#SCOTUS rules the #PostalService can't be sued, even when #mail is intentionally not delivered
A divided Supreme Court Tues ruled citizens can’t sue the #USPS, even when employees deliberately refuse to deliver mail.
By a 5-4 vote, the justices ruled against a Texas landlord, Lebene Konan, who alleges her mail was intentionally withheld for 2 years. Konan, who is #Black, claims racial #prejudice played a role in postal employees’ actions.
#law #racism #discrimination
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-postal-service-missing-mail-7ce97a5b7d56373cdeaa6ecc9a9132f5?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-24-Supreme+Court
Justice #ClarenceThomas, writing for the 5 conservative justices, said the federal #law that generally shields the #PostalService from lawsuits over missing, lost & undelivered #mail includes “the intentional nondelivery of mail.”
In dissent, Justice Sonia #Sotomayor wrote that while the protection against lawsuits is broad, it does not extend to situations when the decision not to deliver mail “was driven by #malicious reasons.” Justice Neil #Gorsuch joined his 3 liberal colleagues in dissent.
@Nonilex
OK SCOTUS assholes, how the hell are they supposed to get their mail? USPS can just pick who to not deliver to and then...?
SCOTUS isn't in charge of the USPS. This is a matter of law, specifically statutes passed by Congress.
Congress wrote a law saying USPS can't be sued for this stuff. If you have a question about that, well, ask congresspeople how they expect that to work out.
