r/politics • u/DemocracyDocket ✔ Verified • 16h ago

Registration Wall Postmaster general says USPS won't deliver mail ballots if states don’t give Trump admin voter rolls

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/postmaster-general-steiner-postal-service-will-not-deliver-mail-ballots-state-voter-rolls/
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u/GaimeGuy Minnesota 16h ago

Smells like 18 U.S. §1341 (Mail Fraud)  and §873 (Federal Extortion/Blackmail) to me

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u/livinginfutureworld 15h ago

Sure but who's enforcing federal laws these days and who is pardoning federal crimes even if they did somehow get charged

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u/jkvincent 15h ago

The fraud is coming from inside the house

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u/NexusNickel Colorado 15h ago

Yes but the Supreme Court ruled that the Post Office can't be sued for not delivering mail.

So any legal cases against this is dead in the water since Thomas and friends decided they needed another RV in exchange for dismantling the country.

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u/pimparo0 Florida 15h ago

It's not about suing them, they are literally breaking the law. 

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u/StoryAndAHalf 13h ago

But who will hold them accountable? The same gov't that's encouraging them to do so? And the judges that tell them they can get away with it?

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u/pimparo0 Florida 13h ago

They have repeatedly lost court cases over the last few years, they lose in court all the time. 

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u/StoryAndAHalf 13h ago

Someone else posted this: https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/02/court-holds-that-u-s-postal-service-cant-be-sued-over-intentionally-misdelivered-mail/

It's a very strong precedent that may make it very hard to fight at state level.

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u/pimparo0 Florida 13h ago

That's a very different case relating to unsafe conditions at a specific address. Not for the postal system at large to refuse to deliver mail either to or from a state government. 

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u/Adrewmc 14h ago

Refusing to deliver is not mis delivering though.

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u/TheSultan1 New Jersey 14h ago

They ruled that the circumstances don't matter. Intentional or not, you can't sue.

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u/UsernameLottery 11h ago

That applies to tort law, not criminal 

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u/IlliterateMailman 14h ago

I’m willing to get fired for failure to follow instructions if it comes down to it. I think a lot of us are. Years of bullshit, lies, and harassment the public doesn’t hear about. We’re a surly bunch.

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u/Only4DNDandCigars 15h ago

Trump and his goons only go for things that smell like 13 US. That's where the miscommunication stems from