Have fun.
You’re rights have not been abridged, if you decide to throw that mail away. However, if the government comes and says that a certain piece of mail, you cannot handle, you cannot open and you cannot make a decision as to what you’re going to do with it — then — your rights have been abridged and compromised...
Well, we recently passed legislation that allows citizens to opt out of junk mailings. If someone sends me a letter that obviously has white powder falling out of it, the USPS is going to held liable if they deliver anthrax into my office.
You said — “Well, we recently passed legislation that allows citizens to opt out of junk mailings. If someone sends me a letter that obviously has white powder falling out of it, the USPS is going to held liable if they deliver anthrax into my office.”
Opt out I can understand. That remains your decision.
Well, being safe with your mail is important, too. And so, public safety *will* in many instances trump individual rights and courts would allow that, if necessary. And that’s the function that the courts have — which is to mediate and make decisions between competing rights.
Regards,
Star Traveler