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.”