Supreme Court Hopeful Tosses Labor Policy in Debut Ruling (3)

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is reportedly in the mix to be President Joe Biden’s nominee to join the U.S. Supreme Court, sided with public-sector unions Tuesday in her first appeals court opinion.

Jackson’s opinion for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit invalidated an effort by the Federal Labor Relations Authority to heighten bargaining requirements for public-sector workers. The decision means the agency will have to reconsider a rule that wouldn’t require it to bargain over small or trivial changes to conditions of employment, including office and seating arrangements.

Since joining the D.C. Circuit, Jackson has been ...