Court strikes down Trump measures on firing federal workers

A federal judge on Saturday struck down several key provisions in President Trump's executive orders that he signed earlier this year that would have made it easier to fire federal workers.

In a court ruling, U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote that unions were right in arguing that the provisions included in the orders infringed upon areas that are negotiated between federal employee unions and the government.

Jackson, an appointee of former President Obama, wrote that the orders “impair the ability of agency officials to keep an open mind, and to participate fully in give-and-take discussions, during collective bargaining negotiations.”

The Trump administration issued the orders in May, saying the rules changes were aimed at saving taxpayers around $100 million per year.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/403593-court-strikes-down-trump-orders-on-firing-federal-workers

>>2736101

Interdasting article about this judge from 2016:

This Potential Supreme Court Nominee Is Family to House Speaker Ryan

One of names being floated as a possible pick is someone who Ryan calls family: D.C. District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Connected by marriage, Jackson’s husband, Patrick Jackson, is the twin brother of Ryan’s brother-in-law William Jackson.

Ryan even testified on Brown’s behalf when she was nominated to the district court in 2012, offering his “unequivocal” endorsement of her qualifications in recommending her for the bench.

“Our politics may differ, but my praise for Ketanji’s intellect, for her character, for her integrity is unequivocal,” Ryan said at her December 2012 nomination hearing. “She’s an amazing person, and I favorably recommend her consideration.”

“We’re family, by marriage,” Ryan explained in the 2012 hearing. “Her brother and sister-in-law, who are my brother and sister-in-law, William and Dana Jackson, are here with us as well today.”

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/potential-supreme-court-nominee-family-house-speaker-paul/story?id=37187861

>>2736240

NAME — Ketanji Brown Jackson

AGE — 45

CURRENT POSITION — Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

PROFESSIONAL — Private law practice and two years as a federal public defender in Washington. From 2010-2014, member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and two other federal judges.

EDUCATION — Harvard University, Harvard Law School

FAMILY — Married, two daughters. Related by marriage to Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan; her husband, Dr. Patrick Jackson, a surgeon, is the brother of William Jackson, who married Ryan's wife's sister, Dana.

OF NOTE — Her elevation to the high court would make history: She'd be the court's first black female justice, it would be the first time four women would sit together on the court and the first time two black justices would sit together on the court.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3482629/Biographical-info-Ketanji-Brown-Jackson-federal-judge.html