This case comes down to a simple question: if a postal worker deliberately withholds your mail, can you sue the government? The Supreme Court says no. By reading "loss" and "miscarriage" broadly enough to cover intentional conduct, the majority effectively closes the courthouse door on people like Konan, regardless of how badly a postal employee behaves.

The dissent's concern is practical. If the postal exception covers everything including intentional misconduct then there's no legal accountability when a postal worker targets someone's mail on purpose. The majority counters that Congress designed it this way to protect the massive machinery of mail delivery from a flood of litigation. But as Sotomayor points out, the law already has plenty of built-in filters to keep frivolous suits from clogging the courts.

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