Ordinary Americans finally win in court against USPS

By Ross Marchand

Published September 30, 2019 4:01am ET

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Ordinary Americans finally win in court against USPS — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, is escorted to House Speaker Nancy Pelosiâs office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Some clarity is beginning to emerge from the bipartisan Washington talks on a huge COVID-19 response bill. An exchange of offers and meeting devoted to the Postal Service on Wednesday indicates the White House is moving slightly in House Speaker Nancy Pelosiâs direction on issues like aid to states and local governments and unemployment insurance benefits. But the negotiations have a long ways to go.

For the first time in many years, ordinary folks mailing letters and cards had their day in court and won.

On Sept. 13, a federal appeals court ruled that the United States Postal Service’s 10% stamp hike was illegal. Judge Neomi Rao rightly noted that “although the five-cent stamp price hike may have gone unnoticed by many, the American Revolution was fomented, in part, by ordinary people who objected to taxation through stamps.”

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