Nancy Gertner

@ngertner

Retired federal judge, Harvard law School Professor of Practice 2011-2014, currently part time teaching sentencing, law and neuroscience, writer (opeds, books), occasional CNN and MSNBC commentator, regular WGBH Jim and Margery show, wife, mom, grandmom.

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Latest posts by Nancy Gertner @ngertner

Scott McGrew on Instagram: "A lesser reported moment from the Bondi hearing. #Bondi" 315K likes, 4,190 comments - scottmcgrewnbc on February 12, 2026: "A lesser reported moment from the Bondi hearing. #Bondi".

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23.02.2026 03:35 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1

Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.

This is one that stands out:
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25.01.2026 02:36 👍 16507 🔁 6620 💬 308 📌 378

The door-to-door terror in Minneapolis Is the door-to-door terror we're seeing in Minneapolis now what Renee Macklin Good was protesting? "If so, I would blow a whistle and sound my horn as she did. So should we all," writes retired federa...

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19.01.2026 04:33 👍 26 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 1

Andrew Weissmann (@weissmann) https://youtube.com/watch?v=fGTsYXBWQgU&si=7SO4WEQl4fjmMc28

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19.01.2026 04:33 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Retired judges warn that the rule of law is unraveling

28.11.2025 19:34 👍 88 🔁 26 💬 7 📌 1

The Justice Department’s war on judges - The Boston Globe Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has it backward. There are no rogue judges; there is only a rogue president.

My commentary on Todd Blanche’s speech to the Federalist Society www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...

15.11.2025 22:33 👍 60 🔁 20 💬 4 📌 0

Judging The Justice System In The Age Of Trump: Nancy Gertner Judge Nancy Gertner retired from the bench in 2011, but she’s not retiring in her personality—with candid comments on many subjects, including SCOTUS.

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12.11.2025 20:39 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Extraordinary work!

20.10.2025 01:20 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

19.10.2025 02:01 👍 58 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised. #dailyshow YouTube video by The Daily Show

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12.10.2025 15:28 👍 18 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0

someone should tell Trump they don't give the Peace Prize to people who blow up boats and murder those on high seas nor to those who deploy military against their own people. NEVER.

09.10.2025 20:26 👍 3370 🔁 730 💬 136 📌 28

Portland Judge’s Vital Lesson: Deference Is Not Blind Obedience Judges can’t defer to determinations “untethered to facts.”

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07.10.2025 02:36 👍 199 🔁 43 💬 4 📌 1

No apology necessary Being right on the law means never having to say you're sorry.

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12.09.2025 18:30 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

Wonderful note!! You are?

29.08.2025 00:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The hard-won hope of the long defeat A mindset for a dark time

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28.08.2025 14:30 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1

The rich and powerful go unpunished: Julie K. Brown on the scale of the Epstein scandal "These victims feel betrayed once again, by the DOJ and by our government officials who, they believe, are still covering up for wealthy and powerful men."

contrarian.substack.com/p/the-rich-a...

01.08.2025 22:41 👍 69 🔁 19 💬 2 📌 0

170. DOJ's (Ridiculous) Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg DOJ's complaint that Chief Judge Boasberg engaged in "misconduct" would be laughably stupid if it didn't reflect such a transparently obvious and dangerous attempt to delegitimize the federal courts.

www.stevevladeck.com/p/170-dojs-r...

29.07.2025 20:38 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1

Furkan Gözükara on X: "This is the best ever true news BBC ever made about Israel, 4 minutes but every minute is extremely important https://t.co/ZnSEpPvusb" / X This is the best ever true news BBC ever made about Israel, 4 minutes but every minute is extremely important https://t.co/ZnSEpPvusb

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27.07.2025 21:02 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I served on the federal bench. Emil Bove is unfit to be a judge. - The Boston Globe Bove won’t follow the law. He will follow the president.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/22/o...

22.07.2025 21:55 👍 35 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

Federal Judges Are Begging Us to Pay Attention A Data-Driven Analysis of nearly 300 Federal Cases Reveals Judges Quoting Kafka and Warning of Democracy in Peril

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08.06.2025 23:00 👍 18 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0

She's in ICE detention. From 1,500 miles away, his piano lulls her to sleep. Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE detention for 3 months. She is one of a growing number of non-criminal immigrants detained by ICE.

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07.06.2025 15:33 👍 12 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

Bondi‘s quote about Abrego Garcia? “He now will meet the full force of American justice.” Well, that’s good. Because he already has met the full force of American injustice!

06.06.2025 23:38 👍 464 🔁 79 💬 14 📌 3