The sad saga of P’nut the rescue squirrel captured the country’s attention last month after the lovable online sensation was seized and euthanized by authorities in New York state.
Last week, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch used the tragic story of the late rodent to illustrate what he believes is the scourge of governmental overreach that currently plagues the nation, as The Hill reports.
The P’nut analogy
It was during the Federalist Society’s annual gala dinner on Thursday that Gorsuch offered attendees his thoughts on sweeping government overreach and the everyday impact it can have.
Speaking to an assemblage of prominent conservative attorneys, the high court justice drew on current events to make his point.
“I’ve just seen too many cases like that. You have just the other day, some of you might have seen one in the newspaper, if the newspapers are to be believed,” Gorsuch began. […]
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