Cruz calls to impeach Biden judge who oversaw Kavanaugh assassination case
The article reports that Senator Ted Cruz has called for the impeachment of U.S. District judge Deborah Boardman, appointed by President Joe Biden, after she sentenced Nicholas roske-who attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh-to just over eight years in prison.This sentence was significantly lighter than the 30 years recommended by prosecutors. roske,who now identifies as a transgender woman named Sophie,was caught in June 2022 outside Kavanaugh’s home with weapons and tools,intending to kill conservative justices to prevent the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Cruz criticized boardman for letting her political ideology and Roske’s gender identity influence the sentencing, deeming her unfit for the federal bench and urging Congress to consider impeachment. The Department of Justice announced plans to appeal the sentence,calling it insufficient. conservative commentators argue that the judge improperly used Roske’s gender dysphoria as a mitigating factor and warn that the ruling may encourage future offenders to claim transgender status to seek lighter sentences. Despite calls for impeachment, removing a federal judge is highly unlikely due to stringent constitutional requirements and the current political divide.
Cruz calls to impeach Biden judge who handled Kavanaugh assassination plot case
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday called for the impeachment of U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, who sentenced the man who planned to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to just eight years and one month in prison.
Boardman handed down the 97-month sentence to Nicholas Roske, who now identifies as a transgender woman named Sophie, on Friday — far below the 30-year term sought by federal prosecutors. Roske was arrested outside Kavanaugh’s home in June 2022 with a pistol, ammunition, zip ties, and burglary tools, telling police he intended to kill at least one conservative justice to prevent the Supreme Court from overturning Roe v. Wade.
Cruz accused Boardman of allowing political ideology to override sentencing guidelines.
“This judge has demonstrated she is utterly unfit to be a federal judge,” Cruz said Monday on Verdict with Ted Cruz. “The House of Representatives should seriously contemplate impeaching this judge.”
“If you are such a zealot, such a partisan ideologue, that you will not follow the sentencing guidelines … and instead you say, ‘You know what? This person’s transgender, and my ideology is such that I love transgenders.’ … That’s appalling,” Cruz said. “I would love to have a trial in the Senate.”
Boardman has also blocked several of Trump’s policies since his return to the Oval Office, including his bid to end birthright citizenship, and rulings against the Department of Government Efficiency accessing executive branch agency information.
The sentencing has sparked outrage among conservatives, with critics accusing Boardman of treating gender identity as a mitigating factor. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Department of Justice will appeal the sentence, calling it “woefully insufficient.”
Carrie Severino, president of the conservative judicial advocacy group JCN, said the judge improperly introduced Roske’s gender dysphoria as a factor in her decision.
“Gender dysphoria is not supposed to be a literal ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card, but that’s how she treated it,” Severino told the Washington Examiner.
She also noted that Roske has already served three years in custody, meaning he could be eligible for release in as little as three more years.
“So that means in three more years, which is kind of a shocking length of time given the severity of what he was planning to do, he would be eligible for parole,” Severino added.
Boardman, a former federal public defender, was nominated by Biden and confirmed by the Senate in 2021. She previously served as a magistrate judge in the District of Maryland.
Conservatives on social media also blasted the sentence, with some noting that Boardman asked if Roske would be sent to a women’s prison. Former Senate Judiciary counsel Mike Davis called her a “national disgrace” who issued a “pathetic” sentence for a politically motivated assassination attempt.
“Today’s Democrats want conservatives killed,” Davis wrote on X.
While Cruz’s call for impeachment has energized conservatives, the constitutional bar for removing a federal judge remains exceptionally high. Impeachment requires a majority vote in the House and a two-thirds vote in the Senate, a near impossibility in the current divided Congress. Democrats, meanwhile, have levied their own attacks against sitting justices in recent years, with several liberal lawmakers demanding the resignation or impeachment of Justice Clarence Thomas over ethics-related controversies.
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Still, advocates like Severino warned that the ruling could send a dangerous message to other violent offenders.
“I worry that if declaring that you are transgender means you get years off of your sentence, we’re going to see further claims of transgenderism amongst convicts. People will game the system,” Severino said.
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