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February 25, 2022
February 25, 2022
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Largest Federal Employee Union Applauds President Biden’s Choice of Judge Jackson to Supreme Court
AFGE president says Judge Jackson’s ruling in decisive legal fight helped safeguard federal workers’ union rights
WASHINGTON – American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s decision to nominate U.S. Appeals Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court:
“We applaud President Biden for nominating Judge Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Her previous work as a public defender, as an advocate for reforming our criminal sentencing laws, and prior judicial rulings show she will affirm the rights of regular American workers and everyday citizens while holding accountable those who break the law – even the most powerful among us.
“While serving as U.S. district judge for the District of Columbia circuit, Judge Jackson issued a deciding ruling in a lawsuit brought by AFGE and a dozen other unions challenging a set of executive orders issued by the Trump administration that illegally denied workers their right to representation. That single ruling safeguarded federal workers’ union rights and demonstrated the limits of a corrupt administration. Her reasoning demonstrated exactly the kind of principled, independent judicial thinking that should be a hallmark of the highest court in our land.”
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