Ketanji Brown Jackson in Buzzfeed.com


On Immigration: Trump administration set asylum seeking standards too high

In October 2020, Jackson sided with immigrant advocacy groups who sued the Trump administration over a lesson plan used to train federal immigration officers who screen potential asylum seekers slated for fast-track deportations. The challengers argued the language adopted in 2019 wrongly raised the bar too high for the initial round of vetting to see if a person had shown a "credible fear" of persecution in their home country. Jackson agreed. The Justice Department decided not to appeal.
Source: BuzzFeed.com on 2022 SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings Feb 25, 2022

On Jobs: Reversed narrowing of federal collective bargaining rules

Labor groups--longtime allies of Biden--were vocal about wanting a nominee with a record of backing workers' rights. Jackson's first written opinion as a DC Circuit judge was a win for federal employees. In a 3-0 decision earlier this month, the court struck down a 2020 policy change by the Federal Labor Relations Authority that narrowed the circumstances when agencies were required to engage in collective bargaining before making changes to work conditions.
Source: BuzzFeed.com on 2022 SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings Feb 25, 2022

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