[11th_VA]

So...there’s an equal protection legal issue, correct?

It’s being pushed as an emergency OSHA rule … analysts are saying exempting the Post Office will be ‘Exhibit A’ showing this is NOT an emergency …

[AndyJackson]

Since this is an exemption from the normal rule making process it is subject to heightened scrutiny. Any administrative body in exercising discretion must first have that discretion, must exercise it [accounting for all the facts in the matter] and must exercise it reasonably.

If it is an emergency affecting the health of all citizens equally, the there is no reasonable argument for excluding any particular group, at least not one so large as to obviate the intended effect of the emergency decree, and therefore in this case the agency has exercised its discretion unreasonably which invalidates the decision.

[usconservative]

It’s being pushed as an emergency OSHA rule … analysts are saying exempting the Post Office will be ‘Exhibit A’ showing this is NOT an emergency …

New York Post running a story saying the White House is "clarifying" the mandate and that USPS workers ARE included.