Postal Service v. Konan · ¶59

A focus on misconduct is consistent with most other FTCA exceptions, which generally are triggered by certain types of Government conduct, rather than the type of harm the plaintiff experiences.For instance, some exceptions di- rectly cover different “act[s] or omission[s]” of Government employees, §§2680(a) (discretionary acts), (e) (administering §§1–31 of Title 50).Another addresses intentional actions by employees, capturing, for example, assault, battery, false imprisonment,andotherintentionaltortslikethem. §2680(h).A different group immunizes the “activities” of a given Government instrumentality.§§2680(j), (l), (m), (n). Yet a different subset describes a specific type of Govern- ment action, such as the “assessment or collection of any tax or customs duty,” §2680(c), the “imposition or establishment of a quarantine,” §2680(f), and the “fiscal operations of the Treasury,”…

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