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Nancy Gertner
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Retired federal judge and ethics experts want Judge Cannon taken off Trump documents case
September 4, 2024
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…
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I was a member of Biden’s commission on the Supreme Court. His proposals are only a start.
August 1, 2024
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…
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Judge Cannon, who dismissed Trump documents case, follows Justice Clarence Thomas’s unethical lead
July 16, 2024
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.
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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,…
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High-profile endorsements and controversy heat up race for Suffolk County Supreme Judicial Court clerkship
July 8, 2024
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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Who are the ‘courageous women’ now?
May 16, 2024
As Stormy Daniels testified about the alleged sexual encounter she said she had with Donald Trump in 2006 – and that he denies – the…
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Best Of BPR 5/14: Shaleen Title Goes Behind The Marijuana Rescheduling Headlines & Trump’s Election Interference Mishegoss With Nancy Gertner…
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The decision by Judge Aileen M. Cannon to avoid picking a date yet for former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents trial is the latest…
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‘Where were you?’ Trump lawyers reprimanded for not objecting to Stormy Daniels’ testimony
May 8, 2024
Adult film star Stormy Daniels testified in Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Tuesday about her brief encounter and the hush money scheme that followed years…
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Keith Davidson, the former attorney of Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, continued his testimony walking the jury through the $130,000 hush money deal he negotiated…
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An article by Nancy Gertner: In Donald J. Trump v. United States the Supreme Court will answer one simple question: Is the president immune from…
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Should evidence that someone other than Karen Read committed murder be allowed at her trial?
April 16, 2024
Karen Read didn’t do it. At least three other men could have done it, perhaps with help from a dog. Mission accomplished. Read’s lawyers have…
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Special counsel Jack Smith is palpably frustrated with Judge Aileen Cannon after several confounding rulings — and lengthy bouts of judicial indecision — have threatened…
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BPR Full Show 3/29: Pink Bunnies
April 1, 2024
We opened the lines to talk about the rising costs of higher education. Nancy Gertner on the latest in Trump legal drama. Callie Crossley discussed…