US president Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court today (Feb. 25)—if confirmed, she would become the first Black woman in the role.
Her past decisions offer clues to her potential future tenure in Washington: Among them is her support for public sector labor unions in a ruling for the US Court of Appeals earlier this month.
Jackson, 51, has served as a federal judge since 2013, and was promoted to the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit last year. The DC Circuit is viewed as the second most powerful court in the US for its role influencing policy and law.
In her first written opinion as an appeals court judge, Jackson struck down a Trump-era policy that had restricted the bargaining power of public-sector workers.
Agency tried to restrict collective bargaining
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