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The Hill
6 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Second court blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order nationwide after Supreme Court ruling
A second court ruled that President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship still cannot go into effect anywhere in the country following the Supreme Court's recent decision that claws back nationwide injunctions. The 9 th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 on Wednesday that four Democratic-led states were entitled to a nationwide injunction, because any narrower block would fail to provide them complete relief. 'States' residents may give birth in a non-party state, and individuals subject to the Executive Order from non-party states will inevitably move to the States,' wrote U.S. Circuit Judge Ronald Gould. Gould's decision was joined by U.S. Circuit Judge Michael Hawkins, both appointed by former President Clinton. U.S. Circuit Judge Patrick Bumatay, a Trump appointee, dissented, saying the states had no legal right to bring the case. 'Courts must be vigilant in enforcing the limits of our jurisdiction and our power to order relief,' Bumatay wrote. 'Otherwise, we risk entangling ourselves in contentious issues not properly before us and overstepping our bounds,' he continued. 'No matter how significant the question or how high the stakes of the case—at all times, we must adhere to the confines of 'the judicial Power.'' The ruling comes after the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision late last month, curtailed the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions that go beyond the parties suing to block the president's policies for anyone in the country. But the high court preserved pathways for plaintiffs to still receive nationwide relief in certain circumstances. Individuals can file class-action lawsuits, and states may still receive a universal injunction if it is needed to afford them complete relief, the justices noted. Plaintiffs have since pursued both pathways to block Trump's order, which would deny citizenship to anyone born in the country if they don't have at least one parent with permanent legal status. Every court to opine on the legality of it so far has found it to be unconstitutional. Wednesday's ruling is the second time Trump's order has been blocked nationwide following the Supreme Court's decision. A federal judge in New Hampshire agreed to the American Civil Liberties Union's request to certify a nationwide class of unborn babies and indefinitely block the administration from enforcing Trump's birthright citizenship order against them. The 9 th Circuit heard a case brought by Democratic attorneys general in Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon. The panel majority said Wednesday that only blocking Trump's order in some parts of the country would continue to burden the four states. 'To account for this, the States would need to overhaul their eligibility-verification systems for Medicaid, CHIP, and Title IV-E. For that reason, the States would suffer the same irreparable harms under a geographically-limited injunction as they would without an injunction,' Gould wrote.
Perth Now
6 days ago
- Health
- Perth Now
Wanneroo council endorses rollout of anti-choking devices
The City of Wanneroo council has unanimously backed a plan to install anti-choking devices at 10 city-managed facilities despite staff recommending against it. The council meeting supported an alternative motion from Cr Bronwyn Smith at Tuesday night's meeting to proceed with the rollout after hearing from local father Brian Bwoga, whose son Zaza died after choking last year near Iluka Foreshore. The anti-choking device, known as LifeVac, is a portable tool designed to clear the airway during a choking emergency. City of Wanneroo officers recommended against installing LifeVac devices, citing concerns from St John and Red Cross about possible delays to first aid. They also concluded it would be more practical for people to carry their own LifeVac devices in personal first-aid kits rather than installing them in public facilities, increasing familiarity with the device. The devices are listed on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods and have been installed at 38 community facilities in the City of Joondalup, approved for five staffed recreation centres in the City of Stirling, and placed at 10 locations in the City of Vincent. In a statement to the council, Simon Gould, owner of LifeVac Australia and a former advanced care paramedic of 15 years, said he disagreed with the staff report's recommendation and urged the council to approve the device's rollout. 'The initial report and recommendation to council not to implement the LifeVac, contrary to the decisions of other councils, is frankly based on unevidenced nonsense, a naive understanding of regulatory structures, legislation, law, scientific evidence, and a failure to seek out qualified and reputable sources,' Mr Gould claimed. 'LifeVac has been determined by the TGA to be low risk, non-invasive, safe and can be used without prescription, special training, and without restriction in Australia and worldwide.' The LifeVac anti-choking device kit. Credit: supplied Mr Gould said the device had saved more than 4300 lives worldwide, including more than 75 in Australia. Of those, more than 2400 were children, which he said were all after first aid failed. Mr Bwoga pleaded with the council to act, saying he had attended nearly 20 council meetings across WA advocating for the devices. 'Wanneroo, let's get it home,' he told councillors. 'This will be the best two to 3000 you're going to invest in this city.' Brian Bwoga has been advocating for anti-choking devices after the death of his 22-month-old son ZaZa Bwoga. Credit: Manuel Goria In 2023–24, choking and suffocation led to 1557 hospitalisations in Australia, with 1427 deaths reported in 2022–23, representing 9.3 per cent of all injury deaths. Most of the cases involved males aged between 0–4 years and those 65 years and older. Mayor Linda Aitken backed the rollout, highlighting the safety of vulnerable groups such as children, older adults and those with disabilities. '(LifeVac) is a proven, practical and cost-effective backup in any setting where a choking emergency might occur,' Ms Aitken said. 'This is not about replacing first aid. It's about giving our residents and staff another tool in the moments when every second counts. 'Even with public education, product safety regulations and labelling laws, choking emergencies still occur, often suddenly and silently.' Placing 10 anti-choking devices at city-managed facilities is expected to cost $6500.
Dubai Eye
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Dubai Eye
ECB to host next three World Test Championships finals
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will continue to host the biennial final of the World Test Championship for the next three editions till 2031, global governing body ICC said on Sunday. The match, which crowns the world champions in the longest format of the sport, has been held in England since it was introduced, with Southampton hosting the first edition in 2021 and the two subsequent finals taking place in London. 'We are absolutely delighted that England and Wales has been chosen to host the next three ICC World Test Championship finals," the ECB chief executive Richard Gould said. "It's a testament to the passion that fans in this country have for this treasured format of the game and the willingness of supporters from around the world to travel here for these games." The 2025 final at Lord's, where South Africa beat defending champions Australia, was attended by 109,227 people over four days and received 225 million digital views, the ICC said in a statement last month. "Hosting these finals is a privilege, and we look forward to working with the ICC to build on the success of the previous editions," Gould added.
Hamilton Spectator
20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
Cape Breton filmmaker's latest work inspired by Donald Marshall Jr.
MEMBERTOU - A road trip when Glenn Gould was 17 with his uncle, who had just been released from prison, was the inspiration for Gould's first feature length film due to be released early next year. His uncle wasn't just any ordinary guy. His uncle was Donald Marshall Jr. and the road trip was anything but ordinary. The new film, Jeffrey's Turn, is loosely based on real life as experienced by Gould. He wrote the script ten years ago and says he took some creative license with the words and events. But with Gould playing the role of his uncle, it's sure to be a must-see project. Gould was born and raised on the Membertou First Nation in Unama'ki (Cape Breton). He's been home recovering from a stroke that hit him around the end of May when he was already in post-production. Fortunately, the effects of the stroke have been mild and he is able to work remotely while others work on editing and finishing the project in Halifax. 'It caused a little delay,' he says, 'but nothing major. My editor has been working on a rough cut.' Jeffrey's Turn is about a 17-year-old named JR Sylliboy who lives on Black Bear First Nation with his widowed, environmentalist mother, Anna. He is contacted by his uncle Arty who has just been released from prison after being incarcerated in Maine for getting into a scrap with some locals. Once united, the pair venture on a summer road trip from Cape Breton Island back to Maine and they have an unforgettable journey where nothing seems to go right. In a director's note, Gould explains the premise of his film that is fictionally based on true events: 'A lot of us have that one uncle that your mother is always comparing you to, and she does not want you to 'end up like.' I grew up with not just one, but a few of those uncles. There was never a boring moment growing up, that's for sure. Growing up on the Rez can be absolutely amazing for the most part. The closeness of friends and family around. The freedom to roam around the community freely and safely. Although, one of the 'cons' of having that freedom, is that you are not sheltered or censored from anyone or anything. There are a lot of traumatizing events witnessed by many of us who grew up on the Rez. Events that have resulted with many of us walking through life, hurt and damaged, heavy and broken, burdened with layers of PTSD from the events we have witnessed.' COMING OF AGE STORY Gould has written a fictional 'coming-of-age' story about an impressionable, naive teenager about to be introduced to sides of life he never knew existed. An actor since his teen years, the 53-year-old Gould is best known in Canada for his starring role as Det. Jerry Commanda in the crime drama 'Cardinal' which ran for four seasons on television in both English and French. He has also had roles in such hits as 'Outlander', 'FBI Most Wanted', 'Murdoch Mysteries,' 'DaVinci's Inquest', and Liam Neeson's movie, 'Cold Pursuit.' Gould says a lot of Nova Scotian actors were used in the film which was shot mostly in Dartmouth, Halifax and Eastern Passage. There was some drone overhead filming that used Millbrook First Nation as a backdrop. As well as writing and acting in his labour of love, he's a producer and director of the movie he hopes to show at film festivals in 2026. Although he would have loved to shoot it in Cape Breton, the island still lacks the infrastructure needed for feature-length films and the cost was prohibitive. Two of the young actors playing the main character's friends are from Eskasoni. One young man will have a story of being 'discovered' by Gould to tell in the future. Gould says he met Sydney Francis, 21, at an event at Sydney's Highland Arts Theatre. 'I saw him and I thought, 'who is that kid?' He has a great look for film. He has long native hair and a really cool look to him. And then I was at a wake in Eskasoni and he was tending the sacred fire.' 'I asked him if he ever thought of acting and he said, 'not really.' And then he said: 'but that would be kind of cool.' Gould said he thought of him when the part in Jeffrey's Turn came up, so Francis auditioned. He got the part and is in his first movie. A second person from Eskasoni is Desna Michael Thomas, 24, who is cast as a non-binary character. Thomas has some previous acting experience. They were nominated for an outstanding performance award by Screen Nova Scotia in 2022 for their role in the movie Wildhood. It's been ten years since Gould started the draft for Jeffrey's Turn and told Halifax producer Hank White of Stone Cold Productions, about it. A couple of years later, government funding became available for film projects and White asked him about it again. He liked what he heard and optioned the project. And Gould says 'it's been a journey' ever since. WRONGFUL CONVICTION Being a part of the Donald Marshall Sr. and Jr. family changed the trajectory of Gould's life from the time he was a child. Donald Marshall Sr. – his grandfather – was Grand Chief of the Mi'kmaq Nation for 27 years. His son, and Gould's uncle, Donald Marshall Jr. was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1971 and spent 11 years in prison. His case unveiled systemic racism within the Canadian justice system. A Royal Commission later found the system failed him 'at virtually every turn.' Gould remembers the family always believing in his uncle's innocence, but the children in the family – including himself – were taunted at school before the conviction was overturned. Jeffrey's Turn is in part, an homage to his uncle. In fact, there is a scene in the movie where Gould, as Donald Marshall Jr., re-enacts the fight scene that led to his uncle's wrongful murder conviction. 'It's partially my story of bonding with my uncle, but it's his story too,' Gould says. The facts of the case are that in 1971, Donald Marshall Jr. and Sandy Seale, both teenagers, came across Roy Ebsary and Jimmy MacNeil in Wentworth Park in downtown Sydney. A fight broke out and Seale was stabbed by Ebsary who already had a criminal record for violence. Despite Marshall Jr. flagging police down to get help for Seale and telling them about Ebsary and MacNeil who fled the park, it was Marshall they arrested for murder. After a trial in which he always maintained his innocence, Marshall was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Ten years later, Ebsary confessed to the crime. An appeals court overturned the conviction, and a Royal Commission investigated the case, finding significant flaws in the justice system and highlighting racial bias. Marshall was Mi'kmaq and the victim, Seale, was black. JUSTICE DENIED It was when the National Film Board made the movie: 'Justice Denied', and Gould drove his grandparents to the set every day, (they played themselves in the film), that Gould thought acting was something he would like to be involved in. 'When they were filming, I was living with my grandparents and driving for them. I met the producers, director and actors.' 'One of them was a native actor from Manitoba, In fact I had to ask him: 'so you're a real native like me?' And he said yeah. He was like, 'I'm from the trap line in Manitoba.' 'I didn't even know what that was! So I asked and he said it meant that his family moved around from camp to camp.' He told Gould that his uncle was founder of the Native Earth Theatre Company in Toronto, and that's how he was working in film. Two years later, not finding much to keep him in Cape Breton around 1990, Gould travelled to Toronto, introduced himself to the people at what is now the oldest professional Indigenous theatre company in Canada, and lived the struggling actor lifestyle for a few months until the opportunity came along to act in Ojibway playwright, Drew Hayden Taylor 's one-act play: Toronto at Dreamer's Rock. Gould is happy to have the opportunity to write, act and direct in something that will remind people of his uncle's story. 'I took a bit of creative license to make it a good story,' he says. He adds that it's a story within a story – but it's an important one. Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Want more of the latest from us? 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AU Financial Review
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- AU Financial Review
Why celebrity watch spotting has become a flex for brands
Nick Gould has an unlikely superpower akin to a horological form of X-ray specs. From the merest glimpse of a watch dial or bezel peeping out from a shirt cuff, he can recognise the brand and model with bewildering accuracy. Interested in watches since childhood when he became entranced by the ticking sound of his mother's Rolex Datejust, the 36-year-old's fascination developed after university. 'I realised I could identify a timepiece and the particular model quite easily,' he says. It may sound more like a party trick than a legitimate skill. But Gould, who's based in Adelaide, has parlayed it into a paid gig as a watch writer and researcher, and become a sought-after authority in the specialist watch media. Revolution hails Gould as 'the king of the watchspotters', he's been interviewed by Collectability, and contributed to a range of watch sites.
