People for the Ethical Treatment of Property Owners (PETPO) v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service; et al., Case No. 17-465
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Amicus Brief

People for the Ethical Treatment of Property Owners (PETPO) v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service; et al., Case No. 17-465

In no Commerce Clause case has this Court considered anything so worthless. The Utah prairie dog is not a marketable commodity. Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111, 128 (1942). There is no illicit trade in prairie dog horns or hides for the government to suppress. Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1, 22 (2005). They carry no fire-arms into school zones. United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549, 551 (1995). Their domestic relations are none of the government’s business. United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598, 668 (2000). Finally, they have neither purchased health insurance nor plan to do so in future. Nat’l Fed’n of Indep. Bus. v. Sebelius, 567 U.S. 519, 561 (2012) (NFIB).

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