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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H. Res. 818 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 818
Impeaching Deborah Boardman, Judge of the United States District Court
for the District of Maryland, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 17, 2025
Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Brecheen, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Higgins of
Louisiana, Mr. Babin, and Mrs. Miller of Illinois) submitted the
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
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RESOLUTION
Impeaching Deborah Boardman, Judge of the United States District Court
for the District of Maryland, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Resolved, That Deborah Boardman, Judge of the United States
District Court for the District of Maryland, is impeached for high
crimes and misdemeanors and for violating the constitutional standard
for continuance in judicial office of ``good behavior'', and that the
following article of removal be exhibited to the United States Senate.
Article of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives
of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people
of the United States of America, against Deborah Boardman, Judge of the
United States District Court for the District of Maryland, in
maintenance and support of its impeachment against her for high crimes
and misdemeanors and for violating the constitutional standard for
continuance in judicial office of ``good behavior''.
article i: willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law
Judge Boardman, in violation of her oath of office, did knowingly
and willfully use her judicial position to knowingly interfere with the
President's constitutional prerogatives and enforcement of the rule of
law.
The Constitution grants Congress the authority to create,
eliminate, and regulate all Federal courts inferior to the Supreme
Court. Section 1 of Article III of the Constitution provides that
``[t]he Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold
their Offices during good Behavior'', thereby granting Congress the
authority to remove a judge who fails to remain in good behavior while
in office.
Through her conduct, in which she violated her oath to the
Constitution and duty of impartiality to the people of the United
States, Judge Boardman has abused the powers of her judicial authority,
having engaged in actions that deviate from the law and toward
political ideology as follows:
(1) On October 3, 2025, Judge Boardman sentenced the
defendant, Nicholas John Roske, found guilty of attempting to
assassinate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Michael Kavanaugh
on June 7, 2022, to eight years and a lifetime of supervised
release instead of the 30-year sentence recommended by the
Department of Justice.
(2) Roske traveled by aircraft from his home in Simi
Valley, California, to Chevy Chase, Maryland, where Justice
Kavanaugh resides with his family, resulting in his arrest
outside of Justice Kavanaugh's home with a firearm with a laser
sight attachment, admitting to wanting to inflict harm. Roske
was also equipped with zip ties, a tactical knife, pepper
spray, a hammer, a screwdriver, a nail punch, a crowbar, duct
tape, a pistol light, and was wearing padded boots to minimize
noise.
(3) Roske spoke to a Montgomery County emergency
communication center operator to detail his thoughts while
standing outside Justice Kavanaugh's home. He said that he
traveled from California to Maryland ``to kill a specific
United States Supreme Court justice''.
(4) In May and June of 2022, before the attempted
assassination, Roske's cell phone history showed repeated
internet searches for ``quietest semi auto rifle,'' ``how to
quietly knock someone out,'' ``most effective place to stab
someone,'' ``most effective way to silently kill someone,''
``how much force do you need to stab someone's neck,'' ``best
way to break into a house,'' ``how to make handcuffs with zip
ties,'' and ``does the secret service protect supreme court
justices''.
(5) The Department of Justice's sentencing memorandum of
Roske's detailed how he ``researched, planned, and attempted to
assassinate at least one--but had a stated target of three--
sitting judges of the United States Supreme Court''.
(6) The Department of Justice also noted Roske intended to
``. . . murder up to three justices in total, and try to evade
prosecution by leaving no evidence, claiming an insanity
defense, or fleeing to a non-extraditing country''.
(7) The Department of Justice outlined Roske's criminal
conduct of attempting to assassination of a Supreme Court
Justice required extensive premeditation, as he extensively
researched the home addresses of Supreme Court justices and
marked their homes on Google Maps, obtained weapons and other
tools to eventually use them for killing and traveled across
the country with those items, and researched how to infiltrate
private residences without detection.
(8) Roske attempted to delete any online evidence of motive
and intent.
(9) Judge Boardman accepted the delusional fiction that
Roske--a biological male--has become a woman and then based her
sentencing decision on that claim, saying, ``I take into
consideration the conditions of pre-trial confinement and the
fact that she is a transgender woman,'' apparently because the
pre-trial detention facility in which Roske was confined does
not, of course, indulge this fiction.
(10) Attorney General Bondi said of Judge Boardman's
decision, ``. . .the judge Boardman also would not refer to the
defendant by his biological name''.
(11) Judge Boardman's indefensibly light sentence
undermines the gravity of the offense committed by Roske and
the assault it represented on our Constitution and the rule of
law by targeting a Supreme Court Justice.
(12) Judge Boardman's sentencing decision is an egregious
instance of a judge allowing her ideology to subvert the
TRUTH--which is irreconcilable with the bedrock function of the
judicial process and violates the constitutional standard for
continuance in judicial office of ``good behavior.''
This conduct undermines the orderly functioning of the judiciary by
providing an exceptionally low sentence for a defendant who
methodically planned to execute multiple assassinations of sitting
Supreme Court justices by extensively researching what weapons and
tools to procure, researching the home addresses of Supreme Court
justices and saving them onto his smart phone, and inquiring how to
infiltrate private residences without detection and how to incapacitate
and kill individuals.
Allowing her personal feelings of Roske identifying as a
transgender woman to influence her sentencing decision in her high
office, Judge Boardman interfered with the will of the people and
Congress that have codified statute to impose appropriate sentences for
those who intend to kill Federal judges, ignoring the 30-year sentence
recommendation by the Department of Justice.
In so doing, Judge Boardman used the powers of her position to
engage in actions that undermine judicial authority. By making a
political decision outside the scope of her legal duties, she
compromised the impartiality of our judicial system.
Wherefore, Judge Deborah Boardman is guilty of high crimes and
misdemeanors and of conduct that violates the constitute standard of
good behavior, and she should be removed from office.
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Submitted in House
Submitted in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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