The moment the police approached George Floyd, the wheels of injustice started
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By Nancy Gertner and Paul Bulter
If equal justice under the law had applied to...
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Presidents Once Used This Law To Uphold Civil Rights And Protect Black Americans. Now Trump Is Trying To Silence Dissent
By Nancy Gertner
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True to form, President Donald Trump appears poised to blunder into an...
Coronavirus can mean a death sentence to prisoners
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By Nancy Gertner
Even with the coronavirus spreading in prisons, even though...
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences Announces New 2020 Members
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Cambridge, MA | April 23, 2020 – The American Academy of Arts & Sciences was...
Compassionate release now for prisoners vulnerable to the coronavirus
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By Nancy Gertner and John Reinstein
Prisons are Petri dishes for...
Stone case lays bare Barr’s not so just Justice Department
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When Department of Justice prosecutors told the judge...
This President Won't Be Deterred
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By Nancy Gertner
Modern deterrence theorists believe that if it’s likely you will...
(Un)forgiveable
By Nancy Gertner
When Should Law Forgive?
By Martha Minow
Norton
Martha Minow is no stranger to tackling the most complex moral, legal, and political issues of our time, from dealing with post-conflict...
William Barr’s new war on drugs
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By Nancy Gertner
Attorney General William P. Barr’s ...
What the Constitution actually says about a Senate impeachment trial
By Nancy Gertner
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It’s common to hear television...
This isn’t a partisan hit job; Trump deserves to be impeached
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By Nancy Gertner
While an impeachable offense is, as Gerald Ford...
Now We See You: The Reid Technique and 'When They See Us'
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Reid never has acknowledged an uncomfortable truth that this...
Trump Is Bad. Barr Is Worse
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By Nancy Gertner
The whistleblower complaint released Thursday alleged...
5 To Life: Compassionate Release
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5 TO LIFE: COMPASSIONATE RELEASE
"When Allison's father was given three months...
The Revolt of the Feminist Law Profs
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The Robert Mueller We Saw Testify Is Not The Man I Knew
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From the moment he was appointed special counsel, he knew that he was walking on eggshells, that a "...
Talking Feds Podcast "No Hope" with Judge Gertner, Paul Fishman, and Matt Miller
Joined by Judge Nancy Gertner, Paul Fishman, and Matt Miller, The Feds take up the administration’s assertion of absolute immunity for Hope Hicks, including whether absolute immunity is even a viable legal concept. They then consider a new...
Beyond caricature: The real lives at stake in the abortion debate
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By Nancy Gertner
The abortion...
Trump Won't Stop Congress' Investigations
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While the talking heads on television may say otherwise, Special Counsel Robert...
We’ve Seen Federal Aggression With 'Illegals' Before — During Slavery
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By Nancy Gertner
Federal officials roaming the states, seizing...
