Eastern District Pennsylvania Judge Gerald McHugh ruled Monday that the Postal Service could not restrict extra or late travel for mail delivery and could not ban overtime so that its workers could deliver mail.
“Mail users who have relied on the postal service’s historic historical commitment to a ‘every part, every day’ policy have been plagued by plaintiffs in various and meaningful ways through these changes.” The postal service, through its own entrances, Not responsible for the way it is interpreted, it supports that the internal operating structure of the postal service would be a hindrance in ensuring anything. But the nationwide order can be effectively enforced. “
The judge also noted that the Trump administration’s approach to suing damaged his case, making it difficult to determine how top USPS leaders were involved in making policy changes.
“I am troubled and draw negative suggestions from it, which appears to be a strategic attempt by the defendants to limit the court’s understanding of the significant degree to which some high-ranking officials of the Postal Service were directly involved in the operational changes that took effect in July. My concern on this weighs heavily in favor of critical relief, to ensure that the necessary steps are taken to address this critical deficit, ”McHigh wrote.
Last Thursday, the DJ said that in many cases the decision made by the judges is a change that he planned to put in its place.
Sullivan ruled that while he did not want to micromanage the USPS, the ruling was in the public interest, especially during an epidemic.
“It is in the public interest to reduce the spread of Covid-1 the, to ensure safe alternatives to individual voting, and to comply with USPS law,” Sullivan wrote.
The court order said what the USPS is doing has had a far-reaching effect.
“While it is clear that Congress did not intend to fine-tune the operation of the USPS, it was necessary for the USPS to comply with the legal requirement that it obtain an advisory opinion from the PRC and give notice and comment before implementing it. The change that will affect the service nationwide or significantly nationwide is’ not micro-managing; it requires the USPS to act within its legal authority. “
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