The Latest Breaking News from Nancy Gertner

Legal veterans lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’

Advocacy groups expand legal challenges and condemn president’s ‘self-serving attempts to take over midterms’

The Guardian - US · Sep 7

Lying Lawyers

An alarming compendium of DOJ misrepresentations and falsehoods

Reason · Oct 25, 2025

‘Rogue president’: growing number of US judges push back against Trump

Pushback has come from judges appointed by Republicans and Democrats – and has slowed some extreme policies

The Guardian - US · Oct 21, 2025

Prof. Michael McConnell (Stanford): Amicus Wrong to Call for Judge Cannon's Removal

I'm delighted to pass along this item from my Stanford colleague Prof. Michael McConnell (who also served for several years on the Tenth Circuit): The National Law Journal reports that retired district court judge Nancy Gertner, joined by ethics experts Stephen Gillers and James Sample, have filed an amicus brief…

Reason · Sep 5, 2024

Ex-judges: Cannon rulings very troubling

“In my 30 years as a trial judge, I have never seen an order like this,” ex-federal judge says

Salon · Mar 21, 2024

After pause, this Texas city is set to reconsider banning travel to access an abortion

A handful of local governments have already put the legally dubious bans in place. The news that Amarillo will take the issue up again comes shortly after a Dallas woman left the state for an abortion after losing a legal battle to obtain one here.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 13, 2023

‘He’s like a mob boss’: legal experts alarmed by Trump’s attacks on judges

Ex-president’s attempt to discredit charges with smear tactics weakens the judicial system, former judges say

The Guardian - US · Oct 23, 2023

Texas billionaire Harlan Crow treated Justice Clarence Thomas to luxury trips that weren’t disclosed

Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 6, 2023

Thomas' secret lux trips from GOP donor

Thomas has secretly accepted gifts from billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow for 20 years

Salon · Apr 6, 2023

Actor Brandon Lee was killed by a prop gun, years before the 'Rust' shooting death

In an accident similar to Alec Baldwin's shooting of Halyna Hutchins, Lee's co-star fired a prop gun at the 28-year-old actor during filming of The Crow.

WEKU · Jan 20, 2023