Posted on 12/01/2024 3:01:11 PM PST by nickcarraway
The death of Peanut, a squirrel euthanized after being seized by New York state authorities over rabies fears, was discussed by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch during a dinner hosted by the Federalist Society on Thursday.
Addressing the audience about what he perceives as government overreach, Gorsuch commented: "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." To laughter from attendees Gorsuch added: "Yes, I'm speaking of Peanut the squirrel."
Peanut's death became a rallying point for conservatives ahead of the November 5 presidential election. During an appearance on Joe Rogan's popular podcast Elon Musk, a close Donald Trump ally, said: "How can it be that we live in America, supposedly the land of the free, and the government can barge into your home with guns, so if you resist, you're gonna get shot, and then take your pets and execute them?"
Peanut was taken by New York state's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) on October 30, along with a raccoon, and both were killed so they could be tested for rabies. They had been living unlicensed with 34-year-old Mark Longo, based in rural Pine City, who said he had rescued Peanut after the squirrel's mother was hit by a car. Peanut acquired hundreds of thousands of followers on social media accounts controlled by Longo, and his death sparked outrage online.
Gorsuch, who is generally regarded as a conservative, made his comments at the Federalist Society's annual Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner. While the Federalist Society doesn't take explicit political positions, it is widely viewed as a key incubator of conservative legal talent.
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Harambe (the gorilla) knocked humanity off the good timeline and Peanut (the squirrel) got us back on it.
May his death not be in vain, and may justice be eventually meted out to the monsters who killed him and his raccoon friend. I would NEVER let the government know of any animal I save and beg my friends to never call them either.
The whole Peanut the squirrel saga should frighten every American, irrespective of political leaning. I know the left will shrug their shoulders because “their side” did it, but they are incapable of introspection anyway.
The fact that government jack-booted thugs got a search warrant - for a squirrel - and made the homeowner wait outside for five hours while the ransacked the place, took his pet squirrel, his pet racoon, and his AR-15 and then euthanized his pets! What kind if insanity is this?
But this doesn’t surprise me in a one-Party ruled place like New York. This is why Donald Trump won biggly. Americans are awake and they hired Trump to take a wrecking ball to this corrupt government system.
Glad that Gorsuch is getting so much publicity for this horrendous case of gubmint overreach. I’m an animal lover and if anyone broke into by home and shot my pets, I’d be inclined to shoot them. Not to kill, but right where it hurts the most.
If they had walked up to the door, knocked, said do you have a license for that squirrel, given him a ticket and walked away that would have been fine.
He could have either gotten a license or fought in court about why it was necessary to have license for an animal that is native to the region and had been kept as a pet from the time that America began.
And might even have won.
But this total over reach. You would have thought he was breeding rabid tigers and feeding them angel dust.
A five hour %$#@fest. The egos these bureaucrats have.
It does except for the Jack Boot lickers.
And the Bureaucracy is not reasonable or even sane.
They can and will make your life hell just because.
A lefty friend of a FB frenemy cited Peanut as a case of the right finally giving a damn about police brutality. (He’s black, if you hadn’t guessed.)
Gorsuch has turned out to be the best of the 3 I has very high hopes for Amy, not su much any more and Kavanaugh was NOT worth the God awful fight we had to seat him!!
Precisely.
The Longos have filed suit. I hope they win Bigly.
I wish we would have gotten a conservative rather than Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. It was a kick in the face to Scalia. By the way, Gorsuch was significantly to the left of Anthony Kennedy for the almost year thy were on the court.
You honestly don’t THINK McConnell would have given us TRUE conservatives do you?? McConnell is an utter deep state POS, this is a terrible thing to say but I honestly wish he would drop dead!!
Are we sure “Peanut” wasn’t being used as a proxy for “Scalia”?
We need a holiday for Peanut.
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