Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 29/06/2026So excited for the years to come. /s "[T]his Court already has many doctrines designed to protect the Constitution’s separation of powers. ... [W]e face only two ways forward: Let Presidents exercise all those powers or begin subjecting them to the Constitution’s constraints." Gorsuch in Slaughter. 020
Reposted by Kirti DatlaMichael Adams-Hurta @adams-hurta.bsky.social · 06/12/2025So I'm running to bring a Democrat back to the 14th Court. Hopefully, the scary political case will never come there--but we need Democrats just in case. As a full-time appellate lawyer, I'm the right one for that job. I hope you'll support me. Again: www.adams-hurta.com (full website in progress)adams-hurta.comMichael Adams-Hurta – Adams-Hurta for Justice 131
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Another reminder that I got to go to law school with some of the best people. 010
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Gorgeous fall weather and lovely vibes at the DCCX today. 000
Reposted by Kirti DatlaThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/10/2025"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7." @timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized 13038771666
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Earthjustice is looking for an Associate Director of Court Communications & Special Projects who will, among other things, work with the Strategic Legal Advocacy team to convey how the law is changing, who is changing it, and who that hurts. 7+ years experience; DC salary: $157,100-$174,500.earthjustice.orgAssociate Director, Courts Communications & Special ProjectsEarthjustice is hiring a Associate Director, Courts Communications and Special Projects. 022
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 06/10/2025A good place to use one’s legal talents in this time. 1336
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 01/10/2025They could use the time they're not spending passing a budget that reinstitutes the constitutional order to codify Bivens. 020
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 24/09/2025This is a perfect explanation of why the issue of independent agencies matters: Because it’s about something much bigger—how we understand and implement democratic legitimacy, the idea that we the American people control our government. 000
Reposted by Kirti DatlaDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025It is not just that these employees are risking being put on leave or even fired for standing up for science (see EPA/FEMA officials), they are standing in front of a workplace that was the subject of a terrorist attack a couple of weeks ago, by a man who believes what their boss believes. 172249595
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 23/08/2025wapo.stA last lifeline in ‘detention alley’Most of immigration lawyer Christopher Kinnison’s clients in rural Louisiana are detainees. Every week, more calls come in, and Kinnison hasn’t been able to process what his days at work are becoming. 020
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 27/07/2025The winners of the first two Tour de France Femmes stages are 38 and 41. 🙌🏽 030
Reposted by Kirti DatlaDomestique @domestiquecycling.com · 26/07/2025MARIANNE VOS WINS STAGE 1 OF 🇫🇷 #TDFF2025 Wow what an ending! Pauline Ferrand-Prévot had looked like taking the win but tires in the last metres leading to Marianne Vos taking her 250th win of her career, and the yellow jersey! 4525
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 12/07/2025I was so in awe of the people I worked for when I interned at State. It’s what made me want to be a lawyer, made me know I wanted to do environmental work, made me determined to be a public servant. It felt so special to walk into that beautiful building every day. This is just so sad. 030
Reposted by Kirti DatlaDesiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 01/07/2025❗HIRING ❗ Join me at UGA School of Law! We're hiring 4-5 tenure-track or tenured positions. Priorities include torts, Ks, bankruptcy, environmental law, property, *international law* & secured transactions. Send letters of interest & cv/resume @ lawhiring@uga.edu. Feel free to reach out w/ ??s. 14930
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 24/06/2025* cries in just returned from Denver three days ago * 010
Reposted by Kirti DatlaSean Michael Newhouse @seanthenewsboy.bsky.social · 23/06/2025A good govt. nonprofit has an annual awards for federal employees that it still managed to put on despite everything I interviewed an honoree who helped get low-income people w/ HIV on lifesaving medicine + a NASA employee who might've discovered evidence for aliens www.govexec.com/workforce/20...govexec.comFrom HIV clinics to outer space: Awards program spotlights federal employees in the face of civil service headwindsThe Partnership for Public Service has put on the Service to America medals for more than two decades to recognize exceptional civil servants, but the event took on more resonance this year amid feder... 043
Reposted by Kirti DatlaMatthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 12/06/2025If we had a functioning Congress it would be enacting a law providing a §1983-style remedy for anyone whose rights are violated by someone acting under color of federal law. 073
Reposted by Kirti DatlaLeah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 15/05/2025DC FOLKS - reminder that TOMORROW I'll be at Politics & Prose @politicsprose.bsky.social (Connecticut Ave.) at 7 PM. Rep. Jamie Raskin is moderating a conversation about .... LAWLESS! Event: politics-prose.com/leah-litman?... Preorder a SIGNED copy of LAWLESS! politics-prose.com/preorderlawl... 29217
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Someone gave me a hug for alerting them to good BBQ, and it's probably the most accomplished I've felt all year. 030
Reposted by Kirti DatlaKirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I try not to say nice things about @samsankar.bsky.social because it goes to his head, but it is, in fact, a treat working for him. We're hiring an Executive Assistant to work with him and two other equally lovely folks here. Salary range for DC: $91,700 - $101,900. Apply by May 12th.earthjustice.orgExecutive AssistantEarthjustice is hiring a EA to support in Washington, DC. 013
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I try not to say nice things about @samsankar.bsky.social because it goes to his head, but it is, in fact, a treat working for him. We're hiring an Executive Assistant to work with him and two other equally lovely folks here. Salary range for DC: $91,700 - $101,900. Apply by May 12th.earthjustice.orgExecutive AssistantEarthjustice is hiring a EA to support in Washington, DC. 013
Reposted by Kirti DatlaAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 26/04/2025I have to end this thread with a major shoutout to @sshebaya.bsky.social and @nipnlg.bsky.social, who litigated this case since the family was first arrested in Washington DC. The family have been put through the ringer and NIPNLG deserves support for the incredibly victory they just won for them. 91188111
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Abbie is a real one. “Are you sleeping well? No.” 010
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 18/04/2025"We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos." - the 4th Circuit, yesterday 071
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 14/04/2025They're against everything that made this kid-of-immigrants see July 4th as the best day of the year. Yet to borrow from Douglass, "I do not despair of this country. There are forces in operation which must inevitably work the downfall of" those who now desecrate the principles on which it stands. 040
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Morning started pretty dark, but these women are incredible and brought some light. 020
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 10/04/2025So many of these EOs have a real “could have been an email” vibe. 020
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Here’s a picture for @bridgetdooling.bsky.social via my dad’s continued post-retirement jaunts to some of our most beautiful public lands, national parks, and monuments. 130
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Everything about this is loathsome except for the people at ACLU of Virginia, the Center for Constitutional Rights, HMA Law, and the Immigrant & Non-Citizen Rights Clinic at CUNY School of Law who are devoting themselves to fighting these wrongs. 718674
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Blocking out the world because this edition of RVV is a hell of a bike race. 000
Reposted by Kirti DatlaJosh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 04/04/2025This is the list of firms that signed onto the amicus brief in the Perkins Coie case. I’m thankful for the ones who joined and really appalled at all the ones who didn’t. 0126
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Reupping this posting w/ an updated salary range: $105,000–$115,000 for an attorney (3+ yrs experience), or $124,000–$161,000 for a senior attorney (6+). Was already a great opportunity to do good work with kind people, now even more attractive. 000
Reposted by Kirti DatlaMatthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 22/03/2025The legal profession is actually chock full of public-interest-minded people who have made career choices that helped others but harmed their own career prospects. I hope lawyers weighing their own next steps will look around and see that. 417325
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 21/03/2025In re: absolutely nothing going on in the world: The SLA team at Earthjustice is looking for an early-career attorney to join us as an Associate Counsel. DC preferred. 1-5 years of experience including any clerkships. Salary is based on experience; range is $106,400-$125,300 in DC.earthjustice.orgAssociate Counsel, Strategic Legal AdvocacyEarthjustice is looking for an early-career attorney to join the Strategic Legal Advocacy team as an Associate Counsel. 12819
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 20/03/2025This is some thin-skinned bullshit. Just embarrassing. “This measure was apparently taken … because the researcher’s phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration’s research policy.” 040
Reposted by Kirti DatlaThe 51st @51st.news · 13/03/2025In response to the federal spending bill that could cut more than $1 billion from D.C.'s budget, hundreds of residents began lobbying senators, urging them to amend the bill. What did they hear? To contact the reps in their home state. 😵💫buff.lyIn Congressional lobbying blitz, some D.C. residents were told to contact representatives they don’t haveWith no voting representation, residents struggle to be heard as the city faces the potential for devastating budget cuts 112354
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 11/03/2025This week’s hour o’ protest will be dedicated to… 000
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 05/03/2025In re: the dissent, among other things, "One might expect more care from a federal court before it so blithely" impugns the good faith, time-pressured work of a fellow judge who this Administration has already targeted for online (at a minimum) threats and bigoted attacks.reuters.comJudges face rise in threats as Musk blasts them over rulingsU.S. Marshals have warned federal judges of unusually high threat levels as Elon Musk and other Trump administration allies ramp up efforts to discredit judges who stand in the way of White House efforts to slash federal jobs and programs. 020
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I visited Glasgow and was chatting to a woman in a park who, when she heard I lived in DC, was genuinely baffled as to why we aren't in the streets daily protesting the lack of congressional representation. Then rattled of a list of comparatively minor things there'd been protests about that week. 040
Reposted by Kirti DatlaRaffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Article idea: "Low and slow: the smoked brisket method of editing briefs" 41237
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 20/02/2025"[T]he role of Congress is making D.C. safer is questionable. The Senate is responsible for confirming judges to D.C.’s courts, which handle more than 51,000 criminal and civil cases every year. How is that going? There’s a vacancy crisis leading to court backlogs – and it’s not the first time..." 010
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 19/02/2025I knew I’d open this and see Sarah’s name on the blocks. Good for Covington, at a time when others firms are not covering themselves in glory. 020
Kirti Datla @kirtidatla.bsky.social · 19/02/2025The Trump Administration's actions are hurting our national parks, and our ability to enjoy these shared places that make America what it is. 1/xwapo.stLong lines and canceled rentals: Firings bring chaos to national parksTrump’s purge of federal employees is already harming the visitor experience at national parks across the country. 141
