Nancy Gertner
@ngertner.bsky.social
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.
My commentary on Todd Blanche’s speech to the Federalist Society www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...
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.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My commentary on Todd Blanche’s speech to the Federalist Society www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...
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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.
October 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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.
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!
June 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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!
The Tragic History of Neoliberalism
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The Tragic History of Neoliberalism
Don’t buy revisionist attempts to rehabilitate it. Instead, push for a bold progressive populism.
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June 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Tragic History of Neoliberalism
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Cruelty and Intimidation are the Goals
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Cruelty and Intimidation are the Goals
The prosecution of Judge Hannah Dugan had nothing to do with ICE enforcement and everything to do with intimidation
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April 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Cruelty and Intimidation are the Goals
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We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Gulag Archipelago
He is seeking to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop his administration from imprisoning anyone it wants, anywhere in the world.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
