Postal Service v. Konan · ¶84

Undeterred by this evidence, the majority gives the Postal Service the blanket exception Congress withheld.In its view, the exception immunizes the agency for all intentional and nonintentional actions in the delivery of mail (apart from auto accidents and slip and falls, as Dolan and Kosak re- quire).Relying on “loss, miscarriage, or negligent trans- mission” is an odd way to cover this waterfront.If Con- gress had intended this outcome, why not follow the same approach that it used for other broad exceptions in the FTCA?See supra, at 408.The answer is that Congress intended no such thing.By expanding the “words and rea- son” of the postal exception beyond their “specifi[c]” scope, Kosak, 565 U. S., at 855, the majority undermines the “ ‘sweeping’ ” waiver of immunity Congress adopted, Dolan, 546 U. S., at 492.

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