Constitution Index · S. 4052 · 2026-03-11
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 North Clay Street in Marshfield, Missouri, shall be known and designated as the "Edwin P. Hubble Post Office".
Latest official status (2026-09-14): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 586.
Constitutional grade
A
Constitutional
This bill merely renames a specific United States Postal Service facility. It does not expand federal power, restrict any rights, burden individual sovereignty, centralize authority, or deprive anyone of due process or property. The action falls squarely within Congress's enumerated power to establish post offices under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, and raises no constitutional concerns.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 7
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Enumerated powers · passes
Congress has explicit constitutional authority to establish post offices under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7. Designating the name of a postal facility is a routine exercise of that 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, or any other right protected by the first ten amendments. It imposes no restriction on any individual's conduct.
Individual liberty · passes
The bill does not restrict any person's control over their own person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely assigns a name to a government building, which imposes no burden on individual freedom.
Decentralization · passes
The action is a purely administrative naming of a federal facility. While the decision is made at the federal level, the subject matter (naming a post office) is inherently federal because the facility is part of the federal postal system. No lower level of government could handle this without federal involvement, as the facility is federally owned and operated. The bill does not consolidate decision-making beyond what is necessary for the federal government to manage its own property.
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. It imposes no penalties, fines, or obligations. No due process or takings issue arises.
Provenance
- Congress.gov: S 4052 summary · fetched 2026-10-14 · official page ↗
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Values for America. “Constitutional grade: S. 4052, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 North Clay Street in Marshfield, Missouri, shall be known and designated as the "Edwin P. Hubble Post Office"..” VFA Constitution Index, grade 1024 (rubric vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0), graded October 14, 2026. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/constitution-index/grades/1024. Accessed 2026-10-19.
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