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20 May 2019, 6:30 am by Dan Ernst
[My exam in American Legal History also includes a biographical essay. [read post]
10 Mar 2019, 3:00 am by Scott Bomboy
In 1871, Trist received his back pay when he was appointed postmaster of Alexandria, Virginia, during the Grant administration. [read post]
12 Dec 2018, 5:52 am by Media Law Prof
She also served as postmaster of Baltimore, until the first Postmaster General appointed a man instead. [read post]
5 Nov 2018, 9:38 pm by Anthony Gaughan
The mass murder of 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue ten days ago in Pittsburgh constituted the deadliest act of anti-Semitism in American history. [read post]
17 Aug 2018, 6:00 am by Donna Sokol
 Jefferson invented this cipher during his time as America’s minister to France in 1784-1789, because he needed a way to get his messages securely past European postmasters who opened the mail. [read post]
8 Aug 2018, 7:25 am by Sarah Harrington
The court in Myers struck down a law that prevented the president from removing certain postmasters without the advice and consent of the Senate. [read post]
26 Jun 2018, 10:30 am by Marty Lederman
Not surprisingly, there are already a slew of reactions to the Court's landmark decision on Friday in Carpenter v. [read post]
25 May 2018, 1:12 pm by Myanna Dellinger
As widely reported in, for example, the Washington Post, whose owner founded Amazon, President Trump has pushed Postmaster General Megan Brennan to double the rate that the post office charges Amazon.com and some, but not all, similar online retailers. [read post]
23 May 2018, 9:15 pm by Walter Olson
Postmaster General Megan Brennan is said to have “resisted Trump’s suggestion in private conversations in 2017 and 2018, telling him that package delivery rates are set by contract and reviewed by an independent commission” and that the Postal Service does not get a bad deal from its arrangements with Amazon and other e-commerce firms. [read post]
4 Apr 2018, 6:33 am by Kelly Phillips Erb
It was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Benjamin Franklin, who was also named the first Postmaster General. [read post]
17 Jan 2018, 3:00 am by NCC Staff
Of course, Franklin had his own media empire, and he was a postmaster, politician, firefighter, musician, and expert swimmer, among many things. [read post]
9 Jan 2018, 3:55 pm by Sme
., December 20, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Brennan, the Postmaster General, on Montano's discrimination and retaliation claims: generalized assertions are insufficient to support a claim)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease*Consolidation Coal Company v. [read post]
20 Dec 2017, 4:00 am by Bob Bauer
” Tellingly, the majority made a point of putting Myers in its place: The Court’s opinion included a terse footnote stating that “the only issue actually decided in Myers was that ‘the President had power to remove a postmaster of the first class, without the advice and consent of the Senate as required by the Congress. [read post]
4 Dec 2017, 12:04 pm by Steve Lubet
U.S. diplomat oldest member of the Constitutional Convention first Postmaster General of the United States writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac” started the first free libraries Franklin was a fascinating, multi-talented, and charismatic figure, but he was not really pivotal in U.S. history. [read post]
29 Nov 2017, 4:46 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The 1970s era of the Federal Register covers the Administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter, and includes such highlights as: Pardon of President Richard Nixon by President Gerald Ford: September 10, 1974 Embargo by the Postmaster General on acceptance of mail of all classes destined for New York City and outlying areas due to a work stoppage at the Post Office Department: March 21, 1970 A final rule to establish the quantity of California-Arizona lemons that… [read post]