Court cases Archives - Save the Post Office

Back to the Future: The USPS, PRC and Mailers revisit the meaning of PAEA

SteveFebruary 19, 2021Blog, Slideshow

The rate case is now in the DC Circuit, where the parties are arguing about what Congress meant when it gave the PRC authority to establish a new rate system.

How the pandemic could lead to a big USPS price hike

SteveJanuary 4, 2021Blog, Slideshow

Under the newly revised system, the possible rate increases are considerably greater than what the PRC had envisioned over the past couple of years

PRC busts the price cap, lawsuits sure to follow

SteveDecember 1, 2020Blog, Slideshow

The new rate system gives the USPS above-inflation pricing authority, but the decision is likely to be challenged in court

Postal Service petitions DC Circuit for rehearing on the rate increase in Forever stamps

SteveOctober 29, 2019Blog

Yesterday the Postal Service filed a petition to the DC Circuit Court for a rehearing in Carlson v. Postal Regulatory Commission. The case involves the question of whether or not the Commission properly followed the relevant statutes when it approved the Postal Service’s increase on First-Class stamps from 50 to 55 cents. Carlson has argued to the PRC and DC Circuit … Read More

How you can help fight the illegal rate increase on Forever stamps

SteveOctober 22, 2019Blog, Slideshow

Submit comments to the Postal Regulatory Commission by October 29, 2019

There Was More to the Price Hike on Stamps Than the Cost

SteveSeptember 27, 2019Blog, Slideshow

There has to be a reason for official decisions beyond “because we say so.”

DC Circuit grants postal watchdog’s challenge to PRC’s approval of rate hike on Forever stamps

SteveSeptember 13, 2019Slideshow, Story

“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.”

DC Circuit to hear oral arguments in watchdog’s appeal of PRC approval of 5-cent increase on Forever stamps

SteveMay 2, 2019Slideshow, Story

You can listen to a live stream of the arguments and find an archived version of the recording here.

In bid to drive up postal rates, UPS takes the PRC to the Supreme Court

SteveApril 5, 2019Slideshow, Story

UPS wants SCOTUS to revisit its historic Chevron decision.

Postal watchdog appeals PRC decision approving five-cent increase in Forever stamps

SteveJanuary 27, 2019Story

The five-cent increase will be the largest in history for a First Class stamp, and in percentage terms, it’s the largest since 1991 and about four times the average increase since 2006.