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Nancy Gertner

@ngertner.bsky.social

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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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Nancy Gertner @ngertner.bsky.social · 10h

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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised. #dailyshow

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 3d

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.

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Nancy Gertner @ngertner.bsky.social · 5d

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Portland Judge’s Vital Lesson: Deference Is Not Blind Obedience

Judges can’t defer to determinations “untethered to facts.”

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Nancy Gertner @ngertner.bsky.social · Sep 12

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No apology necessary

Being right on the law means never having to say you're sorry.

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Nancy Gertner @ngertner.bsky.social · Aug 29

Wonderful note!! You are?

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Nancy Gertner @ngertner.bsky.social · Aug 28

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The hard-won hope of the long defeat

A mindset for a dark time

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Nancy Gertner @ngertner.bsky.social · Aug 1

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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."

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Nancy Gertner @ngertner.bsky.social · Jul 29

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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.

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Nancy Gertner @ngertner.bsky.social · Jul 27

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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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Nancy Gertner @ngertner.bsky.social · Jul 22

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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.

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Nancy Gertner @ngertner.bsky.social · Jun 8

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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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Nancy Gertner @ngertner.bsky.social · Jun 7

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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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Nancy Gertner @ngertner.bsky.social · Jun 6

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!