Constitution Index · S. 3270 · 2025-11-20
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3570 Olney Laytonsville Road in Olney, Maryland, as the "Edward L. Ramsey Olney Post Office Building".
Latest official status (2026-09-14): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 579.
Constitutional grade
A
Constitutional
This bill merely names a federal post office building after an individual. It does not expand federal power, restrict rights, or affect individual sovereignty. The action falls within Congress's enumerated power to establish post offices under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, and is fully consistent with the Constitution.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 7
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The five checks
Enumerated powers · passes
Congress has the explicit power to establish post offices and post roads under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7. Naming a postal facility is a routine exercise of that power and does not exceed it.
Bill of Rights · passes
The bill does not implicate any of the first ten amendments. It does not restrict 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.
Individual liberty · passes
The bill imposes no restrictions on personal liberty, property, speech, labor, or belief. It merely designates the name of a federal building, which does not burden any individual's sovereignty.
Decentralization · passes
The action is a purely federal matter concerning a federal facility. It does not consolidate decision-making upward beyond the necessary level, as the naming of a federal post office is inherently a federal function. The four-question test is satisfied.
Due process and takings · passes
The bill does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take private property. It does not affect procedural or substantive due process rights.
Provenance
- Congress.gov: S 3270 summary · fetched 2026-10-09 · official page ↗
Version history · never overwritten
| Grade | Graded | Rubric | Source hash | Status |
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| A · #632 | 2026-10-11 | vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0 | 822456299020 | current |
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Values for America. “Constitutional grade: S. 3270, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3570 Olney Laytonsville Road in Olney, Maryland, as the "Edward L. Ramsey Olney Post Office Building"..” VFA Constitution Index, grade 632 (rubric vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0), graded October 11, 2026. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/constitution-index/grades/632. Accessed 2026-10-20.
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