# The postal power of Congress: A study in constitutional expansion

Author: Rogers, Lindsay, 1891-1970

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49012

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## Summary

The purpose of this essay is to trace the legislative and judicial history of the grant to Congress of the power “to establish postoffices and postroads,” and to discuss the constitutionality of the proposals that, under this clause, federal control may be extended to subjects over which Congress has no direct authority. The essay is thus one in constitutional expansion, and does not consider the history or efficiency of the postoffice as an administrative arm of the government. A treatment of this subject, which has as yet received scant notice, I may some day attempt.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-postal-power-of-congress-a-study-in-constitutional-expansion-49012/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-postal-power-of-congress-a-study-in-constitutional-expansion-49012/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-postal-power-of-congress-a-study-in-constitutional-expansion-49012/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-postal-power-of-congress-a-study-in-constitutional-expansion-49012/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-postal-power-of-congress-a-study-in-constitutional-expansion-49012/chapters/9/index.md)
- [v. Colorado, above, refused to decide whether the liberty of the press](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-postal-power-of-congress-a-study-in-constitutional-expansion-49012/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-postal-power-of-congress-a-study-in-constitutional-expansion-49012/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-postal-power-of-congress-a-study-in-constitutional-expansion-49012/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII. The Extension of Federal Control Through](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-postal-power-of-congress-a-study-in-constitutional-expansion-49012/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II. The Power of Congress to Establish Postoffices 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-postal-power-of-congress-a-study-in-constitutional-expansion-49012/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV. Limitations on the Postal Power 97](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-postal-power-of-congress-a-study-in-constitutional-expansion-49012/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI. The Extension of Federal Control Over Postroads 150](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-postal-power-of-congress-a-study-in-constitutional-expansion-49012/chapters/3/index.md)