Judge orders USPS to reinforce 'extraordinary measures' ballot policy

[elleng]

Source: Jerusalem Post

The US Postal Service (USPS) must remind senior managers they must follow its "extraordinary measures" policy and use its Express Mail Network to expedite ballots ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election, under an order signed by a US judge.

US District Judge Emmet Sullivan's order on Sunday, which was agreed to by USPS, said the postal service must reinforce its "special procedures" to ensure it "delivers every ballot possible by the cutoff time on Election Day."
USPS will also reinforce to managers that "all ballots with a local destination must be cleared and processed on the same day or no later than the next morning for delivery to local offices, from now through at least November 7."

Read more: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/judge-orders-usps-to-reinforce-extraordinary-measures-ballot-policy-647708

[demosincebirth]

1. What is he going to do if they don't?

[elleng]

2. "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!"

Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515 (1832), was a landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional.

The opinion is most famous for its dicta, which laid out the relationship between tribes and the state and federal governments. It is considered to have built the foundations of the doctrine of tribal sovereignty in the United States.

In a popular quotation that is believed to be apocryphal, President Andrew Jackson reportedly responded: "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester_v._Georgia

[Ford_Prefect]

3. I don't know all the mechanisms to enforce compliance. I have no doubt that Judge Sullivan does.

I doubt that Louis DeJoy and USPS can avoid the Judge's orders without consequence. Sullivan has far too much experience on this particular bench. If he got the Department of Homeland Security to follow his orders I suspect the functionaries at USPS will comply.

According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a woman and her child fled domestic abuse in El Salvador to seek asylum in the U.S. However, the mother was removed from her detention facility and likely put on a plane on August 9, 2018, despite Justice Department promises that she and others would not be deported before the judge could rule on their cases. Sullivan demanded, "Turn that plane around." He threatened to hold those responsible for the removal in contempt of court, starting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, if the situation was not rectified. A Department of Homeland Security official stated, "We are complying with the court's requests...the plaintiffs will not disembark and will be promptly returned to the United States."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmet_G._Sullivan
See Also: https://www.wkrg.com/local-news/judge-threatens-to-hold-jeff-sessions-in-contempt/

[elleng]

4. Thanks for the cite. The answer: contempt of court