Posted on 09/24/2025 6:19:10 PM PDT by Morgana
A California man who plotted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh also wanted to kill at least two other conservative justices in a bid to preserve Roe v. Wade.
New court filings revealed this week are spotlighting the violent extremism that gripped abortion activists in the chaotic lead-up to the landmark Dobbs decision.
Nicholas John Roske, 28, of Simi Valley, California, faces 30 years to life in prison for attempted murder of a U.S. official in his bid to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh.
Roske was arrested outside Kavanaugh’s Chevy Chase, Maryland, home on June 8, 2022, where he was found armed with a Glock 17 pistol, two magazines of ammunition, a tactical vest, a knife, zip ties, pepper spray, a hammer, screwdriver and other tools — all packed for a premeditated killing spree aimed at tipping the high court’s balance against halting the end of Roe’s half-century reign of abortion on demand.
Roske’s scheme, born of fury over a leaked draft opinion signaling Roe’s demise, exposed the deadly stakes of the abortion debate as the Supreme Court deliberated a ruling that would finally restore to the states their rightful authority to safeguard unborn children from the abortion industry’s grasp.
“The thought of Roe v Wade and gay marriage both being repealed has me furious,” Roske texted a friend in the weeks before his arrest, according to a Justice Department sentencing memorandum unsealed in recent court proceedings.
The plot crystallized in the spring of 2022, amid escalating tensions following the May 2 publication of the leaked Dobbs draft by Politico, which revealed the court’s conservative majority poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. Roske, who had searched “roe v wade” online within two days of the leak, spiraled into a frenzy of research on firearms, body armor, breaking and entering, and silent killing methods — including over 30 websites depicting knife strikes to the neck, stabbing and strangulation techniques.
By late May, Roske’s texts laid bare his radical blueprint to upend the judiciary through murder.
“im gonna stop roe v wade from being overturned,” he wrote on May 18.
Responding to a query about his intentions, he declared, “remove some people from the supreme court.”
Pressed further on “what u tryna do,” Roske replied bluntly: “yeah but i could get at least one, which would change the votes for decades to come. and I am shooting for 3.”
Those three targets extended beyond Kavanaugh to at least two other unnamed conservative justices, with a fourth also researched, federal prosecutors detailed in the memorandum. A map saved in Roske’s Google account pinned the residential addresses of all four, plotted with precision: one justice searched about 16 times, another roughly 10 times, and a third around nine times.
“Also the right have a 5–4 majority so if one conservative justice dies then it becomes a 5-4 for the left,” Roske messaged, musing on the seismic shift his assassinations could force.
He even speculated in another exchange: “what do you think would happen if [Kavanaugh] died?”
“I was thinking of the Roe decision. I feel like those 9 people make a much bigger impact than most people,” Roske added, underscoring his warped calculus that the lives of unborn children — and the justices defending them — were expendable pawns in his crusade to entrench abortion as a constitutional fiat.
Roske flew from California to the Washington area on June 7, 2022, checked into a hotel and set out on foot toward Kavanaugh’s home the next morning, clad in black and carrying his arsenal in a backpack and suitcase.
Overcome by suicidal thoughts as he approached, he called 911 himself, telling dispatchers, “I am having suicidal thoughts and I need help,” averting immediate tragedy but confirming the plot’s lethal intent.
The Justice Department portrayed Roske’s actions as a direct assault on the rule of law.
“In the spring of 2022, the defendant meticulously researched, planned, and attempted to assassinate at least one — but had a stated target of three — sitting judges of the United States Supreme Court,” the sentencing memo stated. “The defendant’s explicit objective was to single-handedly alter the Constitutional order for ideological ends. . . . The defendant’s own words show that the defendant was ‘shooting for 3’ assassinations.”
Roske’s rampage unfolded against a backdrop of heightened threats to the court, amplified by pro-abortion extremists. Days after the leak, the group Ruth Sent Us doxxed the home addresses of conservative justices online, including Kavanaugh, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas, fueling protests and forcing enhanced security measures.
Justice Samuel Alito and his family were relocated to a secure site amid the violence.
A formal plea hearing is slated for the coming weeks, though details of any sentencing deal remain under wraps.
As the Dobbs decision affirmed on June 24, 2022 — just weeks after Roske’s foiled plot — Roe’s reversal empowered states to protect the most vulnerable, a victory that extremists like Roske proved willing to kill for.
Fortunately the justices are alive as well as thousands of babies saved by pro-life laws.
That’s just depraved and sick.
The "Pelican Brief" opened with the murders of three United States Supreme Court justices.
Lock the murdering bimbo’s butt up. It stinks. American doesn’t need his nasty butt.
Sophie Roske (formerly Nicholas John Roske. September 2025, Roske came out as a trans woman.
Wasn’t he following orders from upChuck Schumer ?
Don’t forget where it really started rolling down the hill... with the Obamas and “Get in their faces.”
Holy cow! I thought you were joking but it’s true! From The Epoch Times: [quote] In some posts, Roske named himself “Sophie” and introduced himself as “MtF,” meaning male-to-female, and as “F4F,” meaning female for female. He had also identified himself as a “trans gamer girl” and “femme” on Reddit Townhall reported on Wednesday. He also expressed interest in working for the FBI and posted personal ads describing himself as a “pet” that wants “to be treated as less than human but still loved.” [enquote]
Somebody either really wants to go to the big men’s prison or they really don’t. Not sure which.
One would do well to be leery of a transperson in association. What must the parents of trans think about this?
I would have been surprised if they hadn’t thought of that as an option.
And they like killing.
Yeah. I looked him up on Wikipedia and saw it, would’ve listed the source but they for some reason don’t want Wikipedia on here.
if democrats would stop shooting people... American gun violence would drop 90%+
I guess that his motivation to preserve abortion was so that he would be able to get an abortion when he became pregnant as a Transgender 🤷🏼♂️ Well everyone knows that the mentally ill are irrational. I sure hope some moron jury doesn’t let him off because of a mental inconsistency defense.
SIMI VALLEY SUED TO PRETTY RED......
Family of Man Who Tried to Kill Justice Kavanagh Wants “Leniency” Because Now He’s Trans
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