I wish the headline to this post was a joke, but it’s not.
On June 8, 2022, in the wake of the leak of a draft of the Supreme Court Dobbs (abortion) decision, and in the midst of a frenzy of protests at the homes of conservative Supreme Court Justices and calls for violence, Nicholas John Roske was arrested outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home with a loaded gun. We covered it at the time:
The only reason Roske didn’t attempt to enter the house with his weapon was that there were federal marshals outside. So instead, he turned himself in.
His hope, according to prosecutors, was to kill three Justices:
The California man who pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 aimed to kill three members of the high court in an effort to “single-handedly alter the constitutional order for ideological ends,” according to federal prosecutors.The revelation by the Justice Department came in a sentencing memorandum filed Friday with the U.S. district court in Maryland in the case of Nicholas Roske. Roske was arrested near Kavanaugh’s home in early June 2022 with a handgun, ammunition, knife and a myriad of tools.He pleaded guilty in April to attempting to kill or kidnap a Supreme Court justice. Prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence Roske to at least 30 years to life in prison, arguing that his conduct is an affront to the Constitution and required “extensive premeditation.”
It’s hard to think of a more serious crime than to attempt to kill as Supreme Court Justice. Perhaps assassinating a president is more serious, but they are equally egregious in their own ways in my mind.
Fast forward, Roske pleaded guilty and was sentence today. So the judge threw the book at him, right? Right? Buhler?
He only got 8 years.
Why so lenient a sentence? The Judge was smitten with Roske having declared himself to be a woman and thereby needing special understanding, as related by Daily Wire reporter Luke Rosiak who was inside the courtroom.
The sentencing took more than seven hours, with much of the time dedicated to discussing how Roske’s transgender identity meant he should get a lighter sentence.In a more than hour-long speech justifying the light sentence, Boardman said “Ms. Roske came out to herself as transgender in 2020 but kept it secret. Ms. Roske’s sister came out as gay two years prior but Ms. Roske saw that their parents struggled to reconcile her sexuality with their religious beliefs.”“I am heartened that this terrible infraction has helped the Roske family… accept their daughter for who she is,” Judge Boardman said.His mother Colleen told the judge on Friday that “I have attended PFLAG meetings and learned about the LGBTQ+ community. I am committed to going on this journey with Sophie… She was frustrated with what was going on in the world, and we weren’t a safe place to process it.” As his mother wept, Nicholas Roske also choked up, his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down.Boardman said “Any prison time is punishment for her. The length doesn’t need to be particularly long… unduly harsh conditions make a difference, too.” The judge continued, “She will be imprisoned in a male facility even though she is a transgender prisoner, pursuant to an executive order from the president. Before the executive order, that wasn’t the case.”Roske and his mother, father, and sister all spoke in court, emotionally describing how hard it has been on the family. Kavanaugh’s relatives did not address the court, but left the courtroom abruptly after the judge issued the light sentence.Earlier in the hearing, Boardman lashed out at prosecutors and President Donald Trump, saying “Let’s not hide the fact that President Trump issued an executive order saying transgender inmates would be assigned to prisons with their biological sex.” The prosecutor replied that there was an injunction holding up much of the enforcement of that executive order, and the judge later state that Roske could, in fact, get hormone replacement in prison, at least while the injunction was in effect.
NBC News is reporting that a “woman” was sentenced in the case:
Just five months ago She was a He at NBC:
DOJ is going to appeal the sentence:
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