Constitution Index · H.R. 9570 · 2026-07-02
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, as the "Francis C. Flaherty Post Office Building".
Latest official status (2026-09-17): Received in the Senate.
Constitutional grade
A
Constitutional
This bill simply renames a federal building. It does not expand federal power, restrict any rights, or affect individual sovereignty. It passes all five constitutional checks with no issues.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 Amendment X
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The five checks
Enumerated powers · passes
Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 grants Congress the power to establish Post Offices. Naming a postal facility is a routine exercise of that enumerated power and does not exceed it.
Bill of Rights · passes
The bill does not regulate speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, jury rights, cruel and unusual punishment, unenumerated rights, or reserved powers. No amendment is implicated.
Individual liberty · passes
The bill imposes no restriction on any person's person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely designates a name for a government building, which does not burden individual freedom.
Decentralization · passes
The bill passes all four questions: (1) an individual or family could not rename a federal building, but that is not required; (2) a local community could not rename a federal building; (3) a state could not rename a federal building; (4) the action does not consolidate decision-making upward because naming a federal building is inherently a federal function under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7. The Tenth Amendment is not violated.
Due process and takings · passes
The bill does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take private property for public use. No due process or takings issue arises.
Provenance
- Congress.gov: HR 9570 summary · fetched 2026-10-09 · official page ↗
Version history · never overwritten
| Grade | Graded | Rubric | Source hash | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A · #600 | 2026-10-11 | vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0 | 3ca9d2d50ab6 | current |
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Values for America. “Constitutional grade: H.R. 9570, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, as the "Francis C. Flaherty Post Office Building"..” VFA Constitution Index, grade 600 (rubric vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0), graded October 11, 2026. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/constitution-index/grades/600. Accessed 2026-10-19.
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