Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals the case she'd most like to see overturned

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg prodded the Senate to act on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, discussed moving to New Zealand if Donald Trump is elected, and revealed the case she'd most like to see overturned.

With the court deadlocked four times since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Ginsburg said the Senate needs to move forward with confirming a nominee and assess the qualifications of Obama's pick, Judge Merrick Garland. "There's nothing in the Constitution that says the president stops being president in his last year," she said. Ginsburg called Garland "super bright and very nice, very easy to deal with, and super prepared," and said she believes he's "about as well qualified as any nominee to this court." She also shared that while it "won't happen," she'd love to see Citizens United overruled, but that's an "impossible dream."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.