’s eligibility for the 2024 ballot. U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr.‚ an Obama appointee‚ dismissed a 14th Amendment challenge to listing Trump on the Rhode Island ballot. John Anthony Castro‚ a little-known 2024 Republican presidential candidate‚ filed the lawsuit‚ along with several more in other states. The Supreme Court declined in October to hear Castro’s appeal in his case filed in Florida. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found last week that Castro lacked standing to bring his New Hampshire lawsuit. Castro’s lawsuits allege Trump is ineligible to hold office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment‚ which restricts officials who took an oath to the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. He argues that he will lose potential voters and support if Trump remains a candidate. McConnell made his decision in light of the reasons laid out in the 1st Circuit’s opinion‚ which found that Castro was not “a direct and current competitor” of Trump at the time of filing his complaint. “Accordingly‚ it follows that he has not shown that‚ as of that time‚ he had satisfied the injury-in-fact component of the standing inquiry‚” the court ruled. “The American people have the unassailable right to vote for the candidate of their choosing at the ballot box‚ something the Democrats and their allies driving these cases clearly disagree with‚” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement. “President Trump believes the American voters‚ not the courts‚ should decide who wins next year’s elections‚ and we urge a swift dismissal of all such remaining bogus ballot challenges.” Courts have now rejected similar ballot challenges in Colorado‚ New Hampshire‚ Minnesota‚ and Michigan. In a case brought by the left-wing donor-backed group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington‚ a state judge in Colorado ruled Nov. 17 that Trump had “engaged in an insurrection on January 6‚ 2021 through incitement‚” but determined that Section 3 did not apply to him because he is not an “officer of the United States.” Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post Federal Judge Rejects Challenge to Trump’s 2024 Ballot Access in Rhode Island appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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