--- title: Ruth Bader Ginsberg: Citizens United Was Worst Supreme Court Decision description: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says the Citizens United ruling was the current court's worst decision ever canonical: https://time.com/3445010/ruth-bader-ginsburg-citizens-united/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-29T14:21:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:04.151Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ginsburg Says Citizens United Was Supreme Court's Worst Ruling og:description: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says the Citizens United ruling was the current court's worst decision ever og:url: https://time.com/3445010/ruth-bader-ginsburg-citizens-united/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ginsburg Says Citizens United Was Supreme Court's Worst Ruling twitter:description: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says the Citizens United ruling was the current court's worst decision ever twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ginsburg Says Citizens United Was Supreme Court's Worst Ruling  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Sep 29, 2014 2:21 PM UTC  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Sep 29, 2014 2:21 PM UTC Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg [says in a new interview](http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119578/ruth-bader-ginsburg-interview-retirement-feminists-jazzercise) that the Citizens United ruling paving the way for more unfettered campaign spending by corporations was the current court’s worst decision ever. Ginsburg told _The New Republic_ that she would overturn the 2010 ruling if she could. “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. “I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.” She also expressed concern that modern feminists take their rights for granted. “The women of my generation and my daughter’s generation, they were very active in moving along the social change that would result in equal citizenship stature for men and women,” Ginsburg said. “One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women don’t seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women. They know there are no closed doors anymore, and they may take for granted the rights that they have. [_Read the full interview at The New Republic_](http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119578/ruth-bader-ginsburg-interview-retirement-feminists-jazzercise) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3445010/ruth-bader-ginsburg-citizens-united/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3445010/ruth-bader-ginsburg-citizens-united/"},"headline":"Ginsburg Says Citizens United Was Supreme Court's Worst Ruling","datePublished":"2014-09-29T14:21:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:04.151Z","description":"\"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\"","url":"https://time.com/3445010/ruth-bader-ginsburg-citizens-united/","keywords":["Campaign Finance","Living","Supreme Court","abortion","roe v wade"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/campaign-finance/","name":"Campaign Finance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3445010/ruth-bader-ginsburg-citizens-united/","name":"Ginsburg Says Citizens United Was Supreme Court's Worst Ruling"}}]}] ```