Federal judge to sentence Justice Brett Kavanaugh's attempted assassin
A judge is set to sentence Nicholas Roske on Friday for attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the weeks leading up to the high court's landmark Dobbs decision.
The Department of Justice has asked for 30 years in prison, while Roske's attorneys have asked for eight years.
In a sentencing memorandum, prosecutors said Roske showed up at Kavanaugh's house on June 8, 2022, armed with a pistol, ammunition, a knife, a crowbar and tactical gear, intending to kill the conservative justice and other justices.
Two weeks prior to the sentencing hearing, Roske's attorneys also notified the court that while their client's name had not formally changed, Roske wanted to begin going by the name "Sophie" and female pronouns.
"Out of respect for Ms. Roske, the balance of this pleading and counsel’s in-court argument will refer to her as Sophie and use female pronouns," they wrote in court papers.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-judge-sentence-justice-brett-kavanaughs-attempted-assassin
Outrage: Biden Judge Gives Kavanaugh Assassin Shocking Sentence, Praises Attacker's 'Transgenderism'The man who attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has been sentenced to just eight years in prison after a Joe Biden-appointed judge took his "transgenderism" into account. In a stunning move, Judge Deborah Boardman grilled the Department of Justice on whether "Ms. Sophie Roske" will be placed in a women's prison and given hormone treatments. She also continually referred to Roske, who is a man, as a "she" throughout the proceedings.
We'll start there, but stick around, because it gets so much worse.
That's a shockingly light sentence for a would-be assassin, but Boardman wasn't done making a mockery of the court. In comments that I thought were parody at first, until I double-checked them, the judge went on to praise Roske's transgenderism, heralding the proceedings as a welcome event because it caused his parents to "accept their daughter for who she is."
I'm at a total loss, both because I'm dumbfounded and because I'm so infuriated. I've seen some crazy things come out of the mouths of judges over the years, and certainly that's escalated over the last several months of lawfare against the Trump administration. But I'm not sure I've ever seen something this psychotic from the bench. Boardman actually suggested the attempted assassination of a Supreme Court justice was a good thing because it led to the "gender affirmation" of a deranged lunatic. It's not only a new level of absurdity, but she doesn't even attempt to hide her motives.
What do you even do with a judiciary that is this broken? I'm glad the upper levels of the court still appear to have some semblance of sanity remaining, but these lower-court judges are out of their minds. What's to stop every violent felon who comes before a Democrat-appointed judge from claiming to be transgender now?
I know impeaching judges is taboo, but man, maybe Republicans should actually try in this instance. I've never seen anything like this.
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2025/10/03/outrage-biden-judge-gives-kavanaugh-assassin-shocking-sentence-because-hes-transgender-n2194711
