Supreme Court says US Postal Service can't be sued
Associated Press News • • nation
Key Points:
- The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Americans cannot sue the U.S. Postal Service even if employees intentionally refuse to deliver mail, upholding a federal law that broadly shields the Postal Service from such lawsuits.
- The case involved Texas landlord Lebene Konan, who alleged that postal employees deliberately withheld her mail for two years due to racial prejudice, causing her and her tenants to miss important deliveries and lose rental income.
- Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for the conservative majority, stated that the law’s protection includes intentional nondelivery of mail, while Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, arguing that malicious reasons for nondelivery should not be protected.
- The Trump administration had warned that a ruling in favor of Konan could lead to a surge
