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- The postal power says that congress has the exclusive power "to establish post offices and post roads." that covers the authority to protect the mails and to ensure their quick and efficient distribution.
-Congress is also empowered to prevent the use of the mails for fraud or for the carrying of outlawed materials.
-Congress has established a number of crimes based on the postal power.
-It is a federal crime for any person to obstruct the mails, to use the mails to commit any fraud, or to use them as a part of any other criminal act.
-Articles prohibited by a states laws, such as firecrackers or switchblade knives, cannot be sent into that state through mails. Alcoholic beverages, lottery tickets, and obscene materials are also barred from the mails.
- The state cannot interfere with the mails unreasonably. Nor can they require a license for vehicles owned by the Postal Service or tax the gas they use. The states cannot tax the post offices or any other property of the United States Postal Service.
-Congress is also empowered to prevent the use of the mails for fraud or for the carrying of outlawed materials.
-Congress has established a number of crimes based on the postal power.
-It is a federal crime for any person to obstruct the mails, to use the mails to commit any fraud, or to use them as a part of any other criminal act.
-Articles prohibited by a states laws, such as firecrackers or switchblade knives, cannot be sent into that state through mails. Alcoholic beverages, lottery tickets, and obscene materials are also barred from the mails.
- The state cannot interfere with the mails unreasonably. Nor can they require a license for vehicles owned by the Postal Service or tax the gas they use. The states cannot tax the post offices or any other property of the United States Postal Service.