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Kiese (she/her)
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🇨🇩🏳️‍🌈 lawyer • film photographer • “movie critic” • and I review wine &
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rollingstone.com
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life

The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.

Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
kiesehansen.bsky.social
When people ask, how can I be an ally? How do I do more? How should I leverage my privilege? Point them to Rachel Cohen. She is the example.
cohen489.bsky.social Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · Apr 8
dem shadow hearing on rule of law yesterday—full opening’s too long for bluesky but available on IG cohen.489 or TT cohen489 (as well as youtube etc).
April 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
Still going. Listen in.

www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
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April 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
kiesehansen.bsky.social
Very important
cohen489.bsky.social Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · Mar 30
a few more from the brunch my friends threw me today
March 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
Read this.
onestpress.onestnetwork.com Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · Mar 30
Also, a woman was handcuffed at a subway station in NYC (Franklin Ave) when she intervened asking why a delivery man was asked to show work permit by undercover agents. There is a video of that.
March 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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clintsmithiii.bsky.social
A few years ago I visited the National Museum of African American History & Culture with my grandparents. When we stepped out of the building my grandmother kept repeating the words “I lived it. I lived it. I lived it.”

She’s still here. That history is still in her bones. You can never erase that.
March 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
NEW: I obtained a copy of the email that Skadden executive partner Jeremy London sent to employees of the law firm earlier today.

The email details the “agreement” Skadden reached with Trump to avoid being targeted by an executive order.
Over the past few days, we learned that the Trump Administration intended to issue an executive order directed at Skadden. We believed it would focus on DEl initiatives and our pro bono activities. When faced with this information, we carefully considered what the right path would be for us, and the answer was not obvious. We were thoughtful and deliberate in determining the steps we might take, knowing that the decisions we were grappling with would have fundamental consequences for our Firm. As we considered our options, we were guided by our determination to uphold the significant commitments and responsibilities we have to our clients, our people, and to the broader communities and society we serve. With that in mind, we chose to engage proactively and constructively with the Administration to align on a productive path forward without the issuance of an executive order. We entered into the agreement the President announced today because, when faced with the alternatives, it became clear that it was the best path to protect our clients, our people, and our This agreement provides that we will: • Provide a total of at least $100 million in pro bono legal services, during the Trump Administration and beyond, to causes that the President and Skadden both support in relation to the following areas: assisting veterans and other public servants, including members of the military, law enforcement, first responders and federal, state, and local government officials; ensuring fairness in our justice system; and combatting antisemitism. • Change our pro bono policy so that all pro bono moving forward will be done in the Firm name and ensure that pro bono activities represent the full political spectrum. • Continue The Sadden Foundation's mission of providing pro bono legal services to a wide variety of deserving organizations and individuals. Skadden will fund no fewer than five Skadden Fellows each year dedicated to the following projects: assisting veterans; ensuring fairness in our justice system; combatting antisemitism; and other similar types of projects. Law graduates that receive Skadden Fellowships will represent a wide range of political views, including conservative ideals. • Affirm our commitment to merit-based hiring, promotion, and retention and we will not enaade in illeaal DEl discrimination and • Affirm our commitment to merit-based hiring, promotion, and retention and we will not engage in illegal DEl discrimination and preferences. We will engage independent outside counsel to advise the Firm to ensure employment practices are fully compliant with law, including, but not limited to, anti-discrimination laws. • Not deny representation to clients, such as politically disenfranchised groups who have not historically received legal representation from major national law firms, including in pro bono matters and in support of non-profits, because of the personal political views of individual lawyers. However, this commitment does not obligate any one of our attorneys to take on any specific representation. Not everyone will agree with the decision we made today, and I have great respect for the differing views that make us stronger as a Firm. But I firmly believe that an agreement centered around our pro bono work and complying with the law was an acceptable outcome to ensure Skadden will continue to thrive long into the future. This agreement does not change who we are. Skadden is a remarkable institution. We have 21 offices around the world, and our impact reaches communities in every corner of the globe. Every year we provide thousands of hours and hundreds of millions of dollars in pro bono assistance and charitable contributions to worthy causes. Through the Skadden Foundation, we have funded over Skadden is a remarkable institution. We have 21 offices around the world, and our impact reaches communities in every corner of the globe. Every year we provide thousands of hours and hundreds of millions of dollars in pro bono assistance and charitable contributions to worthy causes. Through the Skadden Foundation, we have funded over 1,000 fellowships to recent law graduates to pursue the practice of public interest law on a full-time basis. And we have more than 3,500 extraordinary people who rely on the Firm for their livelihood. As executive partner, it is my duty to protect our storied Firm so that we can continue to fulfill our commitments to our people, our clients and our communities, now and into the future. I fully appreciate that this development and other recent events have been extraordinarily difficult for all of us, both personally and professionally. I understand the significant weight that carries. Despite all the uncertainty in our profession over the last several weeks, you have continued to serve our clients with excellence and support one another in the very human way that defines our culture, and for that I am very grateful. I want to thank you for everything that you do - your continued commitment to our clients and each other is at the heart of who we are as a Firm. With this resolution, I am confident that we will go forward with resilience, strength, and integrity. With gratitude, Jeremy
March 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
kiesehansen.bsky.social
DC Bar members — the upcoming Bar election is one you NEED to vote in. Pam Bondi’s brother? Is running? For President of the DC Bar? The levels to this nightmare. Voting opens April 15.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Brother of US attorney general Bondi runs to lead DC Bar
Brad Bondi, a corporate defense lawyer who is the brother of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, is one of the candidates in an upcoming election to lead the mandatory professional membership organization for Washington's 120,000 lawyers.
www.reuters.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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ccrjustice.org
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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propublica.org
A year in a family’s life after a denied abortion. The secret life of the AP3 militia. The toll of fentanyl on teens.

These are just some of the stories our reporters investigated this year. Explore our most-read stories of 2024: propub.li/3BLb93B
The Most-Read ProPublica Stories of 2024
As the 2024 election dominated headlines, our readers spent time with stories about health care, abortion rights, immigration and President-elect Donald Trump.
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December 26, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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maggieblackhawk.bsky.social
It is finally here! Eighty years ago, Felix Cohen crafted the first "bible" of Federal Indian Law. I long dreamed of contributing to a rare revision. Today that dream is realized: 100 pages marrying constitutional law with Indian law (mostly structural, also rights), clarifying both.
December 19, 2024 at 1:35 PM
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mehrsab.bsky.social
I taught a large 1L contracts course at Harvard this year that had 5 or fewer Black and Latino students. It was jarring and uncomfortable and totally unnecessary. The UC's have been dealing with an AA ban for years and still create diverse classes. HLS can do better.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...
Black Student Enrollment at Harvard Law Drops by More Than Half
After a Supreme Court decision ended race-based admissions, some law schools saw a decline in Black and Hispanic students entering this fall. Harvard appeared to have the steepest drop.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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kiesehansen.bsky.social
And to think this article was published in 2022: www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/u...
‘We Belong in These Spaces’: Jackson’s Successors Reflect on Her Nomination (Published 2022)
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was confirmed to the Supreme Court on Thursday, will be the first Black woman to serve as a justice. Here’s what that means to Black women at her alma mater.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:08 PM
kiesehansen.bsky.social
Repeatedly disproportionally selected by peers to speak and represent the student body at commencement holding down leadership positions across campus all over the website and yet the admissions office said.. 3 percent
December 17, 2024 at 5:20 AM
kiesehansen.bsky.social
Appalled. And heartbroken. That’s all I can muster for now. I’ll be circling back once I’ve collected myself and my thoughts. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...
Black Student Enrollment at Harvard Law Drops by More Than Half
After a Supreme Court decision ended race-based admissions, some law schools saw a decline in Black and Hispanic students entering this fall. Harvard appeared to have the steepest drop.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 1:06 AM