If you've been following the news, the post office is in trouble financially. Online communication has made its business model somewhat problematic. So you might ask: why do we have a federally run post office to begin with? As we will see this week as we look over the structure of the Constitution, it seems to be one of the delegated powers of the national government:
Article One, Section Eight, Clause Seven is the Postal Clause: The Congress shall have the power to "establish Post Offices and post Roads".
I want you to find out why that particular clause is in the Constitution (what was the "intent" of the founders regarding the post office), what the current debate is regarding the state of the post office and how is may be modified to deal with the current realities of 21st century communications.
