Nancy Gertner

Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.

This is one that stands out:
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The door-to-door terror in Minneapolis Is the door-to-door terror we're seeing in Minneapolis now what Renee Macklin Good was protesting? "If so, I would blow a whistle and sound my horn as she did. So should we all," writes retired federa...

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Andrew Weissmann (@weissmann) https://youtube.com/watch?v=fGTsYXBWQgU&si=7SO4WEQl4fjmMc28

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Retired judges warn that the rule of law is unraveling

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.

My commentary on Todd Blanche’s speech to the Federalist Society www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/o...

Judging The Justice System In The Age Of Trump: Nancy Gertner Judge Nancy Gertner retired from the bench in 2011, but she’s not retiring in her personality—with candid comments on many subjects, including SCOTUS.

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Extraordinary work!

YouTube video by The Daily Show The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised. #dailyshow

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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.

Portland Judge’s Vital Lesson: Deference Is Not Blind Obedience Judges can’t defer to determinations “untethered to facts.”

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No apology necessary Being right on the law means never having to say you're sorry.

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Wonderful note!! You are?

The hard-won hope of the long defeat A mindset for a dark time

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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!

Big Law Has Won Three Cases. But Trump Is Ahead in the Long Game Opinion: Deans Erwin Chemerinsky and David Faigman, and retired federal Judge Nancy Gertner say that Big Law's quick court wins don't erase Trump's damage to the profession, underscoring that law firm...

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The Tragic History of Neoliberalism Don’t buy revisionist attempts to rehabilitate it. Instead, push for a bold progressive populism.

The Tragic History of Neoliberalism
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YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Land of Hope and Dreams

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Trump Is Defunding Public Safety Across-the-board cuts at DOJ are endangering American lives—and exposing the hypocrisy of an administration that claims to care.

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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

Cruelty and Intimidation are the Goals
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The Disappeared Deported. Disappeared. Dehumanized.

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Former Trump Staff Members Liken His Actions to Those of ‘Royal Despot’ In an open letter, prominent Republicans criticized President Trump for using his power to punish two former administration officials who criticized him.

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Trump Discriminating Against Blue States Sets Up Historic Crisis Opinion: Judge Nancy Gertner, David L. Faigman, and Erwin Chemerinsky warn Donald Trump targeting his enemies in blue states could lead to conflicts between the federal government and states not seen ...

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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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