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> Post is a foundational infrastructure. It is protected by constitution. I agree the post is a foundational infrastructure, that both the service itself and p

> Post is a foundational infrastructure. It is protected by constitution. I agree the post is a foundational infrastructure, that both the service itself and postal workers should be protected by law, and that we dog owners should control our dogs as well as being responsible for the cost of any dog attacks. (I’m originally from NYC but currently living in Berlin, Germany, where dog liability insurance is legally mandatory for the owners of any dogs living here. Good public policy! Yes I do have the required insurance.) But, as a tangent: no, the postal service is not protected by the constitution, only by statutory law. The Postal Clause of the constitution gives Congress the power to establish a postal service but not an obligation to do so, nor a requirement for any such congressionally established postal service to be a public entity. Congress could choose to abolish or privatize USPS more than it already has, and Republicans have often pushed in that direction.

trte9343r4 2y ago
Post (as federal institution) has constitutional protection from local states, all sorts of thugs, and people who would interfere with mail delivery. That clause handles what local states must do, it is not about federal goverment!
- jkaplowitz 2y ago
  > Post (as federal institution) has constitutional protection from local states, all sorts of thugs, and people who would interfere with mail delivery. > > That clause handles what local states must do, it is not about federal goverment! That clause does indeed empower the federal government to statutorily legislate the types of protections you describe, but those protections do not directly spring from the text of the constitution without enabling federal statutory legislation - as do for example the restrictions on the states from the Bill of Rights as incorporated against the states by the 14th Amendment.

trte9343r4 2y ago

Post (as federal institution) has constitutional protection from local states, all sorts of thugs, and people who would interfere with mail delivery. That clause handles what local states must do, it is not about federal goverment!

jkaplowitz 2y ago
> Post (as federal institution) has constitutional protection from local states, all sorts of thugs, and people who would interfere with mail delivery. > > That clause handles what local states must do, it is not about federal goverment! That clause does indeed empower the federal government to statutorily legislate the types of protections you describe, but those protections do not directly spring from the text of the constitution without enabling federal statutory legislation - as do for example the restrictions on the states from the Bill of Rights as incorporated against the states by the 14th Amendment.