The Postal Service is exempt from review under the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
The Supreme Court's 2026 order in USPS v. California (source 4) states that Congress broadly exempted the Postal Service's exercise of powers from APA review under 39 U.S.C.
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… that an agency exceeded its statutory authority, the challenger needs a cause of action, which is typically provided by the Administrative Procedure Act. However, Congress broadly exempted quote-unquote "the exercise of the powers of the Postal Service" from review under the APA, explicitly mentioned the Postal Service as being exempt from the exercise of the powers under the APA. The Post Office, this needs to actually be reviewed. It, it can't. What's that? This can't actually be reviewed. Exactly. …
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Supports. The Supreme Court's 2026 order states Congress 'broadly exempted "the exercise of the powers of the Postal Service" from review under the APA' under 39 U.S.C. §410(a).[1]
Supports. Edens v. USPS (2021) quotes the D.C. Circuit: the Postal Service 'is exempt from review under the Administrative Procedure Act.'[3]
Supports. A 2023 D.D.C. opinion states the Act 'expressly exempts the Postal Service from review under the Administrative Procedure Act,' citing N. Air Cargo.[4]
Context. Air Courier (1991) declined to decide whether §410(a) exempts USPS from APA judicial review, saying it at most exempts it from the APA, so the scope of the exemption is contested in some readings.[2][5]
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- 1UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, et al. v. CALIFORNIA, et ...law.cornell.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2[PDF] In the Supreme Court of the United Statessupremecourt.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Edens v. United States Postal Servicecourtlistener.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, 1:2019cv02236 - Document 42 (D.D.C. 2023)supreme.justia.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5AIR COURIER CONFERENCE v. POSTAL WORKERS, 498 U.S. 517 (1991) | FindLawcaselaw.findlaw.com · not rated · cited for: context
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