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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]
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
It is the basis for the expectation that nominees for attorneys general will assure Congress, as they routinely do, of their commitment to a department that is, in critical respects, sufficiently “independent. [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… [read post]
3 Nov 2017, 9:24 am by Andrew Hamm
Jackson had recommended a candidate for postmaster in upstate New York, but someone else had been nominated: Our friend Mr. [read post]
9 Oct 2017, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
For his effort, he was named Postmaster General and given the power to enforce the law.The Comstock Law eventually lost its force through a series of court interpretations that made parts of it impossible to enforce. [read post]
26 Jul 2017, 2:55 am by NCC Staff
On July 26, 1775, the Continental Congress created the Post Office, naming Benjamin Franklin as the first Postmaster General. [read post]
6 Jun 2017, 3:58 am by NCC Staff
United States in 1926, this was a case where postmasters could be appointed and removed with the advice and consent of the Senate. [read post]
2 May 2017, 9:06 am by Scott Bomboy
Jackson and his postmaster general allowed local southern officials to intercept and destroy the literature. [read post]
24 Mar 2017, 2:18 pm by Eugene Volokh and Geoffrey Stone
… The law will be ignored and defied with increasing frequency till general sentiment will compel its repeal. [read post]
10 Mar 2017, 3:00 am by NCC Staff
In 1871, Trist got his back pay when he was appointed postmaster of Alexandria, Virginia, during the Grant administration. [read post]