Do our Interstate roads, and maybe State roads still receive monies from the Federal Government BECAUSE they are 'Post' roads? If memory serves, the Postal System is the reason we actually have roads that were originally financially backed by Washington.
As a follow up, I looked up Post Road in Wikipedia.
The Articles of Confederation authorized the national government to create post offices but not post roads. Adoption of the U.S. Constitution changed this, as Article I, Section Eight, known as the Postal Clause, specifically authorizes Congress the enumerated power "to establish post offices and post roads." This was generally interpreted liberally, to include all public highways. U.S. Supreme Court justice Joseph Story defended the broad interpretation that had become dominant in his influential Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833).
And so, my concern may be a valid one. Will we have 'public highways' if the Postal Service is 'done-in' by Trump?
Aside from the Constitutional issues posted by others, what does this Demistration propose for a substitute message delivery plan? Private enterprise, twitter, email etal?
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Do our Interstate roads, and maybe State roads still receive monies from the Federal Government BECAUSE they are 'Post' roads? If memory serves, the Postal System is the reason we actually have roads that were originally financially backed by Washington.
And NO, I not really That Old...
As a follow up, I looked up Post Road in Wikipedia.
The Articles of Confederation authorized the national government to create post offices but not post roads. Adoption of the U.S. Constitution changed this, as Article I, Section Eight, known as the Postal Clause, specifically authorizes Congress the enumerated power "to establish post offices and post roads." This was generally interpreted liberally, to include all public highways. U.S. Supreme Court justice Joseph Story defended the broad interpretation that had become dominant in his influential Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833).
And so, my concern may be a valid one. Will we have 'public highways' if the Postal Service is 'done-in' by Trump?
Aside from the Constitutional issues posted by others, what does this Demistration propose for a substitute message delivery plan? Private enterprise, twitter, email etal?
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