“The census worker even put a copy of ‘the law’ in her mailbox...”
Am I correct in suggesting that if the census worker “put” (not mailed) something in her mailbox, that the census worker could be charged for tampering with the property of the U.S. Mail? (the mailbox itself) After all, the census worker is not a postal worker.
18 U.S.C. 1725
“Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits any mailable matter such as statements of accounts, circulars, sale bills, or other like matter, on which no postage has been paid, in any letter box established, approved, or accepted by the Postal Service for the receipt or delivery of mail matter on any mail route with intent to avoid payment of lawful postage thereon, shall for each such offense be fined under this title.”
Ironically, putting a copy of “the law” in the lady’s mailbox is itself a violation of federal law.