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Massachusetts Democrats Celebrate U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling on Census Citizenship Question — But President Trump Says Not So Fast

Matthew McDonald

Left-of-center Massachusetts Democrats are hailing a federal Supreme Court ruling that appears to make it harder for the Trump administration to include a question about U.S. citizenship on the forthcoming U.S. census questionnaire.

Chief Justice John Roberts joined the four liberals on the court on Thursday, June 27 in blocking the citizenship question from appearing on the census – but left open the possibility that Trump administration officials could still provide a valid reason for it to appear.

Terminally Ill Mother of Four Says Health Insurance Company Told Her She Could End Her Life for $1.20
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Terminally Ill Mother of Four Says Health Insurance Company Told Her She Could End Her Life for $1.20

NBP Staff

Editor's Note:  Stephanie Packer, a mother of four in her mid-30s who lives in California, testified Tuesday, June 25, 2019 while sitting in a wheelchair with an oxygen tube in her nostrils before the Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on Public Health about a proposed bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide in Massachusetts (Senate Bill 1208).

Packer campaigned against a physician-assisted suicide law in California that was enacted in June 2016. Soon after the law took effect, she ran into a problem with her health insurance company, according to an October 2016 column in The New York Post. A new treatment recommended by her doctor was initially denied coverage, although eventually approved.

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