Constitution Index · S. 2432 · 2025-07-24

A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6444 San Fernando Road in Glendale, California, as the "Paul Ignatius Post Office".

Latest official status (2026-09-14): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 577.

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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 affect individual sovereignty. It is fully consistent with the Constitution.

Article I, Section 8, Clause 7

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Enumerated powers · passes

The federal government has explicit authority over the postal service under Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, which grants Congress the power to 'establish Post Offices and post Roads.' Naming a specific post office facility is a routine exercise of this enumerated power.

Bill of Rights · passes

The bill does not implicate any provision of the Bill of Rights. It restricts no speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search, seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, or cruel and unusual punishment. It is purely a designation of a building name.

Individual liberty · passes

The bill imposes no restriction on any individual's person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It does not require any action or forbearance from any private citizen. The burden of justification for any restriction is not triggered because there is no restriction.

Decentralization · passes

The action is a federal naming of a federal facility, which is inherently a federal function. It does not consolidate decision-making upward because the facility is already federal property under the exclusive authority of Congress. The four-question test is satisfied: the action is not something an individual, local community, or state could perform, and it does not shift power from lower levels of government.

Due process and takings · passes

The bill does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, nor does it take any private property. It does not affect any legal rights or obligations. There is no due process or takings concern.

Provenance

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639
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Values for America. “Constitutional grade: S. 2432, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6444 San Fernando Road in Glendale, California, as the "Paul Ignatius Post Office"..” VFA Constitution Index, grade 639 (rubric vfa-constitutional-grade/1.0), graded October 11, 2026. https://www.valuesforamerica.com/constitution-index/grades/639. Accessed 2026-10-20.

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