Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg doubled down Wednesday on her belief that Citizens United was the worst decision made by the current U.S. Supreme Court, saying it is the the first decision she would overturn if she had a “magic wand.”
Ginsburg said the current campaign system is “being polluted by money” during a C-SPAN3 appearance, crediting the Citizens United decision, which effectively gave corporations and unions the right to give and spend unlimited funds on independent political activity.
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“I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be,” she said at the time.
Watch Ginsburg above.
