Postal Service v. Konan · ¶48

Konan brought this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) against the United States to recover damages she sustained as a result of this alleged years-long harass- ment campaign.The United States is generally protected by sovereign immunity, but Congress, through the FTCA, has enacted a capacious waiver of that immunity for tort suits when an individual is harmed by a federal employee acting within the scope of her employment.That waiver, however, is subject to several exceptions.Today, the Court holds that one exception—the postal exception—prevents in- dividuals from recovering for injuries based on a postal em- ployee’s intentional misconduct, including when an employee maliciously withholds their mail.Because this reading of the postal exception transforms, rather than honors, the ex- ception Congress enacted, I respectfully dissent.

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