The shockingly light sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman — just 97 months for the would-be assassin who traveled across the country to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh — is the latest proof that left-wing judges play politics with public safety. Prosecutors had urged a sentence far stiffer than the eight-year term, given the cache of weapons and tools and the intended target: a sitting Supreme Court justice whose only crime was doing his duty. This is not leniency; it’s a dangerous message to radicals who believe violence against conservatives will be shrugged off.
Senator Ted Cruz’s fury was justified and patriotic when he publicly denounced the judge and even urged that Congress consider impeachment for such blatant ideological sentencing. When unelected jurists substitute identity politics for equal justice, they betray the rule of law and the safety of Americans who trust our courts to be blind, not political. Conservatives should not cower when judges reward political violence with a slap on the wrist; accountability is the only remedy.
Attorney General Pam Bondi deserves credit for stepping in and pledging to appeal this woefully insufficient sentence, and every conservative should loudly support her move to restore some measure of balance to the Department of Justice. Under the previous administration, the DOJ was weaponized and politicized; Bondi has signaled she will actually prosecute real threats and stop treating violent political actors with kid gloves. If the Justice Department won’t show backbone, voters should demand leaders who will defend judges and justices from intimidation.
Sen. Cruz is exactly right to call for a full, FBI-led probe into the 2022 leak of the Dobbs draft opinion and to insist the leaker be prosecuted — leaks that put justices’ lives at risk and deliberately sought to intimidate the Court. The Supreme Court’s internal probe failed to identify the culprit, and that failure cannot be the end of the story; we need the FBI’s forensics and prosecutorial teeth on this case so justice is seen to be done. Americans who defend the rule of law shouldn’t be afraid to demand that the leaker answer for a breach that fueled violence and chaos.
Make no mistake: the left’s outrage machine treats political violence and intimidation differently depending on the target, and this double standard must end. The FBI has reportedly been allocated renewed resources to revisit the Dobbs leak and other unresolved attacks on institutions, which conservatives should cheer as a sign that unanswered crimes won’t be swept under the rug. This is about restoring deterrence — if anti-American actors see real consequences, they will think twice before plotting against our public servants.
Hardworking Americans are tired of a two-tiered justice system where ideology protects criminals and punishes patriots; now is the time for Republicans to act boldly. Support Bondi and demand the FBI use every tool to find and prosecute the Dobbs leaker, back sensible reforms to ensure judges who put politics over public safety face consequences, and keep pressure on Washington until the rule of law is returned to its rightful, respected place. If we do nothing, we invite more chaos — and conservatives will not stand idle while the institutions that protect our freedoms are hollowed out.
