Law outlawing Postal Service booze shipments dates back over 100 years
The Senate passed a bill that would allow USPS to ship alcohol on Wednesday…
Private carriers like UPS and FedEx have shipped booze for years, but the post office has been constrained by a law that’s been on the books since before Prohibition. For legal nerds, the regulations can be traced back to Section 217 of 18 U.S.C. 1716(f) of the Act of March 4, 1909, ch. 321, 35 Stat. 1131, according to the post office’s legal department.
via TIME.
