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Jena Martin, Professor of Law, St. Mary's University

Getting mail to your door is just one part of what the postmaster general does

Postal workers sort through mail and packages. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

The postmaster general is responsible for getting billions of pieces of mail across the globe, managing hundreds of thousands of employees and caring for some of the country’s most vulnerable Americans.

The agency is currently run by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who served in President Donald Trump’s first administration and during President Joe Biden’s term as well. He is one of the few key advisers to serve in both Trump administrations.

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