Ginsburg said the court's unanimous ruling in June that struck down the 35-foot, protest-free zone on sidewalks outside Massachusetts abortions clinics was a good decision that balanced the rights of access to the clinics and speech of abortion opponents. While all the justices said the 35-foot buffer zone violated the Constitution, Ginsburg joined the court's other liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts to strike down the buffer zone on narrower grounds than the other, more conservative justices wanted. Massachusetts officials said the 35-foot buffer zone was needed to keep patients and staff safe, and women's groups said the high court decision would put people in danger. [...] Ginsburg, the founding director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Women's Rights Project, said the state's court case in defense of the law was weak. Signed by Gov.