Addressing the Federalist Society’s annual dinner on Thursday, Justice Neil Gorsuch sought to use a recent example to prove his point that government overreach has swept up ordinary Americans in the law.

“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 told the crowd of conservative legal minds packed into the Washington Hilton’s ballroom.

“Yes, I’m speaking of P’nut the squirrel,” Gorsuch continued.

Sparking laughter and applause, the justice was referring to an Instagram-famous squirrel that entered the political fray before the election when it was seized and euthanized by New York state over rabies fears. Some conservatives........

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