Furthermore, information regarding the largest brokerages is only provided via ordinarymail, too late for an investor to review prior to making an investment decision.
Justice Stephen Breyer said that in today's world, a registered letter is worse than ordinarymail, noting that "we don't all have butlers at the door" and asking why the U.S. Post Office can't be more flexible, like Federal Express.
Before Wednesday, he was largely unknown, mentioned in passing in one or two news reports as having sent an e-mail to Myers confirming that WorldCom's accounting for ordinary expenses as capital expenditures could not be justified.