The first of what could become many SCOTUS assassination attempts was thwarted on Wednesday. If Nicholas Roske was serious about it, Brett Kavanaugh would be dead already. Since he was just a disturbed Democrat begging for the mental help he must not be getting, he called cops and described in detail exactly what he would do if they didn’t stop him. They stopped him. He was still on the phone with them when he got arrested.
SCOTUS hit missed by a mile
Protests outside the homes of Supreme Court Justices prove that we don’t have laws anymore, because attempting to influence the decision of a judge is supposed to be illegal. Influencing the opinions that SCOTUS plans to make about abortion are just as illegal.
Even so, nobody cares to prosecute those infractions. That means anarchy. At least 26-year-old Nicholas John Roske was arrested and charged with attempted murder.
Roske had no problem finding the home address of a SCOTUS Justice online. Pro-abortion group “Ruth Sent Us” had conveniently published the home addresses of all six conservatives.
A small group of pro-abortion protesters are outside Justice Kavanaugh’s home to demonstrate about the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade. Police formed a line in front of the home. pic.twitter.com/SdV4Rbrg44
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) June 8, 2022
When he got out of at taxi in front of Brett Kavanaugh’s house, he was “armed with a gun, a tactical knife and pepper spray.” He also has no use at all for the fifth amendment. Roske babbled to police that he “planned to kill Kavanaugh to give his life a purpose.”
The SCOTUS draft decision, which says Roe v. Wade usurped powers which belong to the state and should be overturned, really set him off. To Democrats, law enforcement is a relative thing, to be decided on a case-by-case basis.
That’s why they’re all “slow to condemn threats and intimidation of justices.” The White House won’t even say that “it wanted the protests to change justices’ minds about the decision.” A yes to that would be illegal if anybody really cared.
Violence, threats, vandalism
Threats are a relative term but most conservatives consider just lining up on the sidewalk in front of the house of a SCOTUS jurist would be considered intimidating. According to The Washington Post, “several legal experts said picketing a judge’s home with the intent to influence their rulings is illegal.”
Violence and vandalism are both off the table but that doesn’t mean the “peaceful” protesters won’t break out the fireworks and Molotov cocktails. Attempted murder is a no-no but could happen again.
Around 1:05 a.m. Wednesday morning, Marshals spotted Roske “exiting a cab dressed in black and carrying a backpack and suitcase.” Right about that same time, local police “received a call from someone identifying as Roske who said he was suicidal, armed with a gun and planning to kill a Supreme Court justice.” If he really meant to whack a SCOTUS justice, he would have done it instead of phoning it in. That will come up at his psych hearing.
“Local police were quickly dispatched and arrested Roske while he was still on the phone, according to the affidavit. Authorities seized his luggage, which also contained zip ties, a hammer, a screwdriver, a nail punch and various other items.”
It’s interesting to note that the local police did all this with the U.S. Marshals standing around and critiquing the response. The Marshals must have been there only for SCOTUS patrol but it seems from the way the reports were worded, Roske alerted their radar the second he stepped out of the cab and they were ready to move in for back up if he became more than the local cops could handle.
Roske told U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Sullivan that “he was on medication but had a clear enough head to understand the proceedings,” when he had his first appearance. “He consented to being detained until his trial and waived his right to a bond hearing.“
