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20. I'm not an expert, but I think that...

Thu Jan 5, 2023, 11:50 PM

Jan 2023

... the Post Office is going to follow the guidelines of the DOJ, not state level law enforcement. The comstock law is a federal law, and the post office is a federal entity.

That doesn't mean the states won't try vigorously to enforce their law, it just means the post office isn't going to help them. And of course the states have no power to enforce Comstock.

The post office is really the weak link in the resistance and this strengthens their position.

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