The 'radical judge' problem

 DC Daily Journal:

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And an attempted assassination of a Supreme Court justice has this Republican on the attack.

Radical left judges are twisting the law to push their woke agenda, letting dangerous criminals off easy just because of their “gender identity.” But Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) isn’t sitting idly by. On Wednesday, he dropped a legislative bombshell aimed at restoring fairness and protecting Americans from this insanity. His new “Fair Sentencing Act” is a direct shot at judges who think gender confusion should mean shorter prison time.

This move comes hot on the heels of a disgraceful ruling by a Biden-appointed judge who gave Nicholas Roske—a man who plotted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh—a measly eight-year sentence. That’s 22 years less than the 30-year minimum federal guidelines recommend. Why? Because the court spent over seven hours obsessing over Roske’s transgender identity, arguing it justified leniency, according to The Daily Wire.

“Criminals are criminals. Radical left judges shouldn’t be able to use ‘gender confusion’ as a reason to assign shorter sentences. My bill will keep Americans safer by ensuring all criminals are properly sentenced,” Cotton said to The Daily Wire. His Fair Sentencing Act would slam the brakes on judges using gender identity as an excuse to hand out soft sentences. It’s a common-sense fix to a system that’s been hijacked by far-left activism.

Let’s talk about Roske for a second. He was ready to m*rder a Supreme Court Justice after the Roe v. Wade decision leak sparked his rage. Yet, instead of throwing the book at him, the court got lost in a circus of gender politics. Cotton’s bill would ensure this kind of nonsense doesn’t happen again, forcing judges to focus on the crime, not the criminal’s feelings.
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Assignation attempts should be taken seriously, and the punishment should be more than eight years for such attempts.  Gender confusion is no excuse for an assignation attempt.