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Biography Flash: Kavanaugh Assassin Sentenced as Roe Fallout Lingers


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In the past few days Brett Kavanaugh has been in the headlines again due to a high-stakes legal development directly tied to his personal security and his role as a Supreme Court justice. According to Good Morning America and the Department of Justice a would-be assassin who plotted to kill Justice Kavanaugh was just sentenced to eight years in prison—a sentence the DOJ had wanted set at thirty years and which many conservatives and legal analysts have blasted as far too lenient. This individual, Nicholas Roske, had traveled from California to Kavanaugh’s home in 2022 at the height of the drama surrounding the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v Wade. He brought a gun and burglary tools and even walked by a U.S. Marshal assigned to guard the justice but ultimately stopped short of carrying out the plan turning themself in to law enforcement after calling a family member. Prosecutors and public officials ranging from Senator John Kennedy to former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi have been vocal that the sentence barely amounts to a slap on the wrist and diminishes the seriousness of such an unprecedented threat against a vital arm of American democracy. The Justice Department says it is planning to appeal the ruling in hopes of seeking a stiffer sentence. The presiding judge did note that mitigating factors—most notably the plotter’s transgender status and full cooperation with law enforcement—had played a significant role in the shortfall from the thirty-year request. Legal scholars like Boston University’s Angelo Petrigh told The National News Desk that such leniency is not unheard of when meaningful cooperation and mental health mitigation are involved.

Meanwhile there’s been renewed public scrutiny of Kavanaugh’s role on the Supreme Court bench as advocates for abortion rights marked the anniversary of Senator Susan Collins’ decisive vote on his confirmation. Maine Public and the Maine Democratic Party both highlighted a campaign criticizing Collins for paving the way for Kavanaugh’s decisive vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, which remains a burning issue for reproductive rights activists across the country.

Business or personal side projects from Kavanaugh himself have not made any recent headlines. Public appearances have been largely low profile with no new speaking engagements or official events reported in the past few days. On the social media front chatter about the sentencing and the legacy of the Dobbs decision has dominated mentions of his name, but Kavanaugh’s own accounts remain inactive.

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