Constitution Index · S. 5416 · 2026-09-16
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 Lake Street in Oak Park, Illinois, as the "Detective Allan Reddins Post Office Building".
Latest official status (2026-09-16): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Constitutional grade
A
Constitutional
This bill is a purely ceremonial naming of a federal post office facility. It does not expand federal power, restrict rights, or implicate any constitutional concern. The action falls squarely within Congress's enumerated authority over postal services under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, and the Tenth Amendment is not implicated because the naming of a federal facility is a federal matter.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 Amendment X
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The five checks
Enumerated powers · passes
Congress has explicit authority under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 to establish post offices and post roads. Naming a specific postal facility is a routine exercise of that power and does not exceed it.
Bill of Rights · passes
The bill does not affect speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, or cruel and unusual punishment. No amendment in the Bill of Rights is implicated.
Individual liberty · passes
The bill imposes no restrictions on individual conduct, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely designates a name for a federal building, leaving all individual liberties untouched.
Decentralization · passes
The action concerns a federal facility, which is inherently a federal matter. It does not consolidate decision-making upward because the federal government already owns and operates the facility. The naming is a minor administrative act that does not affect state or local authority.
Due process and takings · passes
The bill does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take private property. It is a simple designation with no procedural or substantive due process implications.
Provenance
- Congress.gov: S 5416 summary · fetched 2026-10-14 · official page ↗
Version history · never overwritten
| Grade | Graded | Rubric | Source hash | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A · #921 | 2026-10-14 | vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0 | 765d11d40011 | current |
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Values for America. “Constitutional grade: S. 5416, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 Lake Street in Oak Park, Illinois, as the "Detective Allan Reddins Post Office Building"..” VFA Constitution Index, grade 921 (rubric vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0), graded October 14, 2026. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/constitution-index/grades/921. Accessed 2026-10-19.
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