Nancy Gertner

A pair of federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired federal workers at the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense,…

An op-ed by Nancy Gertner: More than 90 cases have been filed seeking to stop the blizzard of executive orders issued by President Trump from…

When the chief justice of the US supreme court, John Roberts, delivered his bombshell ruling last July granting Donald Trump absolute immunity from criminal prosecution…

Lawsuits against the Trump administration have put four US courts with a majority of Democrat-appointed judges at the center of fights over the onslaught of…

The White House has said that a review of federal funding is necessary to ensure that spending aligns with the president’s agenda. But it also…

An article co-written by Nancy Gertner: Judges—especially in cases involving the Trump administration—should do more than just decide cases and resolve disputes. He or she…

The new disciplinary charges against Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph, who’s accused of helping an immigrant evade federal agents in her Newton courtroom in 2018,…

A letter by Nancy Gertner: Kimberly Atkins Stohr’s column “Don’t blame Garland and Smith for the failed prosecutions of Trump” misses the mark (Opinion, Nov.

An article co-written by Nancy Gertner: There are important cases among the 40 that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear in its new term…

A former federal judge along with a government watchdog group and two top scholars on judicial ethics want an appeals court to reassign the classified…

An op-ed by Nancy Gertner: On Monday, President Biden proposed major changes for the Supreme Court — term limits of 18 years, an enforceable code…

An op-ed by Nancy Gertner: It didn’t take long. On July 1, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a lengthy concurring opinion in Trump v.

The Karen Read legal saga remains in limbo after a mistrial was declared in her sensational murder case on July 1. Read, 44, of Mansfield,…

A race for an elected position far off most residents’ radar is evolving into the buzziest matchup on the September primary ballot, with some of…

An op-ed co-written by Nancy Gertner: Why is Judge Aileen Cannon slow-walking the Florida documents case against Donald Trump and others? There are three explanations,…

This past week, the Supreme Court handed down a series of major opinions: on the powers of federal agencies, on homeless encampments, and on the…

An op-ed by Nancy Gertner: Now that Donald Trump has been convicted on 34 felony counts, his sentencing hearing looms on July 11. Below are…

A growing number of Democratic lawmakers called for Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. to recuse himself from cases related to Jan. 6, 2021, and demanded…