Nancy Gertner

An op-ed co-written by Nancy Gertner: John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, recently filed his 2022 “year-end report on the federal judiciary.”…

An article by Nancy Gertner: The Nov. 28 issue of Lawyers Weekly reported on a U.S. District Court judge who had considerably more motions pending…

A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday will sentence the so-called “architect“ of the college admissions scheme that investigators dubbed Varsity Blues and that —…

Today on Boston Public Radio: We opened our show with a call-in segment, asking listeners about their thoughts regarding the recent spike in COVID-19, flu…

Heading into the new year, Donald Trump faces ongoing legal issues and potential new charges stemming from the January 6th insurrection and his alleged attempts…

Today on Boston Public Radio: We began the show by talking with listeners about the controversies surrounding this year’s World Cup. … Nancy Gertner discussed…

Today on Boston Public Radio: We began the show by asking listeners how they feel about the state of extremism post-midterms. … Nancy Gertner discussed…

Nancy Gertner talked about the implications of people staking out ballot drop boxes in Arizona and how it amounts to potential illegal voter intimidation. She…

The ninth and likely last January 6 Select Committee hearing revealed that Donald Trump and his allies planned to declare victory in the 2020 election…

Today on Boston Public Radio: We began the show by opening phone lines, asking listeners about the large number of people in their 20s and…

Today on Boston Public Radio: We started the show by hearing our listener’s reactions to the news that NASA had successfully launched a satellite into…

Donald Trump’s legal woes are piling up left and right, and legal experts on Greater Boston said the former president’s luck is running out. Trump…

The Boston Globe – An op-ed by Nancy Gertner: A key theme of US District Court Judge Aileen Cannon’s opinion appointing a special master to…

Judge Nancy Gertner joined us for a session of “On the Docket,” in which she analyzed news about recent comments from Suffolk District Attorney candidate…

Judge Nancy Gertner weighed in on the ongoing investigations into former President Donald Trump, including fallout from the Jan. 6 committee hearings and the FBI…

The FBI search of Donald Trump’s Florida resort and the removal of classified information raise a compelling need for maximum public disclosure given the involvement…

Retired Judge Nancy Gertner shared her thoughts on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s address on the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago, unpacking some of the legal statutes involved…

Abortion may soon become illegal in some states. Politico on Monday night leaked a draft opinion penned by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito suggesting the court will overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case legalizing abortion nationwide, and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which upheld abortion in 1992. The rare Supreme Court leak regards Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case surrounding a restrictive Mississippi abortion law. Judge Nancy Gertner, a retired judge for the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, said the news caught her off guard. “I was surprised by the venom of the decision,” Gertner said on Boston Public Radio. If the official ruling holds true to the arguments in the leaked document, it could have far-reaching effects beyond abortion. Gertner said she is worried about the broader legal implications, including what it means for birth control, interracial marriage and same-sex marriage. “The implications of that are enormous,” Gertner said. “The reasoning really casts doubt on 50 years of constitutional law.”

Hulu’s The Girl From Plainville opens with the death of Conrad Roy III (Colton Ryan). The 18-year-old’s body is discovered in his pickup truck in a Kmart parking lot. He has died by suicide. But questions soon emerge about the role a young woman named Michelle Carter (Elle Fanning) might have played in Conrad’s decision to end his life. ... “Will the next case be a Facebook posting in which someone is encouraged to commit a crime?” Nancy Gertner, a former federal judge and Harvard Law professor, told the Times. “This puts all the things that you say in the mix of criminal responsibility.”

Over and over again during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Biden nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, Republicans denounced the idea of “packing the Court”  by expanding the number of justices from nine to 13. But Wednesday’s decision rejecting Wisconsin’s voting maps and throwing the 2022 election process — which is already underway — into chaos, demonstrates that Republicans have packed the Court already. ... Former federal judge and Harvard Law School professor Nancy Gertner argues that the Supreme Court’s legitimacy has been undermined by Republican efforts to “manipulate its membership” and to roll back voting rights. Our democratic institutions are in crisis at every level. As Gertner puts it, “This is a uniquely perilous moment that requires a unique response.” Gerner favors expanding the U.S. Supreme Court to push back against the gathering threats to democracy.